2008 MLB PLAYOFF EDITION
February 11th, 2008 — Front Office, Youkilis, off season
Kevin Youkilis and the Sox avoided arbitration and came to agreement on a 3 million dollar, one year deal. Initially, Youk was asking for 3.7 and the Sox countered with just over 2 million.
Nice pay day for a solid defensive and go-to clubhouse guy.
This means that Epstein has successfully avoided arbitration with any of his players since taking over as GM.
February 10th, 2008 — off season
So, what gives with Eric Hinske? The guy was a complete stud and flew into Toronto like the next best thing. Suddenly, after half a season, he’s hitting below 220 with a lack of power. When I first heard about Hinske, he was going to tear the place up and put Boston and New York on watch. Never really happened.
Hinske, by the way, signed with the Rays yesterday to complete his weird journey of minor league stud to big league chew to World Series ring-wearing happy guy to now… Tampa Double Ray.
Good luck, Eric. You always had a smile on your face in the dugout.
February 6th, 2008 — off season
One week for pitchers and catchers. Just sayin’.
February 5th, 2008 — Coco, Francona, Front Office, off season
It appears it’s now a question of “when” and “where” not, “if” Coco will be traded. With the return of Kielty, Crisp is a good couple of solid pitchers or a catcher away from being sent to destinations unknown.
Personally, I’d like to see them package Tavarez and Crisp in a deal that brings a couple of strong, young relievers to fill the middle of the bullpen.
Also, unrelated, what the hell is the deal with Francona? Is he getting an extension or not?
February 4th, 2008 — General, off season
Just 9 days until pitchers and catchers is just what I needed to hear this morning to take my mind off the “Game that must not be named”.
At points last night as I was watching Tom Brady’s arm get twisted backwards like a rag doll, I noted to my son that the game was looking pretty bad. I think it’s downright hilarious when a child tries to get into the spirit of the moment. I tried to hold back the annoyed emotions of the game (I couldn’t) and I tried to understand his line of questioning (I couldn’t). So, lesson learned: I need to watch the “Game that must not be named” in a box without any outside intervention. I get too pumped up. Same thing with the World Series.
The next time the Patriots (or Chargers) are “Game that must not be named”, I’ll take a deep breath and prepare for a night of bad offensive line work and hurries and drop backs and dumps.
By the way, does anyone actually watch the ProBowl?