Sox have to wait for now!

Okay fans.  You have to allow me to relish this upcoming Super Bowl  for the next few days.  I know spring training is just days away and believe me I’m as excited as anyone.  But Super Bowl XLI  is Sunday.  As most of you know, I’m a transplanted Illinoisan.  As you all bleed Red and Blue for the Sox, I bleed Orange and Blue for the Bears.  It’s been 21 years since my boys have had their day.  In 1986 I was huddled in my Wisconsin dorm room  amongst throngs of Packer fans cheering against my beloved Bears in SuperBowl XX.  I still hear the silence ringing through the halls as the Bears poured it on (no offense).  Since I’ve taken up residence in New England I’ve had the pleasure of following winners (which us Chicago fans are NOT accustomed to).  The 2004 and 2005 Super Bowl Champion Patriots and especially the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox.  I’ll cherish my World Series ring and will be indebted to the Red Sox organization forever.  It’s been a great time to live in New England as a sports nut.  I know there is no ring in the offing this time but now it’s my turn.  In all likelihood it will be another 21 years before the Bears play in another Super Bowl.   And don’t get me started on the 99-years since the last time the Cubs won a World Series.  So come Sunday, join me as the Bears run left, run right, throw deep and bash the Colts back to Indy.  Think of it as your revenge from the AFC Championship game.  I’m enjoying the moment as you all have the last several years.  Come Monday morning…let the Red Sox talk resume. 

Jack is Back on new ESPN Commercial…if you look close!

Have you seen the newest ESPN commercial with cheerleaders and a t-shirt toss inside the ESPN office? Watch the left-hand side of the desk they focus on. On it you’ll see a Jack Kerouac bobblehead!

The famous Kerouac bobble, from our 2003 season, was one of the most successful promotions in Lowell Spinners and Minor League Baseball history. It was so popular it was even accepted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum!

If you see Jack on TV, leave a comment below!

Deeble, Adams round out ‘07 Coaching Staff

Hello and Happy New Year, Spinners fans!

The Red Sox just announced the Lowell Spinners manager and pitching coach for the 2007 season, rounding out the coaching staff. The positions will be as follows:

MANAGER: Jon Deeble
PITCHING COACH: Ace Adams
HITTING COACH: Alan Mauthe

Deeble and Adams will team up in 2007 in the same roles they had with the Spinners in 2003. Mauthe has been the Spinners hitting coach since 2004.

Deeble was instrumental in the Red Sox signing of Daisuke Matsuzaka last month as the Red Sox Pacific Rim Coordinator. He also managed the Australian national team in the last two Summer Olympics, including a silver medal finish in 2004, and he managed the Australian entry in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Click here for the official release from the Red Sox: Deeble named manager of Single-A Lowell.

It should be a great season!