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John:

Link.
Mike:

There is something entirely strange about his situation. Not long ago he was a Cy Young winner. He followed it up with another nice year. Then he got hurt and nobody wants to touch him. One team offered him a minor league deal. What ever happened to low risk high […]

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Mike:

Do you agree with the RedSox threatened boycott of the Japan opener? Why should the fans suffer? And 40K per person?! Lots of nerve.
John:

I think it was a novel idea, and one that they probably felt was the right thing to do, but didn’t take into account many others affected by their […]

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John:

Cora Jailed
Mike:

Oh come on. What happens in spring training in 1999, stays in spring traning in 1999.

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Mike:

I thought I would have something asinine to say about this, but decided that it speaks for itself.
John:

If it helps pay for Santana, I’m all for it. Tattoo it on their foreheads if they need the cash.
Mike:

Imagine you were on the Boston SoccerSox and you were forced to be a billboard - all because […]

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Mike:

How would you feel about trading Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Justin Masterson, plus a fourth prospect for Santana? Can you give a few comments on each Boston player?
John:

I’d be ecstatic. I’m a huge proponent of trading prospects for superstars when you’re a big market team. Ellsbury may become a superstar (I don’t think so), but we […]

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Mike:

And I have several burning questions that I haven’t explored recently.  If my A.D.D. wasn’t so bad these days, I might have posted several topics.  These are the things on my mind:
What does it take to evaluate a GM?  Is it a percentage of good decision vs. bad?  Is it the degree of good or […]

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John:

If the Red Sox get Santana,” said an executive of one NL team that’s grateful to be in the other league, “they might be the best team in the history of the frigging universe.  (link)
Wouldn’t it be way cool for Boston to have the best term in the history of the frigging MLB universe and the […]

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John:

He says he’d prefer Ellsbury over Santana.
WHAT?!
“Yes, Santana is the best pitcher in baseball, but who’s going to be our center fielder?”
I’ll be your center fielder. I guarantee Santana/John is MUCH better than Ellsbury. DO NOT OVERTHINK THIS PEOPLE. When you can get the best pitcher in baseball, you do, no matter […]

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John:

Terry Francona: MLB Manager of the Year.
Mike:

Well, somebody’s gotta win it. So it might as well be the manager of the World Series winner. Wedge and Torre should have given Francona a run for his money. Wedge did more with less, and Torre turned around a struggling Yankees team. I am […]

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John:

Admittedly, I don’t know much about Steinberg, but SoSH seems happy about it.
Mike:

Why was this guy such a nuisance to SoSH? Good grief.
This caught my eye. “What is it with Frank McCourt taking away so many of our a-holes, malcontents, morons and adulterers?” A very good question. There must be an […]

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