Welcome to the Golden State

After arriving back in the good ol' U.S. of A yesterday the Sox had an optional workout in Los Angeles. Almost all of the regular players participated in the workout, missing were Manny and Coco. I do not think anyone really expected Manny to be there but Coco? Crisp has missed so much ball this spring you would expect him to be there. Boston will play 3 exhibition games against the Dodgers starting tonight at 7 pm Pacific. The middle game will take place at the LA Coliseum where the Dodgers first played before their stadium was built. Saturday will be a circus when you consider an exhibition game played in front of 100,000+ fans with the left field wall just 200' from home plate. We may get to see some interesting fielding by Manny. As I posted earlier, tonight and Sunday's games are important for determining the 5th starter; el Gordo pitches tonight and Buchholz will be on the hill Sunday. After the Dodger exhibition series the Sox head north to the Bay Area to resume the regular season against Oakland on Tuesday. I've got great seats to Tuesday's game so keep a lookout for some live posts from Oakland Coliseum next week.