24 Days!

Only 24 days until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training! Yeah! And NESN made my week, with their announcement that they are increasing the ST coverage by 250%! They will broadcast the daily workouts live every day 10am - with a rerun later in the day.

In anticipation, here's NESN's preliminary schedule:

Feb 13 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 6:30 pm
Feb 14 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 10:00 am
Feb 15 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 10:00 am
Feb 19 Globe 10.0 (from Ft. Myers) 5:30 pm
Feb 20 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 10:00 am
Feb 20 Globe 10.0 (from Ft. Myers) 5:30 pm
Feb 21 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 10:00 am
Feb 21 Globe 10.0 (from Ft. Myers) 5:30 pm
Feb 22 Red Sox Spring Training LIVE 10:00 am
Feb 29 Red Sox vs. Twins 7:00 pm
Mar 2 Red Sox @ Twins 1:00 pm
Mar 9 Red Sox @ Dodgers 1:00 pm
Mar 16 Red Sox @ Pirates 1:00 pm
Mar 17 Red Sox @ Yankees 1:00 pm
Mar 19 Red Sox vs. Blue Jays 12:00 pm
Mar 29 Red Sox vs. Dodgers (@ LA County) TBD

YEAH - it'll be back soon!

In the meantime, I've found a way to satisfy some of my baseball needs. Friday, my 8-DVD boxed set of the 2007 ALCS & World Series arrived.

I've only watched Disc 8 - the bonus features. Many of the clips are on the two other DVDs I have - but there are deleted portions of some player interviews.

The most awesome part of the set is the audio option. On the 4 World Series games, you can switch off the commentary by Buck & McCarver, and instead play the Red Sox radio broadcast (or the Rockies' radio team). Talk about a dream come true for this fan - all the glory of the games without the inane chatter of the two Fox idiots! Fox should consider this option for its live broadcasts!