December 2009

So one minute, we’re sitting around, touching up our series of John Marzano-inspired oil paintings, and watching helplessly as Jason Bay’s agent holds our nuts to the fire. The next, we discover that Theo’s landed John Lackey and Gold Glover Mike Cameron, who hit .250 with a .795 OPS last year and is one of [...]

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Crazy John Lackey — so mean he once shot a man for snoring — is apparently coming to Boston. According to NESN, via ESPN: The Red Sox have reached a “tentative deal” with the free-agent right-hander that will be worth “slightly less” than the five-year, $82.5 million deal A.J. Burnett reached with New York last [...]

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Thanks to reader Brian James for reminding me, in the comments section, that I called for Theo to deliver us the magic of Boof Bonser way back in July of 2006. To officially welcome Boof before he gets flipped to another team, I am happy to reprint that magical post right here. Be forewarned: This [...]

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It’s become increasingly likely that the next time Jason Bay steps onto the Fenway grass, it’ll be as an opposing player. As Bay’s agent, Joe Urbon, explained: “It’s pretty simple. We reject the Red Sox’ latest offer for a number of reasons but primarily the valuation of the offer isn’t where we think it should [...]

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If they don’t make another single move this winter, the Sox have at least secured the Tiumverate of Awesome Names by snagging guys named Boof, Marco and Fabio. Actually, the surnames ain’t bad either: Bonser, Scutaro and Castro sounds like the sort of law firm you’d want on your side if Heidi Watney’s people ever [...]

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Great shots from the David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic over at Boston.com and my unsolicited commentary: Big Papi is looking very svelte in the pics Mike Lowell is married to a “Bertha”…tough name Speaking of tough names, Mrs. Lester goes by the name “Farrah”…and looks like she is capable of holding her breath for a [...]

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When he first showed up in Boston, Mike Lowell was nothing more than the alleged sidecar to the Josh Beckett deal. Someone we were taking off the Marlins’ hands to get our mitts on Commander Kickass. Then, in his first two seasons with us, he belted 41 home runs, knocked in 200 runs and batted [...]

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Red doesn’t like to talk much about the game with the oddly shaped ball, so it falls on me to interrupt coverage of the Winter Meetings to mention the Patriots. If their dynasty was lying on my operating table, I’d call the time of death at fourth and two. Others would argue that it was [...]

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According to the reports flying out of the winter meetings, the Sox “have interest” in approximately 5,734 players, including Mike Cameron, Rich Harden, Mike Gonzalez, Adrian Gonzalez, Roy Halladay, Cheech Plimpton, Roderick Barnaby, The Ghost of Butch Hobson, Tyne Daly, Jonas Grumby, Matchbox “Filch” Hampton and Anthony Daniels, the guy who played C-3PO and apparently [...]

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