***STILL A LOT OF FREE AGENTS OUT THERE***
Buster Olney says you could field a pretty good lineup with the free agents still available:
SS ORLANDO CABRERA
2B ORLANDO HUDSON
RF BOBBY ABREU
DH MANNY
LF ADAM DUNN
3B JOE CREDE
CF JIM EDMUNDS
1B SEAN CASEY
C JASON VARITEK
P BEN SHEETS
DEREK LOWE
OLIVER PEREZ
JON GARLAND
He's right. I've seen lineups that were a lot worse.
***BOSTON HAS A NEW PLAN***
With the signing of Brad Penny, Mark Kotsay and John Smoltz, one executive says the Sox are just buying lottery tickets, hoping one cashes in. They better buy one with a catcher's face on it or someone is going to be chasing a lot of balls to the backstop. Maybe they should just move the backstop in about 40 feet.
***SPEAKING OF BOSTON...***
This little tidbit never seem to get the play it deserved. Manny isn't the first gut to "play" his way out of Boston. Anyone remember Nomar Garciaparra sitting on the bench during a game with the Yankees? The game that went 13 innings when Jeter dove into the stands after catching a pop up. I remember all the Yankee players AND all the Red Sox players lined up on the dugout railings...except Nomar. The Sox definitely could have used his bat, but there he sat, expressionless. How come no one ever jumped all over his case? If a Yankee did that, the fans would have tied him spread-eagled to the "D" train and rode his ass to the Bowery and back.
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