Red Sox, Alex Gonzalez Agree On One Year Deal
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006According to ESPN.com, the Red Sox and SS Alex Gonzalez have agreed to a one year, $3 million deal.
Gonzalez will reportedly take a required physical exam Tuesday or Wednesday before the deal is finalized.
The former Marlins shortstop batted .264 with five home runs and 45 RBI last season. In Boston, he would replace Edgar Renteria, [...]
Fantasy Baseball: Inflation
Monday, January 30th, 2006A million sports fans in the United States engage in fantasy sports of one kind or another… many engage in multiple fantasy leagues in the same sport or in different sports. I restrict my fantasy endeavors to baseball — once again this year I will own two teams (one in a league in Baltimore, [...]
Crisp Weighs In On Trade To Boston
Sunday, January 29th, 2006Coco Crisp, the new center fielder for the Red Sox, was interviewed on Saturday about his immediate future as Boston’s CF and lead-off man… and replacing the man they called “Jesus”.
“I’m a fan of the game, so I like a lot of the ballplayers, and Johnny (Damon) is definitely one of them. As far as [...]
A Look Inside the Numbers: Coco Crisp
Saturday, January 28th, 2006So now that the Red Sox and Indians have consummated the deal, what do the numbers portend for Coco Crisp now that he will be playing 81 games at Fenway Park?
The Red Sox obviously see something in Crisp that others don’t… thus their willingness to trade away one of baseball’s top 5 minor league prospects [...]
Done Deal! Crisp Coming to Boston
Friday, January 27th, 2006You read it here first!
Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that “the Coco Crisp trade is done”… he writes:
Left-hander Arthur Rhodes’ physical was the only thing delaying the three-team deal, but the Phillies were expected to make the acquisition of the veteran reliever official at 8 p.m. The Indians received [...]
Crisp Deal On Again?
Friday, January 27th, 2006According to Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Paul Hoynes, the proposed Indians - Red Sox trade that would send Coco Crisp, David Riske and Josh Bard to Boston for Andy Marte, Guillermo Mota and Kelly Shoppach is once again gaining momentum. Rumors have it that the trade will now contain contigencies with respect to Mota’s health [...]
Curt Schilling Fan
Friday, January 27th, 2006During the last several months I have written a few articles about the respect and admiration I feel for Curt Schilling. I am unabashed in proclaiming the ardor I feel for the guy. Heck, I drive around in a truck with “SCHLLNG” as my license plate.
In these last few months I have received [...]
Developments at Fenway Park Are Promising
Thursday, January 26th, 2006The Red Sox front office placed a value on Coco Crisp… and the baseball world judged that they were willing to overpay for him… and yet the Cleveland Indians have become gluttonous in their attempt to extort a ransom from the Red Sox.
And as with Johnny Damon and Pedro Martinez, the Red Sox have again [...]
Epstein Episode Evolves Into Macha Moment!
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006To begin with… Welcome back, Theo!
Red Sox Nation truly missed you. We lament the ten weeks you were gone and wonder whether J-D would have departed for Gotham had you been here to woo him… because RSN is convinced your bedside manner would have wielded far more influence with ‘Jesus’ than LL’s [...]
Mota Fails Physical
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006According to the Philadelphia Inquirer and radio station WIP (Philly), Guillermo Mota failed his physical examination today in Cleveland…
The question remains whether the Red Sox and Indians will get the deal worked out or whether this will scuttle the deal… if Cleveland indicates that Boston needs to give them much more than Marte to [...]
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