January 7th, 2009
January 7, 2008:
Precious and Few…
Since there is so little to talk about with regard to actual baseball–Sorry, the Nick Green signing (a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training), or Pat Burrell going to Tampa Bay, or even Milton Bradley going to the Cubs, however intriguing, just is not cutting it…
But since its January, it means that Theo and Gammo will team up for the 9th annual Hot Stove/Cool Music Concert to be held this Saturday at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.
With proceeds go to the Foundation to be Named Later, Theo and twin Paul’s charitable foundation, the event begins with a roundtable discussion at the State Street Pavilion at Fenway at 1:00pm, Some of the speakers will include Theo and Gammo, Dustin Pedroia, Torii Hunter, and Harold Reynolds of the MLB Network… Read more…
January 5th, 2009
January 5, 2009:
1st Day Back…
Holy Buckets! It’s amazing how 11 days off can wreak havoc with your schedule…but then again, so can the only 3 hours of sleep I got because of my concern about sleeping through the alarm…
So here are some random Red Thoughts on our 1st day back after all of the holiday…stuff:
Having caught some of the newest thing in baseball, the MLB Network, I think it is way cool–but it totally does not mitigate that there is still THREE MONTHS until any baseball of import (I am not including the WBC in this, obviously) happens. Read more…
January 1st, 2009
January 1, 2009:
This and That…
1st of all: Happy New Year! I hope all of your Pre and Post New Years Celebrations were happy and safe…
And here’s to the Sox getting back (and winning) the World Series in 2009!
Just some random thoughts and stuff as I begin the annual post holiday clean up and organization of my life… Read more…
December 29th, 2008
December 29, 2008:
Most Excellent Christmas Bling!
Thanks to our family, my husband and I picked up some most excellent Red Sox Bling for Christmas!
From my stepdaughters, my husband got this fabulous Christmas wreath, which was proudly displayed on the front door within minutes of its unwrapping…
December 22nd, 2008
December 22, 2008:
Convoluted, Thy Name is Teixeira…
Holy…Buckets! As if this whole deal isn’t crazy enough…
Just to recap: There once were 4 (maybe 5, if you include the Skanks) teams in the running for the services of Mark Teixeira, the hottest prospect in the 2008/2009 off season. And, since his agent is the Anti-Christ, everyone knew that this was going to drag on, and end up costing some team a ton of money, not to mention A LOT of years…
OK, the 4 teams (not including the Skanks) were the Sox, the Angels (where Teixeira played the last 3 months of the season in 08) The Oreos, and the Nationals. And everyone had a 7-8 year deal on the table, and, depending on who you asked, were valued from $140-200 million…. Read more…
December 19th, 2008
December 19, 2008:
Well, THAT is a startling development…
As late as last night, all the media were reporting that the Sox ownership were in Texas, meeting with Mark Teixeira and SATAN to try to hammer out a deal. And the deal at that time was 8 years, between $160-184 million (depending on who you believed), or $20-23 million for those of you playing at home…
And then this morning, fully expecting to see Teixeira’s beaming face holding up a Red Sox Jersey looking out at me from Page 1 of the Boston Globe I see this “We are not going to be a factor”
Uh…WHAT??? Read more…
December 18th, 2008
December 18. 2008:
Oh, there IS a bid…
And not only do we not have a CLUE what it is…but, apparently, it’s the highest one! Some randomness on the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, and other sundry items:
The Sox made an 8 year offer, and, after being burned MASSIVELY by another one of Satan’s clients, (don’t think we need to name names…) there will not be a 10 year contract offering…
The Skanks are now in the hunt–although after spending a 1/4 of a billion dollars on 2 pitchers, they presence is probably more to drive up the price for the Sox, than anything else…And besides, acquiring Manny would work better for them anyway–they would get a good hitter (although I think Joe Girardi is wrapped a bit too tight to deal with him–Torre, like Tito, was good at it…) and jab the Sox…Rumor has it the Skanks have offered Manny 3 years, and $66 million–not really close to the 6-8 years, $150 million he wants… Read more…
December 16th, 2008
December 16, 2008:
All I want for Christmas…
Is to keep Mike Lowell…
Unfortunately, the Sox are arming for bear to acquire Mark Teixeira, and if they get him, Mike Lowell will probably be the one to go…
And rumor has it, the Sox have made their offer–no one knows what that is, as the ever popular “we don’t discuss ongoing negotiations–or even if there are negotiations…”
Personally, I think if it’s all about money (and with Satan as his agent, you KNOW that will be a big part of it), the Sox have it all wrapped up (pun definitely not intended) Very few teams have the resources (not to mention very deep pockets) that the Sox do. And we already know the Sox want this guy…bad…and I haven’t heard any: “Oh! I reallyREALLY want to play for the Skanks” rumblings coming from Teixeira, or Satan…) Read more…
December 12th, 2008
December 12, 2008:
Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me…
I hated the 80’s jersey in the 80s–it looks like a Skankee uniform…and I am sorry, while the “hanging sox” (as they are so named, apparently) are neat–I think all of the players wearing them is going to look mondo-stupid…MONDO…
We all know that this is just another attempt to raise revenue for the team–hey, they did not raise ticket prices this year; they gotta pay for Mark Teixeira SOMEHOW…
With all the resources at their disposal, you mean to tell me the Boston Red Sox could not come up with a better look than THIS? Read more…
December 11th, 2008
December 11, 2008:
So, how much is too much???
As I mentioned yesterday, CC Sabathia got 161 million reasons to ignore his desire to go to the left coast–and will be the property of the Skanks for the next 7 years…This contract is the biggest ever given to a pitcher, averaging $23 million a year…Sabathia is 28 years old, which will make him about 35 when the contract is finished…
I know this was probably the only way the Skanks could have extricated him from the left coast–and it’s generally the only way to get good pitching is to offer them ridiculously long contracts for crazy money… Read more…
