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goppers · 12-11-2003, 12:14 PM

Both the Red Sox and the Yankees are trying to "buy" a championship. The Yankees are when compared with everyone else in baseball, the Red Sox are when compared with almost everyone except the Yankees in baseball. This wasn't any more apparent to me than when I went to Cleveland over thanksgiving and tried to talk to my relatives there about how great it was that the Sox first three pitchers were Pedro, Schilling and Lowe.

I'm biased as all boodigity, but I think the sox are having a better winter than the yanks. I just don't understand the moves the Yankees have made to this point. here is why -

1) WHY WHY WHY let Pettite get away?!?!? he wanted to play for the yanks, but they didn't make him feel wanted so he walked. That was just foolish. He is a good enough pitcher that the Sox were trying to get him away from the yanks by offering him a ton of cash. I dunno

B) Vasquez is the one pitcher I would have wanted ahead of Schilling right now. More than Colon or Milwood or anyone else out there. What I don't understand is why give up Nick Johnson. I say this because the deal wasn't Nick Johnson for Vasquez. It was Nick Johnson for one year of Vasquez. if george could have waited a year he could have had Vasquez as a FA and still had Johnson (i worry more when johnson is at the plate than any other yankee). Don't get me wrong, I think Vasquez will be great on the yankees, I just don't think it was worth price considering they could have had him in a year anyway.

III) Sheffield - I like this move. That guy can hit. I dunno about the clubhouse cancer stuff. I guess for 13 Million I would have gone for Vlad, but eh either works.

Quick junk on the sox moves

I'm a huge fossum fan, but the schilling move is great. Schilling for 12 million is just fine with me, and hopefully it will work as a roadmap for pedro's contract.

nomar arod manny trade I couldn't care less about. It won't make the sox any better, though maybe it would be nice to have a star that is willing to do interviews and what not. I guess maybe i should want it to happen because of the bad blood between nomar and john henry will probably prevent nomar from resigning here.

12-11-2003, 12:14 PM	#17 (permalink)
goppers Tilted	Both the Red Sox and the Yankees are trying to "buy" a championship. The Yankees are when compared with everyone else in baseball, the Red Sox are when compared with almost everyone except the Yankees in baseball. This wasn't any more apparent to me than when I went to Cleveland over thanksgiving and tried to talk to my relatives there about how great it was that the Sox first three pitchers were Pedro, Schilling and Lowe. I'm biased as all boodigity, but I think the sox are having a better winter than the yanks. I just don't understand the moves the Yankees have made to this point. here is why - 1) WHY WHY WHY let Pettite get away?!?!? he wanted to play for the yanks, but they didn't make him feel wanted so he walked. That was just foolish. He is a good enough pitcher that the Sox were trying to get him away from the yanks by offering him a ton of cash. I dunno B) Vasquez is the one pitcher I would have wanted ahead of Schilling right now. More than Colon or Milwood or anyone else out there. What I don't understand is why give up Nick Johnson. I say this because the deal wasn't Nick Johnson for Vasquez. It was Nick Johnson for one year of Vasquez. if george could have waited a year he could have had Vasquez as a FA and still had Johnson (i worry more when johnson is at the plate than any other yankee). Don't get me wrong, I think Vasquez will be great on the yankees, I just don't think it was worth price considering they could have had him in a year anyway. III) Sheffield - I like this move. That guy can hit. I dunno about the clubhouse cancer stuff. I guess for 13 Million I would have gone for Vlad, but eh either works. Quick junk on the sox moves I'm a huge fossum fan, but the schilling move is great. Schilling for 12 million is just fine with me, and hopefully it will work as a roadmap for pedro's contract. nomar arod manny trade I couldn't care less about. It won't make the sox any better, though maybe it would be nice to have a star that is willing to do interviews and what not. I guess maybe i should want it to happen because of the bad blood between nomar and john henry will probably prevent nomar from resigning here.