Lester82
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Somebody tell Gammons that it wouldn't matter if the red sox ownership "allowed theo" to bid to 180 on Teixeira. The Red Sox bid 170, the Yankees could always top the Sox bid. Boras always gives the Yankees the last word, because they can bid the highest. Boras even said to the Red Sox that it would take a 200m offer if they wanted to have him in the final hours before Teixeira signed with his 1st choice, the Yankees.
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Miguel Cabrera : http://www.detnews.com/article/20091124/SPORTS0104/911240336/1265/SPORTS08/Miguel-Cabrera-joins-Tigers--trade-talks Don't want to give up Buchholz in the deal, if that is a deal-breaker, so be it.
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I hope like some people think, Mauer just ends up staying with his hometown team. Then we will have one less name to read in Yankee fans' wet dreams for 2010. "OMG, Cash is gonna sign at least three of CRAWFORD, HALLADAY, LEE, BECKETT, MAUER..." I'm sorry, but it is mostly Yankee fans absolutely giddy about 2010-2011 as being another 2008-09 type of offseason for their Yankees.
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If the Sox go balls to the wall, you're basically giving the Yankees one or two of these next year without them breaking a sweat. The Yankees already come in at the last minute as the highest bidder, even when the Red Sox bid 170 freakin' million U.S. dollars for some guy named Teixeira, the Yankees bid 180. It must be tough to be Brian Cashman . . . anyway, the Yankees are always going to spend without breaking a sweat. Whether the Red Sox go balls to the wall this offseason or next.
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um, can't wait till there is actual hot stove news
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how is that really the hottest of ballplayer girlfriends? vanessa minnillo was Jeter's better find. of course, he's had many! i agree with the other poster... her chest looks saggy. but not sure why someone thought her stomach is flabby, it looks just fine.
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I didn't realize it, but M.Lowell has no-trade protection and will have some say here
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oh, god no more fightin'
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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10357594
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Mike Lowell: Red Sox willing to eat 6 million of his salary to get him traded. -Ken Rosenthal's blog Rival exec doubts anyone wants Lowell at 6 mill.
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BTW- Jon Heyman is the best in the business (only kidding....) the #redsox may stay in touch with jason bay, but competing execs believe theyre looking at hard at alternatives now - via his twitter - Um, Heyman.... OF COURSE the Red Sox will keep in touch with Bay. And now that free agency opened, obviously the Red Sox are looking hard at alternatives.
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"Winning the division and making a deep run in the playoffs is a different story" By the way, I'm not one that believes that winning the division goes hand in hand with making a deep playoff run. I think it's realistic to say that in most years the Yankees will win the division, they were built in the 2000's to be regular-season bullies with all their expensive talent (but up until this year, not necessarily W.S. winners.)
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" 2011 I would have a harder time believing they wouldn't be involved in the FA market." I agree. But I also think Gammons drops things in his columns that are from the Red Sox front office. (The Red Sox actually told him after 2007 that they basically had "no chance" of re-signing Beckett after seeing Santana's new deal.) So, I believe this too could possibly be Gammons saying something via the Red Sox execs: They are in a precarious short-term/long-term place right now, and realize 2010 and 2011 may be slight downturns until they retool for a big and long run beginning in 2012. Ok, ah... nice.
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Where is the entire "low-risk, high-reward team"? The one the Red Sox signed last year.
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"and of those which are the Sox willing to overpay to ensure they get? " I'm afraid they set their line in the sand-- i.e., the 'value' they place on a free agent-- and sometimes won't pay what the market will bear. This franchise is going to have to actually pay the money for a prime offensive talent. I hate to give Dan Duquette credit sometimes, but the Manny Ramirez signing obviously was a tremendous move in Red Sox history. Or at least in modern Red Sox history. I know, Theo tried last year, and Teix unfortunately had to end up a Yankee. Obviously that part was beyond Theo's control when the Yankees bid higher and highest.
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speaking of baseball players having hotties (or not?)... does Teixeira have one of the more homely-looking baseball wives? http://www.examiner.com/x-436-Baltimore-Orioles-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Open-season-MLB-free-agent-period-begins-Orioles-look-to-add-bats#comments Varitek's ex-wife is up there in the homely department.
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another quote from the ESPNBoston link : They are in a precarious short-term/long-term place right now, and realize 2010 and 2011 may be slight downturns until they retool for a big and long run beginning in 2012. I'm wondering how fun these next two seasons may be... It's going to be hard at times to take a transition year in 2010. But 2011 as well? I guess this could happen. But I'm sorry-- this team can not justify with it's financial resources having both of 2010 and 2011 being years before a new run. They will actually have to sign a major free agent again, with the market next year having some real gems... they can't just use 2011 as more 'hope to get in the playoffs, but not necessarily be built to win all' time. I accept 2010 is probably a transition year, which doesn't mean not contending by any means, but is very likely to still have the declining Ortiz, Lowell and perhaps no major offensive move.
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Writers get it right for once: Grienke Wins CY
Lester82 replied to Paradisecity's topic in Other Baseball
I recall Sabathia answering the question about the '09 Cy award towards the end of the season, there was some headline like: "Sabathia says he doesn't deserve Cy award" and Sabathia was like, 'Hey, the Cy belongs to Felix Hernandez. He's been awesome.' He was awesome. True. That's King Felix... But it was Grienke's award in '09 -
I like Buchholz as the no. 3 on the Red Sox next season. Knowing full well he's better talent than that, and starting to show it. Isn't it nice to have him and Lester... Jacko, someday the Yankees will develop a top starting pitcher again.
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Andy Pettitte will be a reliable no. 3 next year, eh Jackson? Good luck with that.
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Yeah ... I still don't talk ticket prices much in this thread.
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btw, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones? LOL nice musical tastes.
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count how many times I said it. my god.
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We know why he broke the Teixeira story-- he is a mouthpiece for Boras. That had nothing to do with New York.
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I'm shocked -- shocked-- that Nu Yawk's Jon Heyman picks the Yankees as #1 destination for Halladay. I guess I should be happy he made the Red Sox "1A".