That is such a steal for the Red Sox as well, he is just getting better and better. Nice to see the hometown discount because if he waited out he probably could have made more money through arbitration and those free agency years.
PJ: 2003 Mansfield: July 2 2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29 2005 Montreal: Sept 15 2006 Boston: May 24 & 25 2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28, 2010 Boston: May 17 2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25, 2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
there's a good chance the best pitcher of our lifetime is done. unless he wants to be a 5 starter for the mets or another good team. :(
a new era is about to be upon us ... Pedro only has 214 career wins, but does anyone doubt he's a hall of famer??? ... he's a lock for the hall in my eyes.
"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
a new era is about to be upon us ... Pedro only has 214 career wins, but does anyone doubt he's a hall of famer??? ... he's a lock for the hall in my eyes.
IF he doesn't get in I will actually cry. Not only was/is he an important player for the Expos/Sox, but he is an important person to the people of the DR. Sandy Koufax only had 165 wins so if he's in then Petey has to be.
IF he doesn't get in I will actually cry. Not only was/is he an important player for the Expos/Sox, but he is an important person to the people of the DR. Sandy Koufax only had 165 wins so if he's in then Petey has to be.
there is actually a chance Pedro would get in with the Big 3 (Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz) if all 4 don't come back in 2009 ...
what a HOF class!
"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Today tickets go on sale for Spring Training in Fort Myers, Florida.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Any action in the front office? Did they resign Tek?
Not that I know of, just offered him arbitration. I am sure we will see some action when the winter meetings start in Vegas. Texiera wants to be signed by Christmas so you may see him sign, as well as C.C. Then all the other free agents will go fast. I love this time of year, can't wait to see what happens!
PJ: 2003 Mansfield: July 2 2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29 2005 Montreal: Sept 15 2006 Boston: May 24 & 25 2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28, 2010 Boston: May 17 2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25, 2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
While it still could have a happy ending for you ... it may take a while ... looks like Tek is declining arbitration and willing to hit the free agent market ...
~~~~~~~
LAS VEGAS - A source close to Sox catcher Jason Varitek confirmed that Varitek would decline salary arbitration from the Red Sox before the midnight deadline. This will allow Varitek to pursue his free-agent market without being tied exclusively to the Red Sox for the upcoming season.
Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, who was due in here late tonight, always believes he can create a market for a player. While the market for Varitek doesn't appear to be vast at this point, Boras understands it's still early in the process and there are teams - the Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers to name three, who could use an experienced catcher.
Declining arbitration certainly doesn't mean Varitek, who hit .220, can't continue to negotiate with Boston, but accepting arbitration would have insured he'd be a Red Sox for another season and he could have continued to negotiate on something long term. Varitek is coming off a four-year, $40 million deal and would likely have made at least the $10 million per year he earned in 2008 if he went to arbitration.
i see the yanks dusted off Reggie to persuade CC to go there. I assume the pitch is all about tradition and things that happened ALONG time ago.
We haven't won lately but here's a bajillion dollars.
Well you know how the Yankees work whatever it takes to get there man and you know they will. Money the key to getting the free agents of choice.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
While it still could have a happy ending for you ... it may take a while ... looks like Tek is declining arbitration and willing to hit the free agent market ...
~~~~~~~
LAS VEGAS - A source close to Sox catcher Jason Varitek confirmed that Varitek would decline salary arbitration from the Red Sox before the midnight deadline. This will allow Varitek to pursue his free-agent market without being tied exclusively to the Red Sox for the upcoming season.
Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, who was due in here late tonight, always believes he can create a market for a player. While the market for Varitek doesn't appear to be vast at this point, Boras understands it's still early in the process and there are teams - the Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers to name three, who could use an experienced catcher.
Declining arbitration certainly doesn't mean Varitek, who hit .220, can't continue to negotiate with Boston, but accepting arbitration would have insured he'd be a Red Sox for another season and he could have continued to negotiate on something long term. Varitek is coming off a four-year, $40 million deal and would likely have made at least the $10 million per year he earned in 2008 if he went to arbitration.
The market has now changed on Tek. With Detroit getting Laird there will be no one willing to give him a long term deal at $10+ million a year as well as part with a first round draft pick that now comes with him turning down arbitration.
My guess is he comes back here on a one year deal at around $9 million.
9 mil and a chance at the World Series Title is better than nothing.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Came across this random interview with Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz ... talking about Hot Stove Cool Music (the show with Gammons, Theo Epstein, and some Boston rockers) ...
Random quote from Bill regarding Eddie Vedder by the author ... found this appropriate to post here ...
Rockin' his Sox off
By Kathleen Pierce, <!-- e --><a href="mailto:kpierce@lowellsun.com">kpierce@lowellsun.com</a><!-- e -->
Updated: 01/01/2009 06:39:27 AM EST
Reached at his home in Lexington, Bill Janovitz, the voice of early '90s Boston rock, is ensconced in domesticity. It's the day after Christmas and his kids are excitedly cooing in the background.
The lead singer/guitarist of Buffalo Tom breaks free to talk about his pet project: Hot Stove Cool Music. As part of the Peter Gammons All-Stars, Janovitz joins the ESPN commentator next weekend for this biannual sports charity event at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.
Letters to Cleo, America Hi-Fi, The Figgs and Janovitz will perform with Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein on guitar. Funnyman Mike O'Malley emcees the event for Epstein's The Foundation to be Named Later, which gives money to The Home for Little Wanderers and other Boston organizations.
"There is a link between rock music and baseball. There's something more classic about baseball. It's very American. All sports have their own music. Basketball is linked more with hip-hop," said Janovitz.
Although Janovitz's song "Summer" is about Willie Mays, he doesn't want to become the guy who sings about baseball.
"John Fogerty does it, but I didn't want to go there myself," he said.
He has been involved with HSCM since early 2000, when a sportswriter from the Boston Herald came up with the rock/baseball charity.
"All the bands involved have a baseball fanatic in the band. I think musicians across the world are fans of baseball," he said.
In Buffalo Tom, Janovitz is that nut.
Growing up in New York, he was a Mets fan, but later redeemed himself. "Out of college I started to latch on to the Sox," he said.
This concert, which attracts a diverse crowd, almost outgrew the Paradise. But the gritty Boston venue is an indelible part of Hot Stove's appeal.
"To me, it's a classic place to play. It has great sightlines, great people working there ... it hits all the home runs, to use a baseball cliché."
Janovitz, who calls Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam "a good honest soul," and says the Seattle grunge gods opened for his band in 1992, is still interested in winning new fans. And after a six-year breather, Buffalo Tom is going strong. Their latest album, Up Here, came out in 2007. (Note from jimed14 - this is WRONG, their last album was called Three Easy Pieces, which came out in 2007. Up Here was Bill Janovitz' solo album which came out in 2001)
"We weren't sure we were going to go on. There was no animosity. It always felt good to play together and we didn't want to become one of those nostalgic bands that just got together to play old tunes," said Janovitz.
Now, the big question. What's it like to rock out with Theo?
"It is fun. I think he's become this larger-than-life character in Boston, for a very good reason, but he is just a kid to me. Just a kid playing guitar. It's kind of a kick to be on the same playing field with boy wonder," he said.
Hot Stove Cool Music, Jan. 10, The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 7 p.m., $40, http://www.hotstovecoolmusic.org.
"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
If Texas will pick up some of his salary ... maybe. I think he's making $10M a year through 2013, that's a bit much even if he did just win a gold glove.
He's declining at the plate, but, having that wall in left might help him like it did Mike Lowell.
The Sox would then have an all white infield ... and then, ryan198 will come in here and claim the Sox should have poited white hoods added to their uniforms.
"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
If Texas will pick up some of his salary ... maybe. I think he's making $10M a year through 2013, that's a bit much even if he did just win a gold glove.
He's declining at the plate, but, having that wall in left might help him like it did Mike Lowell.
The Sox would then have an all white infield ... and then, ryan198 will come in here and claim the Sox should have poited white hoods added to their uniforms.
LOL at that last comment.
The Rangers are notorious for handing out huge contracts for stars on the decline.
They bought out part of A-Rod's contract, so the precedent is there.
Comments
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/12/pedroia_signs_e.html
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
Manny will most likely be a Dodger.
Pedroia made $380k his rookie year and made $457 last year.
Next year he makes $1.5 mil plus a $1.5 mil signing bonus.
Not a bad little bit of chump change.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
the GM meetings are next week in Las Vegas ... should start to hear bigger free agent news starting then.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
a new era is about to be upon us ... Pedro only has 214 career wins, but does anyone doubt he's a hall of famer??? ... he's a lock for the hall in my eyes.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
there is actually a chance Pedro would get in with the Big 3 (Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz) if all 4 don't come back in 2009 ...
what a HOF class!
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
well, his first year with the mets was really solid (better than his last year with the sox) .... but, the last three yers have been hard to watch.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
6/30/2008 - Mansfield, MA.
5/17/2010 - Boston, MA
9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
9/4/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Not that I know of, just offered him arbitration. I am sure we will see some action when the winter meetings start in Vegas. Texiera wants to be signed by Christmas so you may see him sign, as well as C.C. Then all the other free agents will go fast. I love this time of year, can't wait to see what happens!
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
While it still could have a happy ending for you ... it may take a while ... looks like Tek is declining arbitration and willing to hit the free agent market ...
~~~~~~~
LAS VEGAS - A source close to Sox catcher Jason Varitek confirmed that Varitek would decline salary arbitration from the Red Sox before the midnight deadline. This will allow Varitek to pursue his free-agent market without being tied exclusively to the Red Sox for the upcoming season.
Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, who was due in here late tonight, always believes he can create a market for a player. While the market for Varitek doesn't appear to be vast at this point, Boras understands it's still early in the process and there are teams - the Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers to name three, who could use an experienced catcher.
Declining arbitration certainly doesn't mean Varitek, who hit .220, can't continue to negotiate with Boston, but accepting arbitration would have insured he'd be a Red Sox for another season and he could have continued to negotiate on something long term. Varitek is coming off a four-year, $40 million deal and would likely have made at least the $10 million per year he earned in 2008 if he went to arbitration.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/12/varitek_to_decl.html
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
We haven't won lately but here's a bajillion dollars.
Well you know how the Yankees work whatever it takes to get there man and you know they will. Money the key to getting the free agents of choice.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
The market has now changed on Tek. With Detroit getting Laird there will be no one willing to give him a long term deal at $10+ million a year as well as part with a first round draft pick that now comes with him turning down arbitration.
My guess is he comes back here on a one year deal at around $9 million.
http://www.weei.com/The-Night-the-Red-Sox-Catching-Market-Changed/3452337
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... aldel.html
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Random quote from Bill regarding Eddie Vedder by the author ... found this appropriate to post here ...
http://www.lowellsun.com/baseball/ci_11349879
Rockin' his Sox off
By Kathleen Pierce, <!-- e --><a href="mailto:kpierce@lowellsun.com">kpierce@lowellsun.com</a><!-- e -->
Updated: 01/01/2009 06:39:27 AM EST
Reached at his home in Lexington, Bill Janovitz, the voice of early '90s Boston rock, is ensconced in domesticity. It's the day after Christmas and his kids are excitedly cooing in the background.
The lead singer/guitarist of Buffalo Tom breaks free to talk about his pet project: Hot Stove Cool Music. As part of the Peter Gammons All-Stars, Janovitz joins the ESPN commentator next weekend for this biannual sports charity event at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.
Letters to Cleo, America Hi-Fi, The Figgs and Janovitz will perform with Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein on guitar. Funnyman Mike O'Malley emcees the event for Epstein's The Foundation to be Named Later, which gives money to The Home for Little Wanderers and other Boston organizations.
"There is a link between rock music and baseball. There's something more classic about baseball. It's very American. All sports have their own music. Basketball is linked more with hip-hop," said Janovitz.
Although Janovitz's song "Summer" is about Willie Mays, he doesn't want to become the guy who sings about baseball.
"John Fogerty does it, but I didn't want to go there myself," he said.
He has been involved with HSCM since early 2000, when a sportswriter from the Boston Herald came up with the rock/baseball charity.
"All the bands involved have a baseball fanatic in the band. I think musicians across the world are fans of baseball," he said.
In Buffalo Tom, Janovitz is that nut.
Growing up in New York, he was a Mets fan, but later redeemed himself. "Out of college I started to latch on to the Sox," he said.
This concert, which attracts a diverse crowd, almost outgrew the Paradise. But the gritty Boston venue is an indelible part of Hot Stove's appeal.
"To me, it's a classic place to play. It has great sightlines, great people working there ... it hits all the home runs, to use a baseball cliché."
Janovitz, who calls Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam "a good honest soul," and says the Seattle grunge gods opened for his band in 1992, is still interested in winning new fans. And after a six-year breather, Buffalo Tom is going strong. Their latest album, Up Here, came out in 2007. (Note from jimed14 - this is WRONG, their last album was called Three Easy Pieces, which came out in 2007. Up Here was Bill Janovitz' solo album which came out in 2001)
"We weren't sure we were going to go on. There was no animosity. It always felt good to play together and we didn't want to become one of those nostalgic bands that just got together to play old tunes," said Janovitz.
Now, the big question. What's it like to rock out with Theo?
"It is fun. I think he's become this larger-than-life character in Boston, for a very good reason, but he is just a kid to me. Just a kid playing guitar. It's kind of a kick to be on the same playing field with boy wonder," he said.
Hot Stove Cool Music, Jan. 10, The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 7 p.m., $40, http://www.hotstovecoolmusic.org.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
Respect Jim Ed, bitches!!!
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
If Texas will pick up some of his salary ... maybe. I think he's making $10M a year through 2013, that's a bit much even if he did just win a gold glove.
He's declining at the plate, but, having that wall in left might help him like it did Mike Lowell.
The Sox would then have an all white infield ... and then, ryan198 will come in here and claim the Sox should have poited white hoods added to their uniforms.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
LOL at that last comment.
The Rangers are notorious for handing out huge contracts for stars on the decline.
They bought out part of A-Rod's contract, so the precedent is there.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad