Baseball is Back!

The snow is melting, the green in the grass is slowly reappearing, and the Red Sox caps are back on display.  With less than a month away from Opening Day at Fenway, the Sox are tying up all the contracts and making sure they have the best players remaining in Boston. 

Jon Lester, in addition to 18 other Red Sox, including Manny Delcarmen and Clay Buchholz, are guaranteed to be on the roster for at least another year.  On Sunday, Yahoo! Sports reported that Lester had already agreed to a 5-year, $30 million extension, but the left-hander said on Monday that the deal had still not be completed.  

Boston's former friend, Manny Ramirez will be making his 2009 season debut for the LA Dodgers when they play South Korea's World Baseball Classic team tomorrow.  Last week, Ramirez agreed to a 2-year $45 million deal.  Reporters covering the Dodgers spring training have said that Ramirez has been showing up at 6 a.m. every morning ready to lift and work out.  I still don't miss him and am looking forward to a drama-free winning season in Boston.