Josh Q. Public: There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar.  Great expectations, everybody’s watching you.  -Eagles

Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  More Red Sox Propaganda comin'atcha.   Like a baseball batcha.  Rat-a-tat-tatcha.  David Jonathan Drew.  Then why JD?  Who knows?  Who cares?  Am I the only citizen in Red Sox Nation who actually likes this move?  Am I Billy Joe Armstrong?  The only one and walking alone.  Boulevard of Broken Dreams style.  I am here to say on record, this is an outstanding acquisition.  Outstanding.  My boy, Bill the Killer Mueller thinks so too:  “I tell you what, he’s a great player, a great individual, and a character guy.  Any left-handed bat like his, the way he uses the whole field, he should have great success there.”  When this cat is healthy, this cat can flat out play.  He was the first player in college baseball history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season.  As a freshman, he became the first player to hit three home runs in a single College World Series game.  Yowza!  As a Seminole, he set an FSU record by batting .455.  As a Seminole, he became one of only three players in college baseball history to have 100 hits, 100 runs and 100 RBIs.  Yowza again.  When this cat is healthy, this cat can flat out play.  In his rookie year, as a Cardinal, he was drawing comparisons to Stan the Man and the Mick.  They were laying it on thick.  Laying it on thick as a licorice stick.  Then the injuries began.  Then the name-calling began.  Nancy Drew.  DL Drew.  All of it.    Sticks and stones baby, sticks and stones.  2004.  When this cat is healthy, this cat can flat out play.  Best season of his life.  Power, patience, and defense.  That was his mantra.  .305/.436/.569 with 31 home runs, 118 walks, and 96 RBI’s.  Finished 6th in the MVP voting.  Not for nothing, last year’s numbers were not vastly different from those of 2004.  Want more stats?  Need the proof?  Fair enough.   When this cat is healthy, this cat can flat out play.  He was healthy last year.  Last year, JD  batted .283.  JD batted .283 with 20 bombs.  JD hit 20 bombs and 100 RBI in 146 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The lefty ranked tenth in the National League with a .393 on-base percentage and was the league's third toughest player to double up, grounding into just four double plays, an average of one every 123.5 at bats.   Want more?   You need to know the whole score.  Maybe even some facts about the Peloponnisian War?  I know.  Sorry.  Too good to pass up.  JD Drew.   Last year, Drew led the Dodgers in doubles (34), RBI, walks (89), and on-base percentage.  He tied for the team lead in home runs, and ranked second in games and at bats (494).    He established career bests for games, doubles, and RBI, and his walk total was the highest by a Dodger player since 2002.  And not for nothing, he is going to play the hell out of right field.  Dwight Evans style.  So, if you don’t think this dude can help this ball club, you are not paying attention.  If you don’t think this dude can help this ball club, you are blindly following the miserable masses.  Stop reading Bob Ryan on this one.  Stop reading the Dirt Dogs on this one.  Stop reading all the self-loathing Red Sox bloggers out there who would prefer to #### and moan than actually be happy about something good going on around here. Stop making JD our own little A-Broad.  We’re better than that.  Coconut Crisp, Julio Lugo, Papi, Manny, JD Drew.  That’s a pretty daggone good line-up.  Gy-Ro-Mite!, Schilling, Pap, Boom Boom Becket, Wakefield.  That’s a pretty daggone good staff.  You listen to me brother, saddle your ponies you bet!  Rowdy Roddy style! Bring it ####es!

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!