Pedro Named in $35 Million Dollar Suit
Pedro Martinez and several other major league players, including David Ortiz, lent their name to a prepaid phone card. The problem...According to the lawsuit, a $2 phone card that was supposed to provide a 70-minute call to the Dominican, provided either nine or 10 minutes.Full Story
What Would Johnny Damon Do?
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUNThe New York Yankees grabbed center fielder Johnny Damon away from the rival Boston Red Sox, reaching a preliminary agreement Tuesday night on a $52 million, four-year contract. Full Story
Mike Myers:
TraitorMike Myers gushed about Johnny Damon, sounding like the center fielder's campaign manager. Myers was Damon's teammate in Boston for nearly 1 1/2 seasons before agreeing to a $2.4 million, two-year contract with the Yankees, a deal that was finalized Thursday. The lefty reliever wants the speedy leadoff hitter to follow him to New York."I've talked to him and he does have a strong interest
The Italian Job
Joe Torre called Johnny Damon Tuesday to convince him to join the dark side prior to hoping on a plane to Italy. According to multiple officials familiar with the situation, the Yankees' manager reached out to free-agent centerfielder Johnny Damon. The Yankees have significant competition for Damon, though, besides his own Boston Red Sox.Full Story
Mantei, Myers, Millar, Olerud: Happy Holidays
Wednesday the Red Sox offered arbitration to Damon (good), Graffanino (good), and Mueller (pretty good). The Red Sox did not offer Matt Mantei (bad), Mike Myers (pretty bad), Kevin Millar (really bad) and John Olerud (old) arbitration. Being offered arbitration often doesn't translate into that player staying with their team. But it is clear from the list of people not offered arbitration that
The Rental Period May be Over
Gordon Edes, from the Boston Globe writes...Renteria, Boston's prize free agent acquisition last winter, has fallen out of favor after a 30-error season. He could be headed to the Braves as part of a three-way deal with the Devil Rays in which the Sox would receive Devil Rays shortstop Julio Lugo while Tampa Bay would get prospects from Atlanta, presumably highly regarded third baseman Andy Marte
Grady Little Back at work
After two years of being unemployed and one year of wondering if he would eclipse Bill Buckner as the poster boy of the supposed curse, Grady Little was hired by the Dodgers. With Little the Didgers have decided to let the quintessential player's manager manager their players.The Dodgers are one of the most storied teams in all of sports and I am committed to winning now and in the future for
Good News Everybody!
Red Sox may not deal Ramirez after allWe're talking about a premier hitter in the prime of his career, That's a lot of offense to replace. It's not easy."-- Craig Shipley, 1/4 of the GM committeeThe Red Sox are either playing hard ball with other GM's or they are sending early signals to Manny that he may be not need to sell his pad just yet.Full Story
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