Will Johnny Pesky wait in the ticket line like the rest of us?
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On opening day, baseball fans are full of hope and questions. Here's a lineup of nine questions rolling around in my head today, as the Sox begin their season against the Royals in Kansas City. 1) Eighty-seven-year-old Red Sox icon Johnny Pesky won't be able to sit in the Sox dugout during games this year, because the league is enforcing a rule that limits the number of coaches in the dugout. Manager Terry Francona said Pesky took the news hard. I wonder if Pesky is upset because he can't sit between Francona and David Ortiz, or because he, like the rest of us, will have have to pay the highest ticket prices in baseball just to get into the park. And that's if he can find the tickets. 2) Now that he's doing his own blog, will Curt Schilling be the first pitcher to be pulled in the 7th inning with writer's cramp, or the first ace to go on the disabled list with carpal tunnel syndrome? 3) Since trying to sell his grill on eBay didn't work out, will Manny Ramirez ask Francona for Memorial Day weekend off so he can sell the grill, his old mountain bike and the scuffed coffee table in the neighborhood yard sale? 4) Are the Red Sox smart shoppers or only the second-best team that money can buy? Unfortunately, the best team that money can buy, the Yankees, plays in the same division, and Sports Illustrated predicts that the Red Sox will finish behind the Yankees again. 5) Who's God rooting for this year? Magazines, newspapers and Web sites are full of pre-season predictions, based on analyses of pitching, hitting, even payroll, but did any of those prognosticators spend time in church looking for answers? A lot of the players seem to think they have God on their side, or maybe they're just pointing to family members in really bad seats when they pound their chests and point skyward after a home run. 6) Will David "Big Papi" Ortiz lose his nickname to Tom Brady? 7) Will pitcher Matt Clement's picture end up on the side of a milk carton? 8) When will the first Little League pitcher in your neighborhood claim to have perfected the gyro ball? 9) Will Theo Epstein and Larry Lucchino get along, or will they have to settle their differences the way Donald Trump and Vince McMahon did last night in the "Battle of the Billionaires" for McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment. Unfortunately, Trump and McMahon didn't wrestle each other, but Trump won the right to shave McMahon's head after his wrestler beat McMahon's. I'm thinking that David Wells could wrestle on Epstein's behalf while Roger Clemens could wrestle for Lucchino. 
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