New Year, New Attitude

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At Sox camp Wednesday, during a BP session things managed to get interesting. During this live pitching drill, Sox pitchers were telling hitters what pitch and what location to expect. Casey Rogowski hit a missle back up the middle that clanked off of a protective screen, narrowly missing new Sox pitcher Orlando Hernandez. The next pitch was up and in on Rogo, a little bit of a message. Details are scetchy but it sounds like the 6'4" 230 pound Rogo had a message of his own for El Duque. Ozzie Guillen saids the incident was settled there, without a problem, but it really shows the difference in attitude between 04 and 05.

Last year there was the infamous plowing of Jaime Burke at home plate by Torii Hunter. Ex-teammate Mike Jackson refused to throw at Hunter duing his next AB. It is no secret that many feel this was the beginning of the end for the Sox who then limped into the finish 9 games behind the Twins.

I like to hear this stories, as it really seems this team has some guts. Hopefully this will carry them deep into October.