Pass the gravy
Susan:
Holy shit, Hanley and Sandoval and soon Lestah?
Susan:
This isn't a hot stove, it's a nucleah reactah fercrissakes.
Susan:
Not that I'm complaining. It's a clean heat source.
What?? Am I hallucinating here?
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.11.25 at 08:57 AM
Hanley Ramirez comes back to the Red Sox. Full 'Circle'?
Posted by: yazbread | 2014.11.25 at 09:08 AM
Stock up the clubhouse with bamboo; the Panda is here and he's hungry.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.11.25 at 09:20 AM
Wow! What a day already. I lost $20 on the train but get a new strip. I figure am way ahead today.
Posted by: jar in chicago | 2014.11.25 at 09:51 AM
Oh yea. Getting Panda and Hanley is pretty good too.
Posted by: jar in chicago | 2014.11.25 at 09:51 AM
In best Harry Caray voice:
"How about that?"
hb: glad the fiyahs are still burning.
in re: Hanley; short money (relatively speaking). He's a bad guy in the dressing room, ever since I saw him play with the C Dawgzzzz. Never spoke to anyone in the dugout and always sat by himself.
in re: Pandaval. Pandas beat Wallys.
I would give Thanks for Chris Sale. Just saying.
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2014.11.25 at 09:52 AM
And Panda will slide nicely over into the DH spot when Papi retires in 2-9 years.
Now, where's Lestah?
Posted by: da kine | 2014.11.25 at 10:24 AM
The Butler is as excited as he wants to be about this, saying: "OK, now, with two guys that are so slow, a faster hitter behind them is frustrated he can't advance."
Now, back to my favourite nook to continue hibernating.
Posted by: Chairman Meow | 2014.11.25 at 10:40 AM
Going monthly, hb? It could work for me. I was about to drop this creepy little corner of cyberspace from my favorites, but for now, it's staying.
Prior to the Sox signings my highlight of the week was when the snow bands didn't bury my mansion. (The Chairman not withstanding...)That and seeing Daffy Duck as the victim in the "Niagara Falls" vaudeville skit with Elmer Fudd, funnier than the Three Stooges or Abbott and Costello versions!
Slowwy I turned, and step by step, inch by inch...
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.11.25 at 10:48 AM
Panda, Hanley, and a new strip?! So much to be thankful for today. Thanks, hb!
Posted by: soxinsix | 2014.11.25 at 01:56 PM
woohoo - nipples hard. Ready for spring training! Go get pitching - it's fake money anyway.
Oh, and thanks HB.
Posted by: SonomaSox | 2014.11.25 at 02:44 PM
take it at the pace that works for you, hb... ditto, ben cherington... amen to all...
Posted by: Paul in DC | 2014.11.25 at 08:16 PM
Pablo sounds like Little Papi, or Kung Fu Papi...& yes, things happen in threes...Sandoval, Ramirez & H.B. (for now!)
Posted by: Chip | 2014.11.25 at 08:18 PM
Thanks for posting ... an occasional post is better than nothing.
Posted by: Broox | 2014.11.26 at 12:17 AM
This strip may be a day old, but to me it looks as new as the first day The Lovely Ginger took the stage at The Glass Slipper.
Half day today. Full days tomorrow and Friday. All of last week off. I like this "work 2.5 days every two weeks" schedule.
Have a great weekend (and Thanksgiving) all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.11.26 at 11:45 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all you creeps! (even the cat)
Posted by: Steve in MD | 2014.11.26 at 09:11 PM
Oh and to anyone that doesn't believe in the cover jinx, see Gray, Jonas. Benched and got his car towed.
Posted by: Steve in MD | 2014.11.26 at 09:12 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all the creepsters!
Posted by: soxinsix | 2014.11.27 at 09:18 AM
Bring on the next 100 posts ;D
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.11.28 at 11:04 AM
Monday's tough enough
Without the holiday haze
Today, laughter hurts.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.01 at 11:58 AM
At this rate we'll be at 100 by the time pitchers and catchers report. ;D
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.01 at 03:06 PM
Tuesday's tough enough
Without the holiday haze
Today, breakfast hurts.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.02 at 08:18 AM
Can we sign Lester already?
Sorry - no haiku. Zero creativity today.
Posted by: SonomaSox | 2014.12.02 at 04:12 PM
Hail Kung Fu Panda
Welcome Hanley Ramírez
Now go get Lestah!
Posted by: Steve in MD | 2014.12.02 at 04:30 PM
R.I.P., Jean Beliveau, a worthy adversary if there ever was one.
Posted by: Steve in MD | 2014.12.03 at 06:56 AM
Le Gros Bill was one of the few players on the Canadiens who won't go straight to hell. Oh, he'll still suffer in purgatory for half of eternity, but that's better than having anal sex with Hitler and George Steinbrenner 24/7.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.03 at 09:44 AM
I thought Hitler was impotent.
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.03 at 10:09 AM
Hell is well-stocked with Viagra. Viagra, pitchforks and Yankee memorabilia.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.03 at 10:56 AM
...but do they have Mr.Coffee?? ;O
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.03 at 07:01 PM
The coffee maker (no) or Joe DiMaggio (yes)?
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.04 at 08:33 AM
Jean Beliveau and Joe DiMaggio were two of a kind. You never saw them in anything other than tailored business suits and they both had your respect and attention the moment they entered the room.
I also pleasantly recall a kid wearing number 4 for the B's steal the puck right off Beliveau's stick, and making Gump Worseley flail in vain at it.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.12.04 at 09:52 AM
My butler is so creepy, he'll never dress as Santa Claus even for the most desperate of Malls.
"I saw Mommy doing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night..."
Posted by: Chairman Meow | 2014.12.04 at 09:56 AM
Always liked Gump,one of the last goalies to put on a mask(but with a mug like his,why bother??) ;O
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.04 at 10:18 AM
Jean B. was super. Joe D. was supercilious.
Posted by: pabloin nh | 2014.12.04 at 10:43 AM
RIP Ian McLagen.
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.04 at 12:37 PM
Have a great weekend all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.05 at 04:37 PM
.....or not
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.08 at 10:37 AM
The weather outside is frightful, but inside it's so, uh, so much like another day in the salt mines.
So, Lester picks a team today. I put the Sox chances at about 15%.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.09 at 08:30 AM
The MFYs at 10%,The Cubbies 20%, the Giants 20%, LA, 10% for the Dodgers and >1% for the Halos. The A's keeping him? >1%...
The prospects for him lean toward the National league, where he would bookend either Bumgarner in SF or Kershaw with the Dodgers. No one in Cubbies rotation worthy of bookending Jon.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.12.09 at 10:18 AM
...and the winner is Theo.
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.10 at 04:25 AM
I'm going to downgrade the Sox chances to .00001%. (Earthquake levels Wrigley Field and kills all members of the Cubs, their front office, and ownership.)
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.10 at 08:09 AM
Wooo. That's a lot of money right there for a pitcher in his 30s.
Posted by: ponch | 2014.12.10 at 09:00 AM
Somebody on Twitter yesterday said that Lester was just a slightly better Bruce Hurst.
Jon Lester: 116-67, 3.60 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
Bruce Hurst: 145-113, 3.92 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
So they just avoided paying $150MM for a 30+ version of a slightly better Bruce Hurst? I think I can live with that.
Posted by: COD | 2014.12.10 at 09:32 AM
Looks like a sucker bet to me. I felt this before, but just seeing the numbers confirms it,
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2014.12.10 at 09:50 AM
The Sox are Darcy. If you need an explanation, Mudville Sabres GM (Until he was fired ten years too late) Darcy Regier had an annoying habit of making VERY lowball offers to potentially pricy veteran players, and not budging.
SO: Darcy, noun, To lowball and piss off a veteran player on any roster in any sport and refuse to budge toward market value during free agency. Too many Sabre vets left pissed off. As a Bruins fan I saw Harry Sinden do this, but not at Darcy's dismal level of intentional failure to hold costs down.
The Sox have a long way to go to achieve their 1987-2002 fiscal Darcy, but it walks like Darcy, talks like Darcy and just might be a Darcy.
Many working stiffs can relate.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.12.10 at 10:24 AM
Would have been nice to have Lestah back in the fold, but I agree the price was just too steep. But what the hell is Plan B?
Posted by: soxinsix | 2014.12.10 at 10:40 AM
Max Scherzer for $200M?
Posted by: yazbread | 2014.12.10 at 11:01 AM
Apropos of nothing, if your last name were Lester, wouldn't you name your son Moe?
Posted by: pabloin nh | 2014.12.10 at 11:03 AM
And when he was young, people would ask, "Is that the child, Moe Lester?"
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.10 at 11:20 AM
agreed that Lestah the molestah isn't worth $155M at his age, but let's not lose sight of the fact that he could have been locked up at this time last year for a number significantly south of that. I think we could have lived with 5@$115 or so, which would have gotten it done. Plus he has the body type to still be effective well into his 30s, so it wouldn't surprise me if he gives the Cubbies 4+ really good years
Sox effed up and now will have to give up some hallowed prospects PLUS $125 large to get less of a return
Posted by: buckner was framed | 2014.12.10 at 11:53 AM
In between 2007 & 2013 Lester had several very mediocre years --he's due, Theo!
The Red Sox probably got his best years, and are not saddled w/ a long Yankee-esque contract. Too bad $20 million a year isn't enough, but I'll bet Cherington& Lucchino breathe a sigh of relief.
Posted by: Chip | 2014.12.10 at 01:34 PM
Meh, never expected him back. Life goes on...
Posted by: h.b. | 2014.12.10 at 02:37 PM
Buck, why do you think he would have taken 5 at $115?
In retrospect, I get the feeling he was going to free agency no matter what. I think 5 at $115 would have been laughed at just as the 4 at $70 was.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.11 at 08:08 AM
A Cubs WS win would benefit all of MLB, and almost every franchise's value more than another Red Sox romp. Lift all boats.
Meanwhile, can't Brock Holt throw a few innings?
Posted by: SAC | 2014.12.11 at 10:01 AM
I seriously doubt Scherzer will be interested in the Sox lowball offer. Greatest fear the MFYs will pony up.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.12.11 at 10:25 AM
Sox acquire Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello in exchange for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.11 at 10:39 AM
I'm good with Porcello for a guy who doesn't know how to work a count. There is no doubt in my mind the MFY will panic in January and pony up stupid, stupid money for Scherzer. Boras is sitting in his office cackling at the thought right now. Green and McCarthy are gone, Kuroda is probably retiring, Sabathia has no reason to improve over last year's debacle, and Tanaka is a time-bomb waiting for his elbow to explode. Nova and Pineda aren't dependable. As they've added no hitting to a team that didn't hit if their starting rotation is weak they are looking at a very long season
Posted by: ponch | 2014.12.11 at 11:49 AM
He's a good #3. So our rotation has a couple #3s and a bunch of 4s - full house. Just need to score 8 runs/game.
Posted by: SonomaSox | 2014.12.11 at 02:15 PM
As somebody said on WEEI - "no Ace, just five dudes".
#fourthinthedivision
#luchinosucks
sdu
Posted by: soxdownunder | 2014.12.11 at 02:21 PM
Prediction, The five Dudes lead us to a World Series, and we overload on The Dudes Abide puns during the season.
Posted by: COD | 2014.12.11 at 03:16 PM
I still think they're going to get an ace. More likely, a nominal ace. Somebody who's the definite #1 amongst this group, but would be a #2 on a lot of other teams. An Acelette. Mini Ace. Ace Hardware.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.12 at 08:50 AM
...trade Bogaerts & Middlebrooks for Hamels & contract--bring up Marrero!
Posted by: Chip | 2014.12.12 at 09:08 AM
If Masterson and Bucholtz are healthy, we'll be okay in the regular season, because this lineup is going to score a ton of runs. Playoffs are a different matter - they'll have to pick up an ace at the deadline to contend. Price, Grinke or Zimmerman, anybody?
My biggest complaint with the Sox Hot Stove is letting Andrew Miller sign with the mfy's.
Posted by: Steve in MD | 2014.12.12 at 11:35 AM
...and the last time Masterson and Bucholtz were healthy was?? Just sayin'
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.12 at 01:05 PM
Well, an active week, if not a perfect one. Have a great weekend all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.12.12 at 03:58 PM
Dear Santa,all I want for Christmas is a new Soxaholix strip,my old one is getting a little frayed around the edges. Your buddy,Harwich ;)
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.12.14 at 09:32 AM