Feb 12, 2009.............
A Start of a New Season..............
And the Advent of...............................
SUPER DOODLE!!!!!!
The newest weapon in the fight against the Evil Empire.
Able to Bite the Leg of crooked umpires
Able to run down the long fly balls - although throwing them back in is a bit of a problem as of now
Able to Leap onto Tables in a single bound.
And Most Importantly Able to take a Dump the size of a Large Iguana right in the Middle of the new Yankee Stadium to Christen it properly.
So while The Doodle is working through the whole throwing thing. Lets take a look at the rest of the moves made this off season by the sox.
Nov. 19, 2008: Acquired RHP Ramon Ramirez from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for OF Coco Crisp.Nov. 28, 2008: Acquired RHP Wes Littleton from the Rangers for a player to be named or cash. He had been designated for assignment on Nov. 20.
Dec. 3, 2008: Signed 2B Dustin Pedroia to six-year extension.
Dec. 4, 2008: Signed RHP Junichi Tazawa to a three-year contract.
Dec 23. 2008: Majorly shit the bed and let the Yankees get Texiara although it has been determined since then that MT and SB were being a bit cuntish
Jan. 2, 2009: Signed C Josh Bard to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010.
Jan. 8, 2009: Signed free agent OF Rocco Baldelli, who had been with the Rays, to a one-year contract. Designated RHP Charlie Zink for assignment.
Jan. 9, 2009: Signed RHP Brad Penny to a one-year contract. Sent RHP Charlie Zink outright to Triple-A Pawtucket. He had been designated for assignment on January 8.
Jan. 10, 2009: Signed RHP Takashi Saito to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010.
Jan. 13, 2009: Signed RHP John Smoltz to a one-year contract. Designated RHP David Pauley for assignment.
Jan. 15, 2009: Re-signed OF Mark Kotsay to a one-year contract. Designated RHP David Aardsma for assignment.
Jan. 16, 2009: Signed INF Kevin Youkilis to a four-year contract with a club option for a fifth year.
Jan. 31, 2009: Signed C Jason Varitek to a one-year deal with a club/player option for 2010.
Feb. 3, 2009: Signed OF Brad Wilkerson
Jan. 2, 2009: Signed C Josh Bard to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010.
Jan. 8, 2009: Signed free agent OF Rocco Baldelli, who had been with the Rays, to a one-year contract. Designated RHP Charlie Zink for assignment.
Jan. 9, 2009: Signed RHP Brad Penny to a one-year contract. Sent RHP Charlie Zink outright to Triple-A Pawtucket. He had been designated for assignment on January 8.
Jan. 10, 2009: Signed RHP Takashi Saito to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010.
Jan. 13, 2009: Signed RHP John Smoltz to a one-year contract. Designated RHP David Pauley for assignment.
Jan. 15, 2009: Re-signed OF Mark Kotsay to a one-year contract. Designated RHP David Aardsma for assignment.
Jan. 16, 2009: Signed INF Kevin Youkilis to a four-year contract with a club option for a fifth year.
Jan. 31, 2009: Signed C Jason Varitek to a one-year deal with a club/player option for 2010.
Feb. 3, 2009: Signed OF Brad Wilkerson
So what does it get you - I have no idea. The frigging World BaseBall Classic - otherwise know as the thing MLB does as a marketing campaign to prop up Baseball the world over and keep it from becoming an Olympic Sport has a number of teams including the Sox holding their breath.
The WBC is a much bigger deal to teams outside of the USA - and teams like the Sox who have a number of foreign players will be sweating it out. The biggest concern this year is none other than - you guessed it ....................................
EGG ROLL NUMERO UNO!!!!!
Yes the WBC is a BFD in the land of the Zero, and those rice eaters have a propensity to over do it. So it is not surprising that the Sox are sending 2 guys with the DICE MAN to make sure he doesn't mess himself up. Fortunately MLB who runs the WBC thinks they have said NFW to this concern by limiting the number of pitches a pitcher can throw through the tournament. It is still about 3 weeks ahead of where the Sox would have Dice K. So I suppose if the Egg Roll runs out of Soy Sauce in Aug - like he did last year in June we will know who to blame- we will be able to stick his dead arm up Selig's ass? Didn't think so. I am not exactly reassured that all participants in this thing will be under the same limitations. All that means to me is that everyone will now have an equal opportunity to mess up their seasons - Yeah!!!!!
Perhaps there is a Government Bailout where instead of Money they give MLB teams who's players get hurt - actual replacement players. So "To Make It Fair" if 2 Red Sox Pitchers get Hurt and No Yankee's Pitchers get hurt then the Red Sox would get one Yankee's pitcher of their choice? Because lets face it folks - while this Tampa Bay Rays thing was nice last year the Sox and Yankees are 2 big to fail. Which means that the rest of the league is too small to succeed - hey its the Amerikan way right? I digress - but I am fairly certain the competitors of AIG are still saying - what the hell was that?
