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Great to see you Fish!!!!!! Missed you bro!

I know who Dane Cook is but just have never seen his stand up, etc. Saw him interviewed about the Play Offs, World Series commercials, he had trouble saying something positive about the Yankees....imagine that?

Thanks for the head's up Sam, just DVR'd it. Don't know much about Dane Cook but he is a Red Sox fan.

It was Crunch but the last one he posted wasn't as good as the original.

LOL

Clement to Cardinals Email|Link By Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff January 3, 2008 05:43 PM The Matt Clement era is officially over in Boston. The St. Louis Cardinals announced they have signed the former Red Sox righthanded pitcher to a one-year contract for 2008 with a club option for 2009. "Matt is a very talented pitcher who has been beset by injury the last few years," said Cardinals vice president/GM John Mozeliak. "Based on our findings from his rehabilitation last season and his recent physical, we feel that he can be a solid addition to our starting rotation and should have no limitations upon reporting to spring training." Clement, 33, has a career 87-86 record with a 4.47 ERA while pitching nine-plus seasons in the majors with the Padres, Marlins, Cubs, and Red Sox. Shoulder problems limited Clement to just 12 starts for the Red Sox in 2006. Clement was named to the American League All-Star team in 2005 when he jumped out to a 6-0 record with a 3.06 ERA in his first 11 starts and was 10-2 with a 3.85 ERA at the halfway point of the season. The 6-3, 210-pound pitcher missed the entire 2007 season while rehabbing from arthroscopic right shoulder surgery performed Sept. 26, 2006. He has not appeared in a major league contest since June 14, 2006, when he prematurely left his start in Minnesota with shoulder discomfort. He did pitch in two simulated games at Fenway Park in September last season as part of his rehab. Material from the St. Louis Cardinals media relations department was used in this report.

If you edit your original post, you can also edit the title of the thread since you started it. Oh, and not being a bitch but it's offense not offence Good for Miguel, we'll only see him for 3 games (June 27, 28 and 29th) as opposed to the usual 18-19.

Have a great time YAZ and fill us in on your (and your nephew's) experience...lucky dog!

Schill checks in on new 'rule' Link By Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff December 5, 07 05:45 PM Curt Schilling wasted no time in offering his thoughts on the new 'Schilling rule' in a blog post on 38pitches.com this afternoon. The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted this morning to approve a resolution in which, starting in 2013, all players that have contracts which include financial terms that are attached to a major awards will not be eligible for consideration for that award. The 'Schilling rule' resolution stems from Curt Schilling's new contract which includes a $1M bonus for the Sox righthander if he gets at least one Cy Young vote in 2008. MLB would have to approve the resolution in order for it to take affect. "Give me a break," wrote Schilling. "Don’t get me wrong, 100k, 500k, 1 million dollars is a huge sum of money. But to think that these guys ever approached this as anything other than them being touted as the ‘experts’ on who wins what is crap. Add to that I seriously doubt anyone ever looked at this from a perception standpoint and thought wow, they are making this guy rich. I would disagree. "The only step that hasn’t happened yet is to stop them from voting on awards altogether. They shouldn’t do it. Anytime someone is allowed to vote on this, on the Hall of Fame ballot, and that person injects personal bias into their vote, they should lose the privelage (sic)." Schilling offered his opinion on various members of the baseball media and suggested that personal agendas are involved when it comes to voting on awards and "writers should have zero say in who wins what." "Trust me, after a year or two award bonuses became totally meaningless to me because I felt that the size of the contract was always the ‘reward’ for winning those awards," Schilling wrote. "They were paying me to win them anyway. I never turned them down because they became and are now a standard part of a contract.The cool thing is that Theo and I managed to turn the bonuses in the last two contracts into things benefitting (sic) Shade and ALS, so it was a win win if it happened."

Schilling Rule? Link By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff December 5, 07 11:23 AM NASHVILLE - The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted ths morning to approve a resolution where starting in 2013 all contracts that have financial terms attached to major awards will not be eligible for consideration for that award. The resolution stems from Curt Schilling's new contract were he received a $1 million bonus for at least one Cy Young vote. The Baseball Writers Association memebership votes on the annual awards. The BBWAA will also notify the Major League Players' Association and Major League Baseball of its decision. A committe will discuss the issue with both bodies at a future date. Is Bob Watson a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America....

Didn't want to disappoint ya-

Posada had a great 2007.

No doubt I'm a Tek "Homer" I do think his leadership, development of young pitchers and his rapport with the more seasoned pitchers (ex: per Schilling, Tek called his almost no-hitter and the one time he shook him off, he gave up the hit) is invaluable. He is well respected in all of MLB. Cannot defend his inconsistent bat. Extend him, without a doubt. The Kilo makes a very valid point.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3141703

Tigers trying to make a blockbuster Email|Link By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff December 4, 07 02:12 PM NASHVILLE - While the Red Sox, Yankees and Twins have dominated the news here at the Winter Meetings so far, the Detroit Tigers might be trying to steal everyone's thunder. They are currently in talks on two possible blockbuster deals. One of them with Oakland would center around coveted right-hander Dan Haren, while the other with Florida is keyed on third baseman Miguel Cabrera and possibly both Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. Tigers' assistant general manager Al Avila, signed both players in his days with the Marlins where Dave Dombrowski, the current Tigers' GM, was the general manager. The Tigers would love to ontain Cabrera, play him third while also having a great role model in Carlos Guillen who is a friend of Cabrera's. Guillen, the team's long-term shortstop, has moved to first base. The Tigers obtained former Red Sox shortstop Edgar Renteria early this off-season. It would seem far-fetched the Tigers could land Willis as well, but the teams may try to work it out. The Tigers would have to include coveted left-handed pitching prospect Andrew Miller and outfielder Cameron Maybin in either Florida or Oakland Scenario.

Yes we did Seano. Hope you and yours had a nice one! This Santana stuff is surprising me as much as the Dice-K sweeps. Not giving up Ellsbury would be sweet. Hate to see Lester go.

LMAO!

What an *******.....hate ya Bob

I like Loretta a lot too. Loved his walk-off HR on Patriot's Day 2006.

Good one ORS! LMAO!!!! :lol:

There is an entire thread in the Red Sox Minor League section on Lowrie. Per a chat transcript in today's Boston Globe w/ Nick Cafardo, he thinks he could be brought up at some point next season.