Thanks for choosing Felger and Maz to entertain.

My nickname is Kloon. And inform you in the afternoon. The people who like licorice, really like licorice. 985, the Sports Hub. All right, then, hi, everybody. Welcome to the program, Felger and Maserati on a Wednesday. Anthony, how are you? Good you. I'm just Peachy. Thank you. We got Big Jim Murray in our update studio. We've got Billy Lanny behind the glass.

Jimmy Stewart out sick today.

Thoughts and prayers go out to How are you? Good you. I'm just Pachy. Thank you. We got Big Jim Murray in our update studio. We got Billy Lanny behind the glass, Jimmy Stewart, out sick today.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Stu. Yeah, we've got, I thought we'd start baseball, maas. Sure, because we have a lot to get to. Today we got Bruins thoughts. We got more Patriots drama. We got all that stuff. so I thought we'd do the baseball stuff early

if you want to get in on some baseball

now is your chance to do it

and really the lead off thought

and I got, you know, that stuff. So I thought we'd do the baseball stuff early if you want to get in on some baseball.

Now is your chance to do it. And really the lead-off thought. And I got a couple things to read you, but they all sort of tie into the same thing. Are the Red Sox putting too much into J.D. Martinez in a new approach? Feels that way, doesn't it? Oh, my God, are they putting a lot on this. Yeah, the manager, the manager and his staff.

Like, to me, you put the staff with the manager, right? The manager and the new player. Those are really the only changes. Well, it's so manager slash approach. Like, they think their approach is going to change everything, and that JD Martinez is going to be Manny Ramirez. Corriss compared him to Manny Ramirez yesterday. I know he did. I didn't even realize this. I mean, I haven't heard the sound. If we get it, we'll play it. But what the hell? Alex Cora was asked yesterday. I don't know what the question was, but it was something along the line of what kind of difference can J.D. Martinez be.

What kind of difference maker can he be?

His answer?

Cora's answer.

Manny.

He said.

Mani.

I'm reading from Mike Silverman and the Herald.

Mani said Cora.

And he was not referring to Manny Alexander.

He said, Manny.

And David, meaning Ortiz. Of course, says he changed games. We talk about putting pressure from pitch one. Now there's added pressure because our lineup got longer from

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