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the rays are a bunch of no-names. they stay in games with good managing and good pitching.

Pedey's out there at 2B thinkin', "this sucks. we should beat this team 10-0 every game." Papi craps the bed. Watch Drew get a hit. Good eye. Take four Reddick.swingin away. this team just can't win 1-0. no way.

blamed for what? I'm not watching the game--just listening to you guys.

three guys gabbing in a booth. hey guys, there's a game on. shuddup. wonder what three women would sound like.

cmon Tito. one run. ONE run. walk,walk, SB, error. Nieman who?

There is what you call the media factor in NY. I like them both, but Cano winning the HR contest hitting 470 ft HRs off his father? Why was Cano even in the contest?

Just read MLB trade rumors. Twins won't trade Cuddyer. That leaves Beltran and Francouer. My guess is Francouer unless KC wants too much. He fits as a cheap platoon RFder who can hit LHP. The SD guy isn't a good enough hitter--and he's old. If you want the real deal in NY, read Mike Lupica. Heyman is a hack. And no, the Yankees do not have more assets than the Red Sox to deal. Heyman is just busy creating deals with the Yankee FO.

Ridiculous. The Red Sox can give them more than that for a #1 starter. Are the Yankees using the NY media to try to steal this guy? Montero isn't a ML catcher, Nova sucks. The Yankees are doing what they always try to do--get your best player for a pooh-pooh platter. They know they don't have the pitching.

Papi should have twisted Gregg's pitching shoulder. Remember when Nettles did that to Bill Lee? Cost the Red Sox the Pennant.

great news. Torre is a good guy.

Typical Heyman quote--a Yankee stooge boosting their minor leaguers. If Montero was any good, he'd be catching in NY. More likely, that's what the Yankees are offering--a guy they don't want.

I think the Red Sox are going to ditch Pap, make Bard the closer next year and use the savings to get another pitcher or outfielder, or maybe a SS. Bell doesn't fit in that picture in Boston, but you never know--with that close FO relationship with SD.

Papi is having a renaissance year--so far. But it's a suspiciously good year for a guy who has juiced up in the past with Manny. One of those asterisk contract years. I doubt it will translate into a long term contract for the money he wants. He and Manny have had so many big hits in Boston you have to like him. But you don't have to trust him. If he has come back just from hard work and conditioning, more power to him. I just have my doubts. I think angel dust is still common in baseball.

Unless Jiminez has a physical problem, O'Dowd would be nuts to trade him. He's one of the young centerpieces out there.

Twice now Reddick has come up to the majors and "overachieved." He hit well in Boston a couple of years ago, and then funked out when demoted to AAA. Maybe it's an attitude thing. They should think twice about demoting him again. Either play him or trade him for value.

Cafardo at the Globe this morning is drumming up Reyes. He says think big. They may have the pieces with Iglesias, Reddick et al., provided the Mets will deal Reyes. I don't think they will. Besides, the Red Sox are not a speed team. They still haven't figured out how to use two speed guys--much less three. Theo picks these FAs like fruit off a tree, without much regard for chemistry and his manager's laid back, big-ball style. So I don't know about Reyes. I do know they need another RHd bat in that lineup--to take some pressure off their LHd hitters. And it probably should reside in RF since Papi's ego would never allow a DH platoon. The latter could be Papi's undoing in Boston--besides a multi-year contract. The other mention was the Yankees going after Jiminez. Figures they will definitely get another starter. Age is a problem which may catch up with them this year (see Jeter, ARod). Epstein can go in different directions. Most likely a RHd bat is the priority, as reported. But it really depends on what trade opportunities present themselves--what other teams want and what the Red Sox are willing to give up.

Plus he came up in the Red Sox farm system. has a good arm. Hits with power,but never a high BA. He could be another Bay in Fenway. Reddick's value will never be higher. Reddick for Francouer in a minute. You gotta be impressed with MacDonald--the way he parked that Price 95 FB last night. He'll stick around as long as Tito is manager. loves him.

It will be a rhd hitter. maybe Cuddyer, Francouer, Beltran or Pence. lotta talk about Beltran--a sign it might be someone else. I think Cuddyer or Francouer. Pence is a franchise player--doubt Houston will deal him. Between Cuddyer and Francoeur. I said I saw Cuddyer huddling with Red Sox players at the all-star game. Better OBP than Francouer, but Francouer is a former Red Sox minor leaguer with better RF defense. It will be one of those two--both cheaper than Beltran and better as platoon players.

They just don't seem to walk at the right time.

Jenks and Wheeler, Theo's most expensive BP acqusitions, have sucked royally this year. Maybe Theo should stop throwing money away retreading the bullpen, and give some of the AAA youngsters a chance.

Wilpon's problem is he is a close friend of Madoff, and one of the few who made a lot of money with Madoff in spite of Madoff's scams. Consequently, the losers are suing him as well to get their money back. One of his friends has kept the Mets solvent by buying a minority ownership. If you read up on Wilpon, you find that he is obsessed with owning the Mets, and won't give up controlling ownership unless he is forced out.