Game on!

Finally, baseball is back! After the long, bleak winter - months and months of watching old games I'd taped over the course of the '06 season and never got around to watching - after hours surfing the net for ANY kind of baseball-related information - finally, we can watch a live baseball game tonight. Granted, it's only the very first game of Spring Training. And yet we'll see Schill on the Hill - okay, so probably only for two innings. But it's a chance to evaluate him physically without the Boston Media filter - will he really look chunky??

Tonight's line-up:

1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Jason Varitek, C
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Wily Mo Pena, RF
7. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
8. David Murphy, LF
9. Jacob Ellsbury, CF

And the Globe says this will what the pitching will look like tonight:

probable pitchers when the Sox take on the Minnesota Twins at City of Palms Park (7:05 p.m., NESN and WRKO): Red Sox—Curt Schilling, Joel Pineiro, Brendan Donnelly, Julian Tavarez, Manny Delcarmen, J.C. Romero, Bryan Corey, and Renelvys Hernandez.

I'm interested in seeing some of the young-uns (or "the Pups" according to my buddy Kelly) in action. Will Pedroia show us something interesting? And how about some of the new "old guys" - like Lugo? Will Pena have bounced back from his injury? Will Mikey dazzle at 3rd?

The highlights, however, will be seeing Big Papi in action and in the dugout - and hearing Remy. At least, I'm assuming we'll hear the Rem-Dawg - what would a NESN RS broadcast be without him??

Can't wait until 7pm!!