Rob Bradford

All right?

I thought it was feedback.

I didn't even realize.

I thought it was music.

I'm doing good, Beth.

What's on my mind this week, well, two things.

One is, you know, I've always been ambivalent about the WBC, but this year, because I want to see so many guys get at-bats, that I kind of like the parallel track, that some guys are going to be getting there at-bats in the WBC and the others...

You know, the Christian Campbells of the world or whatever are going to get their bats, you know, at the Red Sox, you know, spring training so we can get to see both of these guys.

But the thing I wanted to bring up to you more than anything is this week I heard somebody on EEI referred to this roster as a Danny Ainge roster.

And I thought that was an excellent description.

analogy, you know, parts, you know, good pieces, people, but yet, you know, it seems like you're overloaded in one area, deprived in another area, you're trying to make it all work.

But the thought that occurred to me is if we do, in fact, get a salary cap, which it looks like we might, now all of a sudden, like the Christian Campbell contracts and the Saddam Raphael contracts are

take on extra weight, not to mention Yoshida, you know, in terms of like, you know, salary cap and implications.

And that scares me because I don't still get a good sense about, you know, this team's ability to kind of put together the pieces in the right way.

So what do you think about that?

No, you're right.

And I keep using the analogy calling the herd.

Like, I keep –

like it's like pieces have to move.

Things have to loosen, you know, you know, you know, people are being blocked.