A very, very interesting article by Gordon Edes this morning. Points out a couple interesting things..
-ARod REALLY, REALLY wanted this deal
-Hicks started it, NOT the Red Sox.
Check it out.

Since it looks like there will be no groundbreaking Sox news for a while (not even the rumor of Daubach signing to a minor league deal is groundbreaking…), time to change the focus for a few weeks.
The Pats are looking pretty damned good.
How’s that for an understatement?
I’m not a bandwagon Pats fan by any means; […]

On to the most overrated ‘holiday’ of them all…New Year’s Eve.
My wife got me the ‘Cowboy Up’ DVD for Christmas..not sure when I’ll watch it. Also got a desk calander for work with daily Sox trivia on it. Don’t be surprised if the questions sneak in here every once in a while.
And apparantly, […]

So, can we all move on and wait for Santa (for those of us that are waiting for him tonight)?
Some good points from Bob Ryan:
For the Red Sox and their fans, this was always a win-win. What was the worst that could happen? The worst that could happen was the deal with Texas falling through […]

“There is nothing further to report relating to the consummation of a transaction between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers involving Alex Rodriguez,” it said. “No further discussions regarding this transaction are planned.”
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Statement from Sox. About time this is over.

Another ‘deadline’ comes today. Am I the only one who hopes that whatever does/doesn’t happen at 5:00 today is the end of it? I’d be happy either way at this point…
Oh, and as a bonus, here is the Christmas song that my kid is obsessed with.

I haven’t read anything yet this morning, but as of last night, there weren’t any changes.
I see Hicks added another ‘deadline’. Jeez.
Fire away!

So before I went to play cards last night, I turned on ESPNNEWS at 7:00 to get an update. This is what I saw:
1. Peter Gammons SUPREMELY confident that the deal gets done. If the host asked Peter to bet a million dollars, my guess is Gammons would have
2. Just after […]

JohnWHenry
Owner, Boston Red Sox
Posts: 16
(12/17/03 6:16 pm)
Reply Re: Manny-ARod rumor thread
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It’s an astonishing ending isn’t it? Astonishing. In fact, it transcends baseball.
By the way, that is post 2550 or so in the thread.
EDIT:
And, of course, probably as he planned it, this post made its way into the AP update 3 […]

…by those who really love Nomar and those who don’t like the deal at all.
Seems that ARod, MLB, MLBPA, and Theo met in NYC today to discuss restructuring.
As I’ve said over and over, I’ll withold my opinion until all is said and done. I do feel that unfortunately, Nomar made his bed on this […]