Speaking of Expectations

Look out Paps, Boston has set them high.

A sports page headline in today's Boston Globe reads, "Rocket Redux."

Holy crap.

A few excerpts:

"Twenty years after Roger Clemens first brought his blazing fastball up from Pawtucket to Boston, the Red Sox are counting on another of their home-grown studs from the South, Jonathan Papelbon, to heat up Fenway Park."

"Even if Boston fans won't admit it, there's a part of them that's always been looking for the next Rocket. It may be Jonathan Papelbon."

"When I started pitching at Mississippi State, I thought to myself, 'Who do I want to pitch like?' " he says. "It was obviously Roger."

Besides the Clemens comparison, this is a long feature and a very good read.