TheKilo

I say Manny signs a 1 year deal worth $30 million from LAD and lands in the Bronx as their DH next season.

Next thing you'll all tell me is the Mighty Mighty Bosstones aren't any good, and well, that's just blasphemy.

Haters, the lot of you.

Johjima blows. Also not much of a dilemma.

"And he scores on the big goon from the ex-Milwaukee Admiral captain, who spent the year in Hamilton working on his pugilistic skills. He's dressed as a sixth defenseman for the Canadiens, but don't expect him to do anything with a stick in his hands. In fact, the uniform he's wearing right now fits perfectly because they just rearranged prison stripes on this guy."

Wake's losses have been pretty bad though, VT and GT are going nowhere this season.

To think they went into Louisville, didn't make a three, and had Stanley Robinson only play 3 minutes, and STILL win by 17? Dominant.

Based on the fact the Rays are vastly improved and the last time he was in the ALE he barely made it over the 200 IP mark.

Arroyo would not be a 200 IP pitcher in the ALE. He would not have an ERA under 5 in the ALE as it is currently structured.

Bynum out 8-12 weeks, I doubt he plays in another game this season.

I think it's pretty clear that UConn is the best team in the country right now.

Jack Edwards is the s***.

Then it's Varitek's fault for hiring an agent who didn't tell him the rules.

O'Byrne is a ****

Varitek didn't even know how that arbitration rules worked, that the team who signed him would have to give up picks. I don't buy this for a second.

Great game, great comeback, terrible ending. That was an incomplete pass and there should have been a Hail Mary attempt for Arizona.

Congrats to the victors!

SFOC - you the man - I won last year so I'm not going into it with any expectations this season.

lol awesome

lolfag couldn't even make his own thread

Fantastic post. I too feel Varitek's gamecalling abilities are far too overblown and it's probably unreasonable to expect any kind of bounceback season offensively from Varitek. I think this deal as currently constructed is an overpay - I do not feel any other team would have come close to a $5 million offer. I also have no problem with the signing under the right circumstances. Francona needs to be specifically instructed that Varitek should not catch more than 80 games this season. I think there is a valid argument to the concerns that many pitchers on this staff simply feel more comfortable throwing to Jason Varitek. DiceK will have one week of spring training to get ready for the 2009 season. Would that have been enough time to have a new catcher get acquainted with a pitcher who speaks another language? When John Smoltz, Brad Penny and Takashi Saito signed their deals were they under the impression they would be throwing to Jason Varitek? I don't think anyone knows the question - I do not feel this deal is completely ridiculous nor do I find it team friendly like Pedroia's or Youkilis's. If Varitek is catching 120 games for the next two years there is a serious issue. But if used correctly, this has the potential to be a successful move for the Sox, even if it measured in intangibles (can't believe I wrote that sentence). Now Theo needs to trade for Montero or Salty (regardless of what some schmuck says at the Fort Worth Star Telegram) and I think we can call it a night.

It's the same genius offer I lauded earlier in the thread, but with $2m in easily attainable incentives....not too crazy about that, but not too upset about it either. There needs to be a 50/50 split with whomever he plays with.

They executed their plan. That's the difference. Again, not getting Tex stung, but I have less reason to be cynical with the moves they have made.

I just really wanted to post the ORLY pic.