Breaking news: Early Christmas gift for Red Sox fans everywhere. Eric Gagne will be in a Milwaukee Brewer's uniform for the 2008 season.
Actually, it was surprising to me that Theo offered Eric a place on the Red Sox next year. Yup, it's true. And, Eric turned it down. (phew.) Boston just ain't his town....he knows it, I know it, you know it. Apparantly, management - they didn't know it. Hey Theo - you know how when we're all at Fenway and Kevin Youkilis or J.D. Drew come up to the plate....and everyone yells: "Yooooooook" or "Drooooooo"? Well, when Gagne takes the mound at Fenway, and you hear that "ooooooo" sound from the crowd, keep in mind that Eric's name doesn't phonetically contain ANY sound like that....That was a BOOOO, with a capital B - and when you get boo'ed in your own home town - that ain't good.
So, Theo. Gagne's gone and you still owe me. When you think Ellsbury for Santana, think Howie Mandell and say: No Deal. The Twinkies didn't take the deal offered in Nashville, take Jacoby off the table...."You snooze, you lose" applies here. I have to be honest - I'd be thrilled to have Johan Santana in a Red Sox uniform. Lefty, 2-time Cy Young award winner in the prime of his career - with Beckett in slot one, Santana in slot two...backed up by Dice-K, Schilling and Lester - we'd be so deep in pitching, we'd be unstoppable. On the other hand - you just can't tell us that the future of the Red Sox is the farm team system - and have us believe it - embrace and appreciate the young rookies who make their way to Fenway - only to trade them all away.
That's my 2 cents. That and: 9.5 weeks to Spring Training!
Good-bye, Gagne and Godspeed...
Ann, the Red Sox fan
Actually, it was surprising to me that Theo offered Eric a place on the Red Sox next year. Yup, it's true. And, Eric turned it down. (phew.) Boston just ain't his town....he knows it, I know it, you know it. Apparantly, management - they didn't know it. Hey Theo - you know how when we're all at Fenway and Kevin Youkilis or J.D. Drew come up to the plate....and everyone yells: "Yooooooook" or "Drooooooo"? Well, when Gagne takes the mound at Fenway, and you hear that "ooooooo" sound from the crowd, keep in mind that Eric's name doesn't phonetically contain ANY sound like that....That was a BOOOO, with a capital B - and when you get boo'ed in your own home town - that ain't good.
So, Theo. Gagne's gone and you still owe me. When you think Ellsbury for Santana, think Howie Mandell and say: No Deal. The Twinkies didn't take the deal offered in Nashville, take Jacoby off the table...."You snooze, you lose" applies here. I have to be honest - I'd be thrilled to have Johan Santana in a Red Sox uniform. Lefty, 2-time Cy Young award winner in the prime of his career - with Beckett in slot one, Santana in slot two...backed up by Dice-K, Schilling and Lester - we'd be so deep in pitching, we'd be unstoppable. On the other hand - you just can't tell us that the future of the Red Sox is the farm team system - and have us believe it - embrace and appreciate the young rookies who make their way to Fenway - only to trade them all away.
That's my 2 cents. That and: 9.5 weeks to Spring Training!
Good-bye, Gagne and Godspeed...
Ann, the Red Sox fan
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