Boston Red Sox

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Can't understand why oakland would move him. he's cheap and 3 years away from free agency. i guess he just sees that pitching is the hot commodity, and guys with 1 or 2 years of success are overvalued

oakland can afford the $16.25mil due haren of the next 3 years and if they can't, they shouldn't have a team.

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

agreed. Beane just thinks he's a genius, and sees what quality pitchers are going for. He probably views offense as undervalued now and is looking to sell high, buy low.

Beane's genius can be measured by his playoff success.

anyone get through to get tickets?

i've been stuck in a virtual waiting room 2 hours now, which i totally expected. the only update is that the opening day package is sold out (obviously).

JSBE wrote:

anyone get through to get tickets?

i've been stuck in a virtual waiting room 2 hours now, which i totally expected. the only update is that the opening day package is sold out (obviously).

I sat around in the VWR until the Opening Day pack sold out then called it quits. Looks like I will be sleeping outside of Fenway in the spring.

ryan198 wrote:

I am in a huge conundrum. My fiancee is a Sox fan and I love the Brewers, BUT we also hold an annual party for the Preakness which lands on Saturday, May fucking 17. Do we do the Friday night game in Boston and fly down in the morn, or get up with massive hangovers and fly up and back Sunday? BTW I love that the Brewers are relevant enough to garner the "Brew Crew" pack. Shall I wear my Gallardo or Villaneuva jersey to get heckled by you Bostonians?

BTW good luck getting tix to everyone I haven't gotten them yet either but WILL def go to one of those games and have blueberry beer at the beerworks I don't care about those stupid rules on fruiting beer. Anyone who made that rule obviously hasn't had Blueberry wheat.

i'm not sure it is that the brewers are relevant (although they are def. and up and coming team), the sox usually offer up a package based around one of the series against an NL team that hasn't come to fenway in a few years. i'm looking forward to seeing gallardo in person (ie - tv) and braun and prince maybe jack a couple out.

i would go with the friday night game. a short night of sleep is always better than a massive hangover, at least in my opinion.

JSBE wrote:

i'm not sure it is that the brewers are relevant (although they are def. and up and coming team), the sox usually offer up a package based around one of the series against an NL team that hasn't come to fenway in a few years. i'm looking forward to seeing gallardo in person (ie - tv) and braun and prince maybe jack a couple out.

i would go with the friday night game. a short night of sleep is always better than a massive hangover, at least in my opinion.

Yeah I recognize that, but they chose to market the Brewers out of the incoming teams this year which was cool to see. It sucks that the O's are playing them in Milwaukee b/c I would have definitely got tix to that set of games. Either way I need to watch Gallardo in person before he becomes the next Red Sox or Yankees pitcher. He is Pedro (circa 2002/3) nasty but only has a 93 mph fastball. I have a feeling Braun/Hardy will have a better go of it in Fenway than Prince but it'd be sweet to watch them play AL style baseball, plus I have been talking smack to my finacees family and my Red Sox friends that they play Sox style ball just younger (Braun/Fielder=Manny/Papi) and less good in the field. Either way hopefully it'll be a sweet pitching matchup like Sheets/Gallardo/Bush or healthy Capuano vs. Beckett/Matsusaka(Santana)/Schilling.

Anyway I got shutout so it looks like I'll be going to a single game, I'll probably sit online and work to get those when the single games go on sale for it. Anyone get lucky?

Brain of (M)J wrote:

Going on 6 hrs. in the vwr with no luck.

same here.

i'm surprised the last update was a 2:30 and no single games had sold out yet. i would have to figure the tigers games at the beginning of the year will be the first to now that they have miguel cabrera and dontrelle willis.

Anyone else celebrating that Gagne is now officially an ex Red Sox and now a member of the Brewers. I can't believe the Brewers gave him TEN MILLION for this season. Hopefully he comes to pitch in a close game against the Sox when the Brewers come to Fenway this year. I'm sure RSN will treat him kindly.

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

10 million? that's insane. i could understand the money if this was gagne coming off his 2004 season but now, jeez.

I know. And people think the Red Sox and Yanks throw around money like its nothing.

ryan198 wrote:

I puked a lot in my mouth when I saw the Gagne thing this morning...they have had a lot of success in the recent past pulling relievers off the scrap heap and making them servicable (Danny Kolb/Derrick Turnbow/Coco Cordero) so maybe they think they can get something out of him for a year then get him out of there. I doubt it though....ughh. We should have just traded for Chad Cordero...oh well.

I can't believe any team would have given Gagne 10 million - yet alone a smaller market team. I read something that gagne is making 14% of the entire payroll for the brewers this year.

I guess Scott Boras is really that good of an agent if he can get 10 mil for Gagne and 18 mil for Andruw Jones.