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hey theo, ya hear that? its the orioles backing off! get the deal done

bellhorn will have to fight for his job though as indicated

millar really has been doing better than earlier this season since coming back from the All Star Break: 8 hits for 22 at bats, 4 Doubles, 2 RBIs, 7 Runs scored, 10 walks, and just 3 Ks in the past 8 games

ah very cool I like this idea, exactly what Chicago Cubs do, Id get seats there possibly. With way things are goin, I see no talk about a new Fenway Park until roughly 15 years down the road. And Im glad for that. My grandafther took me to my first game when I was 3 in '86 for a game that Roger was pitching. And hoping someday when I have kids, Id like to get the chance of taking them to Fenway Park.

um yeah but so did trot, him grounding into one last night really doesnt mean anything

yeah and this is about them putting tens of millions of dollars into renovations to Fenway Park, which I dont think they'll do if a new park is going to be built soon. Besdes I already heard Henry said by 2012 it will be protected by the historical society and claimed as a landmark celebrating its 100th birthday.

a new park wont be built anytime soon!!! Red Sox planning to remain at Fenway Launching effort to revitalize area By Steve Bailey and Sasha Talcott, Globe Staff | March 22, 2005 The Boston Red Sox tomorrow will announce that the team is staying put in Fenway Park, baseball's oldest and smallest stadium. The announcement will mark the beginning of an effort to revitalize the neighborhood and is expected to include in the future a push for public financing for improved streets and sidewalks, a new MBTA train station at Yawkey Way, and one or more garages, say Red Sox executives. The team also wants to have a say in development decisions around the park that could affect the Fenway experience, the executives said yesterday. The team's plans to remain in Fenway Park are not contingent on securing city and state aid for improvements, the executives said. But the Red Sox ownership, which has made considerable changes inside the park since buying the team three years ago, will be looking for the city and state to finance major improvements in the neighborhood. The team is ''looking for various government entities to step up," said one team owner, who asked not to be identified. The team's owners will ''step up, and are hoping that others will step up, too." Charles Steinberg, the team's executive vice president of public affairs, said a news conference scheduled for tomorrow is part of the team's plans for an annual walk-through to showcase improvements to the ballpark. He would not comment on whether the team would be staying at Fenway. ''What we're focused on now, as we are usually, is the description and depiction of what fans can look forward to this coming year," he said. The announcement would end a long cat-and-mouse game by the team's ownership, which has every year made considerable improvements in Fenway such as expanded seating and concessions but refused to commit to staying long term. It is also a dramatic reversal from the Red Sox's stance just five years ago, when the previous ownership argued that the team needed a new ballpark to be financially competitive in the league. The announcement, however, will shift the discussion on the future from inside the park to outside the park, and is sure to renew speculation about whether the city or state will want to spend money on infrastructure and other improvements. In 2000, when the previous Red Sox management was focused on building a new ballpark, the state agreed to provide $100 million for infrastructure construction, and the city agreed to spend $140 million for acquisition and cleanup costs for the land. The team's new owners ''remember that, too," said the Red Sox partner. ''They have read the papers." But the fiscal situation of city and state government has deteriorated considerably since then, and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been recently discouraging any idea that the city is in a position to provide financial assistance. Red Sox lobbyists have been on Beacon Hill recently letting key legislators know of their goals. The team will be looking for support for such things as a train station at Yawkey Way, improved streets and sidewalks, and cleaning up the tiny Muddy River in Kenmore Square. Parking garages are also high on the wish list. The Red Sox efforts to develop more of the Fenway neighborhood, largely under wraps until now, have begun to surface. Earlier this month, the Red Sox confirmed they were in discussions to buy three relatively small properties around Fenway Park that would allow them to continue to move offices out of the ballpark and make more room for revenue-generating fan activities. Under the new ownership of John Henry and his limited partners, the Sox have made a variety of renovations to the park, expanded concessions, and boosted ticket prices substantially, as they tried to wring additional revenue from the park. (The New York Times Co., parent company of The Boston Globe, owns 17 percent of the Red Sox.) The Sox added roofbox seats along the first base line, and they carved out spots on the Green Monster and close to the field near the dugouts. They also plan to renovate the glassed-in .406 Club, expand seating there to 816 seats from 606 seats, and are shopping for a naming-rights sponsor to that remodeled area. The team also added a new concourse area near Gate E. Mike Dee, the Red Sox's chief operating officer, said last week that the Sox would like to ''activate" the perimeter of Fenway, as part of attracting crowds year round. ''I don't want to be an 81-day-a-year facility," he said. The team also has been in discussions with Boston developer John Rosenthal, who holds the air rights to three parcels over the Massachusetts Turnpike just behind Fenway Park. The Red Sox had objected to Rosenthal's plans for two residential towers because they feared the buildings would obscure the views from inside the park. But the relationship has improved lately. ''We're having ongoing discussion and planning together," Rosenthal said yesterday. One possibility being discussed could shift Rosenthal's development to another nearby turnpike parcel.In addition to Henry, Red Sox owners Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino are scheduled to spell out their plans to keep the team at Fenway tomorrow morning to an invitation-only meeting of the executive committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. The city's public improvements committee on Thursday will take up a proposal that would allow outdoor seating on Lansdowne Street. After revealing plans to stay at Fenway, the Red Sox are expected to launch a series of meetings with the city and neighborhood groups to develop a comprehensive plan for the neighborhood. That would likely include new restaurants, housing, and parking.

dude really red sox signed a long term contract with the city of Boston to keep the Red Sox in Fenway Park and Im glad they did it since Fenway Park has long been a staple of Boston's history. When they do so in the future, rather not have them call it Fenway also, just like Fleet Center will never be the Boston Garden!!

ken griffey jr would be a good add to the yankees for offense, but still this aging player is a risk at being injury prone. Right now its lookin like best bet would be eric byrnes, with less 10 days left, they should act fast if they dont want to see bernie missin pop ups

i like my boy Tony G first 8 at bats in a Sox uniform has been on base 4 times, no strikeouts, 2 hits, RBI, plus defense has been good already turning a double play

Notes: Bellhorn plans to fight for job Injured second baseman remains confident about abilities In 85 games this season, Mark Bellhorn is batting .216 with 28 RBIs. One thing you can never accuse Red Sox second baseman Mark Bellhorn of being is unrealistic. Bellhorn knows that there are no promises in the game of baseball. He knows that is especially true when you're hitting .216 with 109 strikeouts and your slugging percentage (.360) is barely higher than your on-base percentage (.328). When the second baseman comes off the disabled list in early August, he doesn't plan on his job being handed back to him. Instead, Bellhorn plans on wrestling it back from Tony Graffanino and Alex Cora, two recent additions to the team. "That's the nature of the game," said Bellhorn, who sprained his left thumb on July 17. "I wasn't playing up to my capabilities. When you do that, sometimes people make changes. I look at it as incentive for me to come back and win my job back." A player never wants to be on the disabled list. But in Bellhorn's case, he thinks that the time away just might be of benefit in what has been a truly rough season to date. "I've been in this situation before. I know it's going to work out somehow," said Bellhorn, a hero for the Red Sox last October. "I never lose confidence in my ability. I just have to get done with this hand thing and come back, and it could be for me, a little break to clean up the struggles. You can't ever lose your confidence." Bellhorn was asked what has gone wrong for him this season after he was a big contributor to the 2004 team, scoring 94 runs, belting 17 homers and driving in 82 runs. "Maybe putting too much pressure on myself," said Bellhorn. "I think that's what it all comes down to. You struggle and you think you've got to change something, but you really don't. It's just a mindset." While the main objective for Bellhorn during this DL stint is to get his thumb healthy, he plans on doing the same thing to his mind. "I think so. You always hear [mental approach] is 90 percent of the game, especially guys at this level," Bellhorn said. "The ability is there. It's whoever is stronger mentally sometimes. This game is not football or basketball. You're playing every day. You think you've got something new and it doesn't work. Everything keeps building up, and that's kind of what it's done to me. You never want to sit out for two weeks or longer, but it's a good time for me to kind of look back and clear my mind and think of it as a new start."

if this trade happens that would mean in matter of several weeks would have lost ramon vazquez, jay payton, alan embree, bronson arroyo, kevin millar, and bill mueller--in return for alex cora, adam hyzdu, adam stern, chad bradford, aj burnett, jc romero, and mike lowell--thats a big change for everybody

if deal did go down with, best way I could think up would be first base- John Olerud with Lowell as backup if Lowell does not make great debut in red sox uniform second base- Tony G, bellhorn and cora as backups third base- kevin youkils, lowell serving as a backup again if not able to make impression

he is on course to make same ammount of RBIs as last season, but still small ball park could help some if he does indeed come to Boston

it be best to trade shoppach off in a nice package deal, mirabelli has been singed thru 2006 with a club option for 2007. it would be only right to trade him off so he wont have to spend so much time in triple A

i have only heard about kevin millar being traded to the twins on this forum website, nowhere else--so far sox is giving up bronson and mueller or small chance at youkilis, thats what the espn news said that I was watching

it is being mentioned including site I go to cuz they update daily about trade buzz on boston.com http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/thebuzz/

cool stat to see, game 4 against baltimore before all-star break his on base % was at .342, thru the past 7 games hes been able to raise it considerably 0.22 points to .364, bodes very well of course

millar is finding his groove since coming back from the all star break, his on base percentage has been an amzing .630% !! now that is very good, in 7 straight games he has drawn at least a walk ((nine altogether in just 7 games)), he changed his stance to make his feet more closer together and is not swinging his bat anymore like hes chopping wood. hes bound to be belting homeruns anytime soon.

Guardians already have that up and coming DH, Travis Haffner who has been having a good season off of sox relief pitchers.

really everyone on the team wont stay forever? are you kidding me, had not realized that before--yes i realize he was goin to be gone anyway, just saying Id like to see him finish out the season with the Red Sox--I have trust in Theo he knows what he is doing, he has already proven doing so this season with getting Cora, Chad Bradford with his knuckle scraping the mound move, and of course acquiring Tony G. I still cant believe Sox really didnt have to give up much in prospects to get him

this trade is pullin me in different directions cuz of having to give up bill mueller. I would love the pitching rotation so much is schilling came to back what he was last season and got AJ Burnett. But with Bronson might be on way out, most likely to move to the bullpen when curt comes back would be wakefield. How about wake as the closer if keith foulke still throws like s*** after batters facing steady doses of breaking balls and fast balls, they have to face tim's knuckleball in the 9th, and he always does great first inning he pitches in each game 1. Curt Schilling 2. Matt Clement 3. David Wells 4. AJ Burnett 5. Wade Miller

im sure big percentage of the fans will have their eyes on lowell as well as the media for being part of reason bill mueller would be gone from the team, Tony G on the other hand was greeted with a standing ovation from Fenway in just his first game taking over for Mark Bellhorn at 2nd base.

hey im all for burnett and romero, just only thing im leery about is lowell

sorry if im in denial and gettin you guys to be on my friggin back, i just respect the hell out of bill mueller as he is my favorite player on the team and is producing a great season for the Sox thus far