Comments on: Friday Links and Thoughts

By: davey

davey — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:14:57 +0000

The are significant racial implications with a potential trading of Ortiz, especially with CoCo gone.

The Sox need to get darker — and quick — or face a Sharpton-led shakedown!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:58:10 +0000

Oh, they do come here too of course. I generally just delete the useless ones, (unless they’re particularly amusing) which is why brilliant minds such as Rocky from Southie are relegated to emailing Mike Felger and hoping they can get into his mailbag for the week.

By: Rock

Rock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:45:38 +0000

Sign Texeria and then trade Papi and Lowrie to Texas for Michael Young and Taylor Teagarden (sp?). Not sure why Texas would do it w/o pitching but we could always throw in Bowden and expand the deal to get back the young stud hitter we gave them for Gagne.

Of course, I now sound like one of the idiots who call ‘EEI so “never mind”.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:36:51 +0000

true enough, AOB. Except here, of course.

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:54:42 +0000

well, you know how that goes….the comments section always draws out some real wacko’s……OPPS!

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:50:30 +0000

just another example of a reason to NOT PAY ATTENTION to anything the sports media puts out….when you get right down to it, what’s the rush to know?…All these “rumors” and “speculation”……wake me up on opening day then we will know FOR SURE what the Red Sox lineup looks like and that’s the only time that REALY COUNTS…..99.9% of the sports media is about trying to predict the future (and stirring up shit in the process) just more noise pollution from the “knights of the keyboard”

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:20:52 +0000

I view this situation just as Finn has speculated.

The conventional thinking is that if the Sox were to sign Teixeira, Lowell would automatically be the man to be moved. I don’t necessarily agree.

Mike Lowell could become the full-time DH, with Youkilis moving to third. Unlike Ortiz, Lowell could also play the field when necessary. Given his injury, I believe that Lowell would be receptive to such an assignment.

Fenway will be far more accomodating to an aging Lowell than it will to an aging Ortiz. Ortiz’ contributions have been critical to the club’s championship run, but the three and four holes are too critical to devote to a guy whose best days are apparently behind him…and who is getting significantly hindered by defensive shifts.

I envision an ’09 batting order of Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youkilis, Teixeira, Bay, Drew, Lowell, Lowrie, Catcher.

As presently projected, the Sox do not possess a championship-caliber batting order. Teixeira would change things dramatically. He represents the best free-agent hitting/fielding prospect since Alex Rodriguez in 2000.

Ortiz should be the one who is moved if Teixeira is signed…perhaps to Seattle or Cleveland. Baltimore might even be interested due to their short, right-field fence.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:15:29 +0000

Jeez, I just read the 150 some-odd comments on Chad’s piece and in many ways they are are discouraging as those ridiculous ‘hot rumor’ sites