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His ERA was awful against the Yankees but the 2-2 record vs. the Yankees was not terrible-- the same as Wang's record vs. the Red Sox.

Lidge, Cordero or Turnbow. One of them will be the closer.l

Get Lidge or Cordero and they are ready to rock and roll.

Iwas just about to post this.

I think Clemens will be wearing a Red Sox uniform before the 2007 season is over.

He also thought that super-agent Scott Bore-ass might buy Matsuzaka's contract from the Seibu Lions to free him from the bonds of slavery.

Week 15 - NFL Game Dates 12/14 - 12/18, 2006 Spread Category : Date & Time Favorite..................Spread....................Underdog 12/14 8:00 ET At Seattle...................-10......................San Francisco 12/16 8:00 ET Dallas..........................-3............................At Atlanta 12/17 1:00 ET At Minnesota................-3................................NY Jets 12/17 1:00 ET At Baltimore..............-11.5...........................Cleveland 12/17 1:00 ET At New England..........-11...............................Houston 12/17 1:00 ET At Buffalo....................-1..................................Miami 12/17 1:00 ET Pittsburgh..................-2.5..........................At Carolina 12/17 1:00 ET At New Orleans..........-9.5.........................Washington 12/17 1:00 ET Jacksonville................-3.5......................At Tennessee 12/17 1:00 ET At Chicago................-13.5.........................Tampa Bay 12/17 1:00 ET At Green Bay...............-5.................................Detroit 12/17 4:15 ET At NY Giants...............-5.5........................Philadelphia 12/17 4:05 ET Denver.......................-2.5..........................At Arizona 12/17 4:15 ET At Oakland..................-1...............................St. Louis 12/17 8:15 ET At San Diego..............-8.5.........................Kansas City Monday Night Football Point Spread 12/18 8:30 ET At Indianapolis............-3.5..........................Cincinnati Straight Category : Date & Time Favorite................................................Underdog 12/14 8:00 ET At Seattle..............................................San Francisco 12/16 8:00 ET Dallas.........................................................At Atlanta 12/17 1:00 ET At Minnesota...................................................NY Jets 12/17 1:00 ET At Baltimore................................................Cleveland 12/17 1:00 ET At New England..............................................Houston 12/17 1:00 ET At Buffalo.........................................................Miami 12/17 1:00 ET Pittsburgh.................................................At Carolina 12/17 1:00 ET At New Orleans........................................Washington 12/17 1:00 ET Jacksonville...........................................At Tennessee 12/17 1:00 ET At Chicago................................................Tampa Bay 12/17 1:00 ET At Green Bay...................................................Detroit 12/17 4:15 ET At NY Giants.............................................Philadelphia 12/17 4:05 ET Denver.......................................................At Arizona 12/17 4:15 ET At Oakland....................................................St. Louis 12/17 8:15 ET At San Diego.............................................Kansas City Monday Night Football 12/18 8:30 ET At Indianapolis............................................Cincinnati Monday Night Football Total Points Scored :................____48____

Let's not forget that he will only be the #3 starter on this team.

An arbitrator has no authority unless the parties agree to submit to arbitration.

Dude this is way above your head. He has a contractual relationship with Seibu. That contract probably requires that he go through posting. There is most likely a contract between Japan baseball and MLB regarding this. A breach of such an agreement also would have consequences. Such an agreement is completely legal. US companies constantly enter into agreements not to hire each others employees. You are talking about things of which you don't have a clue, so just stop.

Good points. Jacksonian thinks that this would be resolved quickly. Fat chance of that. There are two totally different jurisdictions involved-- the U.S. and japan. Unless there is an agreement by all the parties to go to arbitration, this could take a very long time. It could be very difficult to determine which laws apply. If he were able to secure Free Agency in the US, he would likely be sued in Japan. If a judgment were obtained against him in Japan, his property in Japan would be at risk to satisfy the judgment. The notion that Boras could free him earlier than 2 years is just preposterous. He won't even attempt it. It would be costly both in terms of money and time. The resolution if any could very likely come after the two years have expired.

His overall ERA against the Red Sox (4.78) is higher than his ERA at Fenway (4.65), so it seems that his problem is the Red Sox not Fenway. I think he'd be fine at Fenway.