Boston Robbed
Doug:
Well, here's someone who thinks the Cody Ross signing was total friggin awesomeness—
"5 Reasons Cody Ross Was a Masterful Addition for Right Field"
Bill:
Yeah, but who's the source? Ben Cherington's mom?
Doug:
Hey, how's that Roy Oswalt signing coming along?
Bill:
Ain't happening today, ain't happening tomorrow, ain't happening nevah... Unless po' John-John Henry can find a way for Warren Buffet's secretary to pay the Red Sox luxury tax.
Doug:
Christ, now I know how Uggie the Dog feels... We're getting friggin robbed ovah heah.
//Ross isn't the type of guy who's going to hit 30 home runs and drive 100 runners home. But the Red Sox don't need that guy.//
Evidently, we also don't need the pitcher who can win 15-20 games, the reliever who can save 30, or the front office that can sign them.
Posted by: Bob | 2012.01.25 at 08:50 AM
...or a guy who can play shortstop.
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2012.01.25 at 09:09 AM
Yeah, but he's a good clubhouse guy. *SO* important when you've got "stiffs" like Beckett, Lester and Bucholz around. WTF??!?
H.B., where ever do you find this stuff?
Posted by: Rob in CT | 2012.01.25 at 10:59 AM
haven't felt that much spin since they shut down the gravitron at Rocky Point.
"Ross also has a career fielding percentage of .988, which is above the league average of .983"
Maybe he'll be fine. Maybe not with a dumb forced nickname like "Ross the Boss". But if he's effective, how long until you see vendors selling "Like a Ross" t-shirts?
Posted by: rolo | 2012.01.25 at 11:25 AM
The upcoming season is dead to me.
Posted by: yazbread | 2012.01.25 at 12:19 PM
I'm kinda with you Yaz...
Only I feel like someone in a coma who can hear the doctors saying they're going to start using me in medical research by grafting a duck's bill to my anus.
Posted by: pseudosanity78 | 2012.01.25 at 01:02 PM
That depends, pseudo. How much did the duck owe? *nyuck nyuck nyuck*
You'll all be eating those words when we start playing a magical season like the Rays did a few years ago with scrubs and scrapeheap redeemers! You'll all be sorry then, boyo!
Posted by: Kaz | 2012.01.25 at 01:14 PM
Yeah. Detroit gets Prince Fielder. We get Cody Ross... Welcome to opposite-ville. No, I'm going to be optimistic. I hear Ross has fans. I got an e-mail about how entertaining his "tinkerbell hop" is. I don't really know what that means.
Posted by: Lauren | 2012.01.25 at 01:45 PM