ESPN is reporting that the Sox have signed Alex Gonzalez to a 1-year/$3 million contract. Count me among the people who were hoping that they’d take Cora to spring training and be done with it. That being said, I think we can live with him for a year. He won’t be blocking [...]
After much hemming and hawing, the dust has finally settled and 6 players have swapped teams. The Sox traded third base prospect Ande Marte, reliever Guillermo Mota, and catching prospect Kelly Shoppach + some $/PTBNL to the Indians in exchange for center fielder Covelli “Coco” Crisp, relief pitcher David Riske, and catcher Josh Bard. [...]
Bill Simmons, one of the better writers on ESPN, has an interview with Curt Schilling up where they discuss the Sox, their fans, and their future. A pretty good read.
Nothing to much see here folks, go on about your business…
Acording to ESPN, the Okland A’s have signed Frank Thomas to a one-year deal worth $500,000 to be their DH. $500,000?! This may end up being the steal of the off-season. I mean, sure, he’s old and coming off an injury, but he also hit 12 HR and drove in 26 runs [...]
As you know, we have spoken frequently during the last 10 weeks. We have engaged in healthy, spirited debates about what it will take over the long-term for the Red Sox to remain a great organization and, in fact, become a more effective organization in philosophy, approaches and ideals. Ironically, Theo’s departure has brought us [...]
The Red Sox have officially announced the three-year deal with the man Curt Schilling said had “nuts the size of Saturn.” Arroyo’s deal will be worth $11.5-$12.5 million. If he pitches like he did in ‘04 (or the first half of last year), it’s a pretty good deal. If he pitches like [...]
I guess I should actually blog about some news or, better yet, unsubstantiated rumors! The latest buzz is that the Red Sox are hammering out a deal with Bronson “Corn Rows” Arroyo that”ll keep him and his right arm in Boston for 3 more years. The deal comes with a (rumored) price-tag of [...]
There’s a pretty decent interview with Shea Hillenbrand up on the redsoxnation.net message board. I haven’t seen him play much, but he seems like a decent guy. Unfortunately we’re pretty set @ 1B & 3B and it doesn’t seem like he plays much SS or CF these days. ;-)
Oh yes, another one. ;-) Given that the market is saturated with blogs right now, I thought it would be a perfect time to add my own! I’ll be littering this space with sports news and happenings–mostly of the Red Sox variety–and my own musings on them.
Alas, the Patriots are out of [...]