Hell, all us Red Sox fans are rooting for the Mets this year...just to piss off the yankees fans!...LMAO
BTW...we love the Red Sox and ALL teams the Yankees play!
oooh also...U said "im just saying man, objects in mirror are closer than they appear" ...well I say, thats true, if U are looking in a wide angle passenger mirror thats giving a DISTORTED view of the TRUE reality...LOL
Look at it like this, if the Sox lose 8 in a row now, and the yankees win 8 MORE in a row (an impossible feat by both teams)....the Yankees will STILL only be in 2nd place!....LMAO!!!
Hell, all us Red Sox fans are rooting for the Mets this year...just to piss off the yankees fans!...LMAO
BTW...we love the Red Sox and ALL teams the Yankees play!
oooh also...U said "im just saying man, objects in mirror are closer than they appear" ...well I say, thats true, if U are looking in a wide angle passenger mirror thats giving a DISTORTED view of the TRUE reality...LOL
Look at it like this, if the Sox lose 8 in a row now, and the yankees win 8 MORE in a row (an impossible feat by both teams)....the Yankees will STILL only be in 2nd place!....LMAO!!!
Hell, all us Red Sox fans are rooting for the Mets this year...just to piss off the yankees fans!...LMAO
BTW...we love the Red Sox and ALL teams the Yankees play!
oooh also...U said "im just saying man, objects in mirror are closer than they appear" ...well I say, thats true, if U are looking in a wide angle passenger mirror thats giving a DISTORTED view of the TRUE reality...LOL
Look at it like this, if the Sox lose 8 in a row now, and the yankees win 8 MORE in a row (an impossible feat by both teams)....the Yankees will STILL only be in 2nd place!....LMAO!!!
Mets shut out Yankees 2-0.....Go METS!...LMAO...Roger Rocket Clemens (the $28 million man) gets outpitched and gets the LOSS!!!.....LMAO
The Mets manufactured their first run against Clemens with speed, then flexed muscle for the second. Gomez, a 21-year-old speedster, singled and stole second to open the third inning against Clemens; Reyes, followed with a two-strike single to center that put the Mets on the board.
Reyes again reached Clemens with one out in the fifth, drilling his third home run of the season..
Red Sox beat San Francisco Giants 10-2...LETS GO RED SOX!
Team W L PCT GB Boston 42 24 .636 - NY Yankees 33 32 .508 8.5 Toronto 32 34 .485 10.0 Tampa Bay 29 36 .446 12.5 Baltimore 29 38 .433 13.5
as a yankee fan ... i can honestly say that they have a good chance of making the wild card ...
the sox ... have a huge bust in the making with ... lugo and drew hitting under 240 a piece ... thats a hell of a way to spend 30 mil a year with incentives ... lol but everytime has em .. the yanks have igawa and pavano .. huge busts ...
it all comes down to who pitches and slaps the leather
it will be very hard for the yankees to even go to the playoffs with a wild card. only hope yankees have is the angels and the indians killing everyone in their division. of course win games too.
gotta take baby steps...like loudon said, focus on the wild card first but if we catch up with that and come within about 4-5 games of the sox, then why not focus on the division then
yanks...I agreee with U...the season is NOT even half over...anything can happen...a true fan cannot "rollover' and play dead aor give up on their team...there's alot of baseball left this season..a division champ is possible for even the yanks...OUCH, it kills me to even say that,LOL, but its very true...Yanks, don't ever give up hope until its mathmatically impossible...
ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT THE SOX DID TO THE YANKS IN 2004, THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN HISTORY...THE SOX PROVED IT CAN BE DONE!
NOW...LETS GO RED SOX....LETS GO RED SOX....LMAO...
Colorado's hitting is out of control right now. Two of my pitchers got shelled by them in the last couple weeks.
And as far as Schilling goes, I think he is hurt or his arm is just shot... 89mph with little movement isn't going to cut it anymore. Same thing is happening in SD with Trevor Hoffman.
Yankees lose to Colorado 4-3...and GET SWEPT...Rockies fans were waving brooms....LMAO
This was Clemens' third start since making three minor league tuneups, and he lost for the second straight time. .....thats the 45 year old, $28 million dollar man in action...hehehe!
Team W L PCT GB Boston 47 25 .653 - NY Yankees 36 35 .507 10.5 Toronto 35 37 .486 12.0 Baltimore 32 41 .438 15.5 Tampa Bay 31 40 .437 15.5
Red Sox win 2-1...Dice K gets the W, outduels Maddux...Matsuzaka held the Padres to five hits and a run, while striking out nine. Dice-K struck out his last batter with a 94 mph fastball. The right-hander ran his record to 9-5..
yanks said..."Dice-K, he'll sh1t himself...japan ball and american ball are completly different, the mlb has much better hitters than over in japan."
yanks , remember him, the guy U said is NOT ready for the Majors cause he only played Japanese ball...LOL...hows that crow taste, bud!
and I'm still sticking to this.."I foresee Arod going away this year"...and he's the best player they have..he'll be on the west coast division by years end..
Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 4-2..and increaseD their first place lead over the THIRD PLACE losing Yankees to 11 1/2 games..
Yankees lose again to San Francisco Giants 7-2....and fall into 3rd place behind 2nd place Toronto!
The yankees game featured the second relief appearance of Roger Clemens' career, as the 44-year-old Rocket entered to pitch the seventh inning. Clemens issued a five-pitch walk to Barry Bonds, and then a hit, before then allowing a sacrifice fly and another run by the Giants.....
oh yeah, love that $28 million dollar man...LMAO
It is rumored that Yankee fans have given up and are now switching alliance to the Mets!....LMAO
Boston 48 26 .649 - Toronto 37 37 .500 11.0 NY Yankees 36 37 .493 11.5 Tampa Bay 33 40 .452 14.5 Baltimore 32 42 .432 16.0
LETS GO RED SOX...LETS GO RED SOX....LETS GO RED SOX...LMAO!
where to start....first off, i never said he wasnt ready for pro ball, atleast i dont remember and im not going thro those posts up there to make sure. i was saying its gonna take time to adjust to the mlb, which it did take time. the most important stats are how he does against the yankees. lets take a look: game one against the yanks he went 7 innings giving up 8 hits and 6 earned....not a very good first game against your rivals. game two went a little like this, 6 innings giving up 5 hits and 4 earned with 4 walks. not what yo would call stunning for either. im not gonna bring up the other games cause i dont care what he did with them. the yankees obviously have his number and thats what i care about. now he has a 9-5 record with an ERA hovering aroud 4 i believe, not bad at all. im not gonna beat around the bush, hes doing good right now. for the record, i would take chien ming over dice-k everyday right now. also, i was lucky enough to see kei igawa pitch for the yanks on friday nite in san fran, and he looked pretty good. i cant recall his exact numbers but i know he went less than 5 innings. his first 3-4 innings looked strong and i was very impressed but i think he got tired and got into a jam in the 5th and was taken out. he needs more stamina and hell be golden.
back to the yankees....what can i say. 2-3 weeks ago i thought it was a matter of time before we caught ythe sox and took first place. but now, im praying that we can even keep close to the wild card. right now, our starting pitching isnt doing too bad, its the bullpen whos blowing nuts right now. we are getting hits, just notstringing together runs with those hits.
5-6 Red Sox players going to the All STAR game in San Fran...
Rookie Okajima (P) (0.90 ERA in 37 appearances) is one of five players vying to win the Final Vote in the American League. Now you can put him in the All-Star Game with teammates Josh Beckett (P), Jonathan Papelbon (P), Manny Ramirez (LF), David Ortiz (1B) and Mike Lowell (3B)..
Boston 49 31 .613 - Toronto 39 42 .481 10.5 NY Yankees 37 41 .474 11.0 Baltimore 35 45 .438 14.0 Tampa Bay 33 47 .413 16.0
The Yankees will be represented in San Francisco by shortstop Derek Jeter, catcher Jorge Posada and third baseman Alex Rodriguez..
well, first off, roger seemed to be incredible going 8 strong giving up only 1 run, 2 hits, and getting 4 k's....
about the all stars: beckett, no doubt he shold be in papelbon, again, yea he shuold be there ramirez, no way in hell he should be there, talk about a popularity contest. i dont know which is more embarrassing, bonds starting the game for the NL or manny even being on the roster for the AL ortiz, hes hitting pretty well, but since the game is at an NL site,there wont be a DH so hell have to field as well and we all know hes god-awful at fielding lowell, hitting is pretty decent this year, nice 12 errors tho and out of those 3 field players, only ortiz is starting which is funny cause hes the worst fielder in the game.
jeter, no doubt he shuold be an all star arod, no doubter. can you say MVP this year? posada, no doubt he shuold be as well out of our 3 field players, 2 are starting, jeter and arod. arod is starting over lowell btw.
I believe its still 6 Red Sox players and ONLY 3 yankees in the All Star game.....and maybe ONLY 2 Yanks, depending on Arod...
and like I told U earlier Arod is a great player, and the ONLY decent player on the Yanks..in fact I think he's the BEST player in baseball but on a SUCK AZZ team!
BTW...eating crow must be 2nd nature to U this year!...U belittled every Sox on the all star team already earlier, but I think the majority of the fans and coaches know a little more than U...they don't have BIASED tunnel vision like U and most yankees fans...LOL
i would be willing to bet that most managers, players, sportswriters, and any other knowlegdble person would agree with what i said in my last post. manny doesnt deserve to be an all star. ortiz is questionable just cause he doesnt play defense. lowell is legit. beckett, papelbon, okajima shuold all e all stars, no argueing there.
but if your gonna sit there and say that Arod is the ONLY good player on the yankees then you are lieing through your teeth. im not gonna say that the whole yankee lineup are good. they are all quality. but to say that jeter isnt a good player, then you are nuts. jeter is arguably the best shortstop in baseball and arguably the best player in the mlb.
talk about tunnel vision bud....way to describe yourself there as well.
M Ramirez G 82 AB 298 Runs 45 Hits 86 2B 20 HR 11 RBI 45 On base.387 Slugging.473 Avg.289
If U call Manny a HACK,,,then OBVIOUSLY U don't know anything about baseball or even your own outfielders...Manny's stats exceed ALL yankee outfielders...learn the game and quit being so blind and biased..
and Bonds is also better than Yankees or Padres outfielders!...his stats are outstanding too..he's no slouch!...and nevermind he's breaking the greatest baseball record in HISTORY!
B Bonds OF G 76 AB 202 R 46 HR 17 RBI 42 BB 122 On Base.517 Slugging.604 AVG.302
thats another questionable issue...has nothing to do with this year stats...obviously he's NOT doing roids THIS YEAR!...NOT with all the publicity going on!...he's still an All star...even all coaches agreed he should be on this team!
i will never respect bonds even if the guy goes on and hits 1000 home runs.
and why are you comparing the yankees outfielders with manny? i havent said anything about that. telling me to stop being so blind. open yours eyes and see the rest of the AL bud. curtis granderson of the tigers shold be in it ahead of manny. hes batting .289 with 43 rbis. gary matthews is batting .282 10 hrs and 43 rbis. shannon stweart is batting .312 with 7 hrs and 26 rbis. compare those with the .289 average, 11 hrs, and 45 rbis of manny. not to mention that all three of those OF are better at fielding than manny as well.
Yanks...yes compare those stats again...U just saw them yourself!....LMAO.....Manny's are BETTER!...and Manny has come along way defensivesly and can now play the Green Monster wall VERY good...
I have alwys stated Arod is best PLAYER in baseball, for many past years!...I've met him and had dinner and beers with him here (small "mayberry" town in spring training) a couple times when he was a Ranger for many years...nice kid too...but I don't think he'll break the career HR record, BUT who knows!...depends on his health..
Bonds and the roids issue is a tough one..Both Bonds and Sosa were thin when young players but bulked up which does happen as U age and with better training (and it helps when your father is a coach/mentor and was a great player himself)...but McGuire and his record, the liar, I have no use for...at least Conseco fessed up, got tired of all the BS from other lying players, and threw some "buzz" book money in his pocket...
"Yanks...yes compare those stats again...U just saw them yourself!....LMAO.....Manny's are BETTER!...and Manny has come along way defensivesly and can now play the Green Monster wall VERY good... "
your correct, their batting stats are better. but dont forget about their defensive abilities. for all i know manny could have no erors this year, i dont know. but i would guess that most people who watch baseball would agree with me when i say that manny is not a good fielder. i would take granderson, stewart, and matthews jr defensively before manny. now hitting wise i would take manny pretty much every time. but this year he is not hitting as well as he usually does. this is my opinion now, im just saying overall, this year only, i would vote for all 3 of those players over manny.
Manny is a better hitter than them as PROVEN by his stats again this year...and the MLB fans across the entire US and coaches, ALL see it differently than U...maybe they are ALL wrong!...LOL
BTW ...NY and many other cities/metro areas have a MUCH larger fan/population base than Boston does also..so the vote was legit across the country...
Actually...This is the first time in Manny Ramirez's seven seasons with the Red Sox that he was not voted in by the fans. Ramirez finished fourth in the fan voting behind Vladimir Guerrero, Magglio Ordonez and Ichiro Suzuki. However, Ramirez was elected by his peers as an outfielder. This is the 11th time Ramirez has been an All-Star.
Jonathan Papelbon, the lights-out closer, was also voted in by the players, marking his second All-Star selection in his two Major League seasons
Right-hander Josh Beckett, who is the only first-time All-Star among the Boston representatives, was selected in the player balloting. He is expected to be the All-Star game starting pitcher , after his 12 wins, this year.
And third baseman Mike Lowell rounds out the Boston quintet. A three-time All-Star with the Marlins, this will be Lowell's first time on the American League squad.
David Ortiz was the lone Sox player to be voted in as a starter by the fans. The four-time All-Star will play first base for the American League. With 2,857,848 votes, the beloved Big Papi outdistanced second-place finisher Justin Morneau (1,780,118) by a wide margin.
Red Sox Nation -- which now extends all the way to Japan -- proved what a powerful force it can be once again when Hideki Okajima was announced Thursday as the winner of the American League's Monster 2007 All-Star Final Vote ballot. Okajima, who finished with more than 4.4 million votes..A solid veteran during his 12 years in Nippon Professional Baseball, Okajima has been dominant for the Red Sox, posting a 0.88 ERA in his first 38 Major League outings. He has held opponents to a .156 average and has 8.12 strikeouts per nine innings.
The 2003 season marked the introduction of the Player Ballot to the All-Star selection process. Each league's players, managers and coaches elect eight position players and eight pitchers from their league. Catchers and infielders who finish in the top two at their position on the Player Ballot, and outfielders among the top six, are assured of making the All-Star Team..
The six All-Stars are the most the Sox have had since 2002, and it's the most of any MLB team this season...It was expected that Kevin Youkilis would be the starting first baseman, but with the absence of the designated hitter this year, David Ortiz was voted into that position by the fans.
first off, in my last post i said their hitting stats are better in the first line, it was supposed to say 'his' hitting stats are better. and i go on to say later in the post that he is a better hitter than the 3 i mentioned.
and dont come to me with the NY has more fans nonsense, i have met and seen just as many if not more boston fans than yankee fans.
"and dont come to me with the NY has more fans nonsense, i have met and seen just as many if not more boston fans than yankee fans."
what are U smoking?....LMAO...Yankees are America's #1 team!...and NY is the largest populated metro area in the US...hell, even in foreign countries they refer to Americans as "Yankees"...and we US people within the US, refer to Northerners as "Yankees"...I think U need a geography, world affairs, and history refresher course..
The American fans and MLB players and coaches have spoken...but I guess U know more than them...and Red Sox being in first is a "mirage" too...LMAO
everyone jumped off the yankee bandwagon back in '04 when boston won the world series....
and im still not sure what this means....i dont recall ever saying i know more than anyone.... "The American fans and MLB players and coaches have spoken...but I guess U know more than them...and Red Sox being in first is a "mirage" too...LMAO"
This is the first time in Manny Ramirez's seven seasons with the Red Sox that he was not voted in by the fans. Ramirez finished fourth in the fan voting behind Vladimir Guerrero, Magglio Ordonez and Ichiro Suzuki. However, Ramirez was elected by his peers as an outfielder. This is the 11th time Ramirez has been an All-Star.
The American fans and MLB players and coaches have spoken...but I guess U know more than them..
I said Manny is a hack this YEAR, and he is. He is on pace to hit 22 HR's and 90 RBI's which would be his worst year ever. Hardly great numbers for a guy that is only 35 and making $17 million a year. Gary Sheffield, Eric Byrnes and especially Adam Dunn should have been there instead of Man Ram. Not to mention that Manny is a selfish, ignorant asshole.
And why do you keep implying that I am biased towards one team or another? Did you think Yanks made my post or what is the deal there? The Sox are one of my favorite teams in the AL and I am by no means a fan of the Yankees.
Saying I don't know about baseball is the funniest thing I have read today. Not only did I play the game for 13 years, I could have went to the minor leagues and eventually with any luck made it to the bigs, but I chose to go with my music career which has worked out very well for me. My fantasy teams do very well every year and this year I am in the top 3000 out of 110,000 teams in the world in an extremely tough no-trade league at SN. Last year I finished in the top 1000.
I have never said anything against you LK and in fact I have laughed at and in some cases supplemented your diatribes against Yanks and the Yankees. For you to go off on me and question my knowledge of the sport because of one little comment about your sacred Man Ram was way out of line.
BRAD...I originally was thinking that Yanks said Manny was a hack,and my posts were directed at him (who I was questioning his knowledge)...once I realized that U stated he was a hack (which is far from the truth), I thought U were implying Padres outfielders were more deserving than Manny...I did not "go off" on U"...obviously U never seen me really "go off"...its all good..
BTW.. .290, 22hr and 90 RBI, is NOT what I call a "shabby" year, IF that were to be the final result..Manny is definitely not a selfish player either...he's loved by his teammates and fans...Boston fans would be the first to blast him if he were selfish...U listen to too many news media BS reports..
BTW ...I was drafted from HS (age 17) by the Mets to play SS or pitch in 1969, along with many free 4 yr school scholarships for baseball and swim team, and declined it all, and joined the military instead... (remember we had a MILITARY DRAFT then and Nam war going on)...and then I coached HS and college, and played another 30 years while in the military...and still play today, while "over 50"...Florida has tons of leagues...I do know something about the game...lol...also BOTH my sons were also drafted and did play minors (LA-Vero Beach, and Cinn- Sarasota), but have moved on to other things now... also my father was drafted by the Cardinals as a LHP, many years ago...so I have a very athletic and baseball, all sports oriented family..and NOT just spectators or TV viewers..
for manny, that is a poor year. for an average or above average player, thats a good year, but for manny, its not too great. i hate manny for obvious reasons, but hes a good hitter. pretty poor fielder but he can get away with it.
and brad, how would adam dunn of cinci (NL) make the AL team?
It was supposed to read "Gary Sheffield, Eric Byrnes and especially Adam Dunn should have been there instead of Man Ram and Sterry Bonds." Eric Byrnes is also in the NL and his numbers are too good to not be there: .312 with 14 HR's, 49 RBI, 53 runs and 17 stolen bases. Sheffield hit two doubles and a homer off of Dice K today to end the half with .303, 21 HR's, 58 RBI's, 17 steals. He was robbed but alot of people don't like him so...
LK you topped my story lol. You have a long history in baseball. Respect.
That sounds about right except I believe Toronto will do better than 16 back....kinda focusing on Arod's future plans now, and how much that affects the yankees now....
only reason i say 16 games is cause they have a pretty rough 2 half of the season with a couple series against the yanks, red sox, mariners, angels, and a few other good teams
i honestly think arod will be a yankee next year, hes asking 240 mill over 8 years or something like that and the only team who can afford him is the yanks....angels would add another 30 mill to their payroll with is roughly 107mill right now....thats adding an additional 30% on to it
the marlins? they had a total team payroll of just over 30 million...no way they land him....doubling their payroll for one player. not too mention they have one of the greatest young players in the game playing 3rd base, miguel cabrera....altho i guess you could put arod back at SS and confuse him even more lol
and texas, has a payroll of around 70 mill, they potentionally bid for him but id be very siurpirsed if Arod is not wearing pinstripes next year.
all is speculation at this point...but remember Arod is from Miami and that sure would boost the Marlins revenue and fan base (if they can come up with some deferred special arranged contract)...also remember Florida only has 2 teams (tampa-marlins) and baseball is dying while football grows....and he also loved Texas and their org and fans...and might consider less money for the right place....but a ring is probably most important to him now...I don't think money is his real issue now..and maybe just his way out of NY... its a double edged sword for him, stay in NY and possibly eventually grab a ring but make them pay up the nose, to keep him where he's not really all that happy....and there's always the west coast, but he's an east coast type guy..
all valid points LK....i agree, i really cant see him going west coast at all. just not that type of person i think. but yea, if hes looking for a ring and ring only, hell stay in NY.
we'll see what happens tho. we've seen crazier things happen
Alex Rodriguez can opt out of his contract which calls for him to receive $81 million during the next three seasons on Nov. 10.
There is nothing that the agent Scott Boras seems to enjoy more than a good, tough negotiation involving a high-profile player. Unless it's a good, tough negotiation involving a high-profile player in which Boras has all the leverage.
On that note, welcome to the world of Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
If ever a player was about to find himself in a position to set a new standard for dollars paid to a Major League Baseball player, it is Rodriguez, who is represented by Boras.
As far as salary records go, Rodriguez figures to be breaking his own mark -- a 10-year deal for $252 million that was negotiated by Boras and the Texas Rangers before the 2001 season.
An indication of Rodriguez's value to the Yankees surfaced on Wednesday, when reports from both ESPN and Sports Illustrated declared that the team was willing to bend its own announced policy and negotiate during the course of the season.
In March of this year, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that he had no plans to extend Rodriguez's contract and thus keep him from leaving at the end of the season.
The question had come up because Rodriguez has the ability to opt out of his current contract -- which calls for him to receive $81 million during the next three seasons -- on Nov. 10.
One of the problems Cashman and the Yankees face is that the team has two other key players who will be eligible for free agency at the end of the season -- catcher Jorge Posada and closer Mariano Rivera.
Posada is having an outstanding season, with a .326 average, 25 doubles, nine home runs and 48 RBIs, and Rivera leads the team in saves, with 11. And when you are talking about the heart and soul of the Yankees' recent titles, you are talking about Posada and Rivera in that mix.
Furthermore, if you want a description of real trouble in your clubhouse, try negotiating with one of these potential free agents while treating the others in a different fashion.
When Cashman took his position on Rodriguez in March, Boras said that was fine from his viewpoint.
"Alex has directed me that there is not going to be any discussion about his contract status until after the season is over," Boras told The New York Times. "We've not had any contractual discussions with the Yankees about Alex other than when we first negotiated the contract to bring him [to the Yankees in a trade with Texas]."
If the reports of the Yankees' interest in negotiating with Rodriguez during the second half of the season prove true, the Yankees will have to convince Boras to sit down at the table, and even at that point, there would seem to be no way an agreement could be reached.
The reason is simple: Boras won't have his greatest leverage until every interested Major League team has a chance to sit at the table.
Quite frankly, it doesn't make any sense for the Yankees to express an interest in talking to Rodriguez unless they are willing to blow baseball's salary structure out of the water by offering $30 million a year for 10 years.
Even at that point, you would have to wonder if Rodriguez would agree to stay with the Yankees. He may very well want to be courted by all interested parties and keep his options open as to where he wants to play and how much he wants to be paid.
Rodriguez is having the type of season -- and has had the type of career -- where he can name his own price. He leads the Major Leagues at the All-Star break with 30 home runs, 86 RBIs, 79 runs scored and a .665 slugging percentage.
A-Rod has 494 career home runs, and if he matches the first-half 30 during the second half, he will pass these Hall of Famers on the all-time list: Eddie Murray (504), Mel Ott (511), Eddie Mathews (512), Ernie Banks (512), Ted Williams (521) and Willie McCovey (521).
At the age of 31, Rodriguez is on his way to becoming baseball's all-time home run king.
There are those who will say that to pay a player $30 million a year is crazy, but Rodriguez already has a clause in his contract that, through a series of events, could put him at $32 million in both 2009 and 2010.
All this would seem to be beside the point, because Rodriguez figures to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract.
At that point the Yankees would find themselves bidding against all comers.
The Yankees usually win those types of money wars, but they have never fought one quite like the one that looms in November.
hmmm...this is interesting...Arod to the Red Sox...
Alex Rodriguez nearly became a member of the Boston Red Sox back in 2003. Maybe someday he still will.
According to a report on the Web site of the New York Daily News, the Red Sox will make an aggressive push at Yankees' third baseman should he hit the open market this off-season. The report, citing unnamed baseball sources, indicates that Boston president Larry Lucchino has wanted the two-time MVP to wear a Red Sox jersey ever since a proposed trade between the Rangers, Rodriguez's former team, and the Red Sox fell apart nearly four years ago. Evidently, the fact that A-Rod, who turns 32 later this month, subsequently went to Boston's hated rival has not dampened Lucchino's enthusiasm.
The Red Sox, may be able to unload several big-ticket contracts once the season ends, depending on what the organization decides to do with pitcher Curt Schilling (13 mil) and third baseman Mike Lowell (9 mil). That extra money would help them make a competitive offer to Rodriguez, who will likely command in the neighborhood of $30 million per season.
I would hate to lose Lowell, BUT for Arod, I'd jump...and the Sox are deep in their farm system, so there are many options there...plus Manny gets 20 mil and getting older...food for thought..
Team W L PCT GB Boston 64 40 .615 - NY Yankees 55 49 .529 9.0 ...thats right 9 games BACK! Toronto 51 52 .495 12.5 Baltimore 49 54 .476 14.5 Tampa Bay 38 65 .369 25.5
BTW...Cal Ripken Jr and Tony Gwynn get inducted into the Hall of Fame today ...
He will definitely come in when ahead more than with the hapless Rangers. He will be an ace setup man for Papelbon and I think this is what he needs right now. I watched him a couple times this month and he is probably 95% back to himself after a string of injuries and surgeries. This was an awesome move for the Sox and another vicious blow to the Yankees. With Okajima, Papelbon and now Gagne, the Sox have debatably the best bullpen in the bigs.
bra, why you wen do dat fo? you one haole or what? oh..no u not...it says you one freakin kanaka. lol...what island you live Hawaiian? I lived on Maui for 12 years and my bro still lives there.
all i have to say is f them both. teixeira jacked one and knocked in 4 runs in his first game with the braves... you better hope we don't make the post season...
Howzit Jesse D! I get half Hawaiian. Far from being one haole! lol. I'm on the most Hawaiian Island. You know, the one right next to Maui (not Lanai). The braddas here still trying to keep this island laid back, keep development down. I like Maui, but man it's getting too crowded, coming like Oahu. Big island too, getting lots of people moving there, especially Kona side. But my island is da bestest! Anyway I love the Yankees! Somebody badmouthed Yankee fans in another forum (won't mention names) so I can't let that go! Eh, I took heat ova here when Agbayani was playing for the Mets in the Subway series cause I was against the local boy! No matter, Benny went down with the rest of dem Yankee wannabees!
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