The Party Crasher

(AP)

Wake Won't Take a Seat Sitting Down,
Tim 'I'll Be One of the Five' Makes a Stand

Box: Boston 9, Florida 0
Wake Throws 22 of 30 Pitches for Strikes After Banging the Bus to Jupiter
3 Innings Shutout Ball for 43 Year Old No. 6 Starter with 0.00 Spring ERA
The Day Jeremy Hermida Became a Red Sox: 2-for-4, RBI vs. Marlins
Reddick Could Be Right Back in the Majors: 3 Hits for Josh
Atchison-Nelson-RamRam-Castro-Cabrera 'Pen Combo Goes 6 Strong
If We Redo the Beckett-Lowell-Hanley Deal... They Can Keep Anibal Sanchez, Please

"You get up a little earlier, have some more coffee, bring a good book and the crossword, and I'm good." -- Tim Wakefield, takin' the bus, not a care in the world... but still out of the Red Sox rotation today

And the Winner Is

(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

This Is Drew's Fifth Nomination and Third Win in This Category ...

David? Or Tease?

(Barry Chin / Globe Staff)

The Big Question Is...
Which One Are We Going to See This Summer?

You Can't Put Much Stock Into What Papi Says ...
But Maybe He'll Just Let His Bat Do the Talking This Year

Feb. 22, 2010, David Ortiz says...: "My focus point right now is do some damage... I'm not going to lie to you, I wasn't feeling comfortable [last year] I guess you have a lot of games too early last year, important games, like the WBC, you wasn't ready for, you putting pressure on yourself just because you want to produce and you're not ready for the time and that cuts you off from doing what you gotta do at this time of the season to get prepared for the season. It's a lot of things that you get caught into and next thing you know the season gets started the way it did for me last year, but it's a totally different situation right now."

Feb. 16, 2009, David Ortiz says...: "I'm feeling fine right now, I have no problem swinging... Things didn't work out the way I expected [in 2008], but sometimes there are people that don't see the positive side of all that, they just see the negative. I just put that in the past. I know I can hit.... I just want to be healthy like I am right now. If I'm healthy, I know I can do some damage."

(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

This Just In

(BDD / Photo courtesy of Harlem Globetrotters)

Drew Still Favoring Right Shoulder

The J.D. Drew Crew Took In the Harlem Globetrotters Game
Against the Hard Charging Washington Generals in Fort Myers Last Night...
That's the Real Globetrotters, Not the Store-Bought NY Yankees $400 Billion Team
Rumor Has It the 'Trotters Won in a Close One, and Haven't Lost Since 1971
To Honor Drew, Meadowlark Lemon Sat Out the Game with a Sore Hamstring/Back

The Globetrotters will dribble their way into to Boston for two games (against the Boston Shamrocks? Atlantic City Seagulls?) at the TD Garden on Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28. Get tickets here.

(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

First Class Seating

(Barry Chin / Globe Staff)

Mike Lowell Is the Ultimate Stand Up Guy
But He'll Have to Take a Seat If He Stays in Boston

Lowell: 'No Real Playing Time for Me Here'
I Used to Be 10 Times Stronger, Too, Oh Nevermind. Sincerely, Mark McGwire
So Who's the Guy Who Felt Sorry for a Guy Making $12 Million to Play Ball?
He's As 'Dicey' As Your Articles Want Him to Be... And He's Not Dead Yet, Johnny
On the Texas Mess: Beyond the Annual Rumors, Being on Da Plane Was Weird
And With Vlad in the House, He's Obviously Not a Fit With the Rangers Anymore
On the Fans: He Says All the Right Things Because He's Smart, Stupid
He's a Cool Breeze to Boot: 'Want to Stress That I'm Not Stressed'

"I said hi to [Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre] today. I hadn't seen him before. I mean, I know him as a baseball friend. I've never had meals with him. But I think he has an opportunity to make $10 million. I don't really think he’s worried about it. If I'm him, I don't not sign on a team because of the other guy. Especially if the organization tells him you're going to play. I think he made it clear that Theo told him that whether he signed or not, I was not going to play third. I think that makes it a little easier for that guy... I don't need to see him to know where my status was. I think the writing was on the wall, basically the first day of the winter meetings." -- Mike Lowell, knows the score

Some Justice for Johnny

(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

Coming to Fenway Park This Summer
Photos: Damon Through the Years