by John Brian Quinn
Get the weekend wrap from a fan that isn't afraid to tell it how it is!
"I'm so happy. I'm happy for the fans in Boston, I'm happy for Johnny Pesky, for Bill Buckner, for (Bob) Stanley and (Calvin) Schiraldi and all the great Red Sox players who can now be remembered for the great players that they were."-2004 Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling
I think if you're Red Sox, well, it's something you're born with, and affection you have." - Johnny Pesky
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Friday 12-31
The Final Day of An Amazing Year!
Have a Safe & Happy New Year. Remember 2004 And
Celebrate All that this City Has Accomplished.
Welcome 2005, Time For Us To Do It All Over Again!
Thanks to everyone that supports this website.
We will be back in 2005 better then ever.
Brooklyn Sox Fan closes out the year for us
by putting it all into perspective!!!!
by John Brian Quinn
John Brian Quinn Is A Freelance Writer For Bornintoit.com. Feel free to contact John with any
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Thursday 12-30 ESPN - Yanks Deal for Johnson
Agreement Reached as Johnson Saga Continues
Just needs Commissioner's approval
AZ Gets- Vazquez, Catching prospect Navarro, Prospect ?, $8 Million or so cash
Agreement- Yanks give Johnson two year extension around $16 million Per Year
D.C. Mayor Signs Nationals Deal
Wednesday 12-29
Johnson Says Deal to Yankees is Done
-Reportedly told AZ team mates its a go
Tuesday 12-28
Luxury Tax Offenders
New York- $25 Million
Boston- $3.1 Million
Anaheim- $1 MIllion
-Sox go over tax threshold, Yanks pay the price
Johnson Saga Continues
Monday 12-27
Varitek Named Captain
First Team Captain Since Jim Rice
V.Tek Signed and Named Team Captain
"Bostonian of the Year"
Theo Epstein given title by Globe Magazine ''I am no longer a fan,'' says Epstein. ''I am no longer that kid who was rooting for the Red Sox, and thank God! Because if I were, it would be impossible for me to do my job.'' - Article by Neil Swidney
Thursday 12-23 - Sunday 12-26 - Merry Xmas Folks
How about this under your your tree:
The catcher and the Red Sox agreed to a four-year deal worth $40 million and without a no-trade clause yesterday, with the deal expected to be formalized this morning, followed by a press conference before Varitek returns to his home near Atlanta to spend Christmas with his family.- Herald Article
-Varitek & Sox agree to Terms!
TEK IS BACK!....
Sox Pay Up, $40 Milllion over 4 Years...
Thank the lord, losing Varitek would have been a
hard one to swallow.
Wednesday 12-22
Sox Sign Wade Miller
-1 Year Deal, up to $4.5 with Incentives
This is great news folks. Wade Miller's Stats.
Could be the steal of the off season here. Great
Move by Theo & Crew today! Wade had a season ending rotator cuff injury last season.
If he can come back to form he should be a big contributor.
Welcome Aboard!
It's Miller Time!
We Got Mueller, We got Millar, Now We got Miller..
Sox offer deal to Korean Pitcher
-Lim Chang Wong Offered 5 year deal
2004 Korean League Saves Champion
Dodgers put the Kybosh on Johnson Deal
Not for now at least!
WHAT KILLED THE DEAL?
-Vazquesz refused to play in LA -Michael Dowd, About.com
Also rumored that Fashionista's in New York somehow hooked up with Vazquez to kill the deal as they feared there could be a potential comeback of the Mullet- unconfirmed
Wade Miller on Our Xmas Wish List
-Non Tendered Free Agent Wade Miller is Available for the signing Reported that at least a dozen teams are interested
"Wade Miller would be a good sign IMO. In addition to being a serious competitor he knows how to pitch."
-G38, Curt Schilling on SOSH Message Board Tuesday 12-21
Paper work for Johnson Deal Submitted
-Deal hit Selig's desk this morning
Sox deal Roberts to San Diego
Dave "Biggest steal in Red Sox History" Roberts is gone
-Dealt to San Diego for Payton, Vazquez, Pauley & $$
Orlando Cabrera Gets Four Year Deal in Anaheim
-4 Years 32 Million, Congrats O.C.
Monday 12-20
The Jeff Allison Story
He was Peabody's golden boy, a can't-miss pitching prospect from Little League to high school to the day he was the top pick of the Florida Marlins; But then a greater force -- drugs -- threatened to steal Jeff Allison's dream, and his life.
Part One Drugs threatened to steal this pitching prospect's dream, life12-12
Part Two Reclaiming his life, and his life in baseball 12-13
Oxycontin is a powerful, highly addictive drug that will ruin your life!
It is expensive, will degrade your health, isolate you from your friends & family, can result in suicide, painful withdrawal, and will no question completely change who you are with no mercy. This drug has become a widespread problem in the Boston area. This issue hits home as I have witnessed first hand the powerful affect it had on someone close to me . If you know someone that has a problem with Oxycontin have them seek help right away. If you have friends that use Oxycontin you should reevaluate who your friends are or help them. If you know anyone selling this drug report them to the police, anonymously if you have to. This stuff is very bad, like nothing many of you have ever seen. Parents should look for the warning signs of this drug as it is more prevalent then you think and entering homes all over the Boston area. This is not a "junky" drug, it is suburban and scary. Take action and do your part to help clean Boston of this terrible problem.
"It takes you. You don't take it." - Quote in the Thomas Farragher article
We were
alive again! Less than 72 hours later, it was all even again. The three games I witnessed were among the most heartstopping, on-the-edge-of-your-seat baseball games I had ever seen. The tide had completely shifted in favor of the Red Sox, and the Yankees and their fans knew it. The brakes that the Sox never seemed to get were going their way. Tony Clark's ground rule double in Game 5. The two correctly reversed calls that benefitted the Sox in Game 6. Curt Schilling pitching the game of his life on a bad ankle, also in Game 6. Saturday 12-18-Sunday 12-19
Peter Gammons 12-18
-Sox almost inked Beltre, Manny Deal, Yankees & More
NY Writers Drum up More Garbage
Same idot that wrote:
"George Steinbrenner made sure of that last night as the Yankees basically locked up Randy Johnson and their 40th pennant and 27th World Series title. The deal is not officially done yet but the parade will be next October. Johnson will be sitting in the lead car. -Kevin Kernan, NY Post
Now comes back with:
Red-light Curt, he loves the TV camera, is a great talent, but he's also one of the great pains in the game-plan and has never been looked upon fondly by teammates because of his self-serving antics. In typical Schilling style, he blamed the New York media for misinterpreting remarks he had made earlier in the week to stir the pot. Schilling then criticized Martinez for not being at Game 6........
Before now and the start of next season, Schilling, who has played pro ball for nearly 20 years and has had countless teammates, might want to look in the mirror to understand the reason why his baseball buddies can be counted on that gifted right hand. .-Kevin Kernan, NY Post
Carlos Beltran Meeting with Yankees Tuesday
-This one seems already in the bag
Mulder Traded To St. Louis
-Oakland big three down to big one
Johnson Deal Now In Hands of Selig
-Waiting for approval from the boss
Sox Sign Matt Clement
Schill Responds To Pedro's Jabs
Friday 12-17
Deal still being ironed out.
Yanks Reportedly trying to reel in Randy Johnson.
-Deal not officially done still as reports have yet to be confirmed.
Details soon! FIFTY-EIGHT days ago, the Yankees sent Kevin Brown to the mound to try to beat the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS. That mistake never will be made again. George Steinbrenner made sure of that last night as the Yankees basically locked up Randy Johnson and their 40th pennant and 27th World Series title. The deal is not officially done yet but the parade will be next October. Johnson will be sitting in the lead car. -Kevin Kernan, today on NYPost online edition
Kevin, In Case You Forgot!
Just two months ago your team blew a 3 game ALCS lead.
While you whiney New York fans took the subway
home, I danced on your bleachers and spit on monument park.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Find out what it means to Petey.
Sour Pedro Throws Some Jabs at Sox
Sox Waiting to Hear From Clement today
Three year deal on the table Thursday 12-16
Yankees may acquire Randy Johnson
-ESPN Reports Yankees May Have Agreed to Terms With Johnson
3 Team Deal Involving Dodgers, Arizona, NY
(Still pending Johnson & Green waive of no trade clauses)
The Yankees have reached agreement on the principal players
in a three-team blockbuster trade that would land them coveted lefthander Randy
Johnson, Newsday has learned. - Newsday, Yanks Reach Deal With Johnson
Yankee Fans Not Completely Happy about this deal either.
Hudson Dealt to Atlanta, Sox Lose out again
- Tim Hudson no longer an option
Pedro Press Conference
Cardinals Fan Site gives away $100
Guaranteed that Edgar Renteria was staying in St. Louis, and backed it with a $100 pay day to one of its members should it not be true. -Cardinals fan site puts its money where its mouth is!
Minya Letter to Mets Fans This morning
Claims they did MRI on Pedro and it was acceptable.
Thanks To Orlando Cabrera, 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox SS.
You got a lot of new fans my man. You will be watched by "The Nation"
wherever you go. Welcome Edgar Renteria, you got big shoes to fill.
If you can't beat em join em!
Surprise Surprise, Renteria Reportedly Signs With Sox
-ESPN Reports Edgar Signed with Red Sox, 4 Years 40 Million
"It (Boston's offer) was more generous. They were more interested in my playing for them." Translation- They had more $$ to offer, but welcome anyway.
Martinez & Renteria burn their roots & go where the money is.
Got to lay off Martinez now if you want to welcome Renteria. I guess what goes around comes around! Sorry St. Louis, you must really hate us now.
Let's Get Physical
-Martinez to undergo Mets Physical Today
-Bottom line, Pedro feels Sox dragged their feet
Theo put Renteria under our tree. Who is next?
Tuesday 12-14
Thanks Pedro!
Now that we knocked you around a bit, gave you a few jabs, an uppercut, a paper cut, used your name in vein. We do have to say Thank You. Thanks for 7 years of entertaining us, thanks for being the one of the best pitcher most of us ever saw in a Red Sox uniform. Most of all thanks for helping us to win a World Series. You will be missed!
Pedro Confirms Mets Deal
''My heart will always be with the Boston fans. I hope that everyone who truly loves me will still support me now that I won't be with the Red Sox,''- Pedro Martinez 12/14
-Pedro says its a done deal Schillings ankle may not be ready
for Opening Day 2005
-Schilling says he is behind in healing process Wells Passes Physical, Sox Fans hoping he has some magic left next season. Welcome to Red Sox Nation David Wells. Monday 12-13
Martinez Burns Sox and leaves in a
New York Minute. Four years 54 Million to Mets! "We put our best foot forward and made an offer that makes sense to the club," Epstein said. "We think it's a fair and generous offer." Coincidentally, this news comes exactly eight years to the day the Red Sox officially lost their last ace, Roger Clemens, to free agency. The Rocket inked a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays on Dec. 13, 1996. - Boston.com Petey Bird Flies the Coop
dead crowd in Queens, NY. Maybe he will drill Mo Vaughn in the
behind and wake him up too. Mets overpaid for Pedro, should be no
question in anyone's mind. Sox management did their jobs!
The three-time Cy Young winner reportedly agreed to terms on a four-year deal with the Mets worth $56 million, or $14 million a year. That deal is a year longer and approximately $500,000 more a year than the Red Sox were willing to spend in order to retain Martinez, according to a baseball source. - Boston Herald Martinez Takes the Acela to Penn Station then the
7 train to Queens or may opt. for the Delta
shuttle to Laguardia and a cab, still undecided.
Pedro Gone, done deal Sox need to look far & wide
now for a #2 guy! Clement on the radar. Hudson too?
Gammons reports that Pedro may be Mets bound
-Dan Patrick show on ESPN Radio - Gammons stated that the Mets have offered a fourth year guarantee to Pedro and he may be leaning towards accepting the deal
Pedro indicates decision to come possibly today
-Pedro wants to close business early this week
Sox offer Manny to Mets for Cliff Floyd, not interested.
-Manny we love you but nobody wants your contract
Boras continues to live in a dreamland that doesn't
appear to be turning into a reality.
You think he is playing hardball on Varitek?
High bidder for Beltran is currently reported in the ball park of a 5 Year 70 Million deal. Boras is thinking along the lines of 200 Million over 10 years. Any team that wants to take on that contract can go right ahead. I would even be fine seeing him in pinstripes at that kind of $$.
One team that inquired about Beltran reported it was told it wouldn't even be considered a "serious" bidder unless it was willing to begin the conversation with a 10-year, $200-million synonym for "hello." - ESPN article by Jayson Stark
Saturday 12-11 Sunday 12-12
Tidbit: 18 Players Hit 50 HR's from 95-2000.. Nobody has done it in last 2 years
Sox Add Lefty John Halama
-Sox Grab Halama from TB
Pavano Chooses New York
-Yanks closing deal with Pavano this weekend
Sox Nearing Deal with Edgar Renteria as future SS
-Loosely reported that agreement is near
However reports today say that deal is not yet imminent. Details Soon!
THE RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND BRING
HOME THE CLOSEST THING POSSIBLE TO THE
BAMBINO, DAVID WELLS!
David Wells Will Be Wearing A Red Sox Uniform Next Season
-Sox Sign Wells To A Two-Year Deal
David Wells who once threw a perfect game reportedly on a massive hangover is now a Red Sox!
``I want to be the one to push the button, I want to blow the SOB up.'' - David Wells regarding his poor performances at Fenway Park, hopefully things will change now that he is on the other side!
Sox Tickets Went on Sale Today for Selected Games Most Fans Spend Hours Staring in "Virtual Waiting Room" but end up just wasting their time.
Friday 12-10
Sox reportedly made one year offer to none other
then the "Boomer" himself, David Wells.
details soon!
Gammons Gives Us the Scoop
-12-9 Gammons, Pedro completing deal soon, Pavano, & More
HBO "Reverse the Curse of the Bambino"
special on at 8:00 p.m. - info
Las Vegas Mayor Meets with Marlins Owners to
Woo Team to Sin City!
-Mostly a response to slow negotiations for a new stadium between Thursday 12-9
Yankee Fans Changing to Sox Fans in Masses :
McDonough speaks up about not coming
back to Boston next season.
McDonough has been our voice for 17 years. He brought out the best in Jerry Remy. I am a bit upset by this move. Orsillo is great don't get me wrong but to oust McDonough after 17 years is a bit disheartening.
Before signing with Cubs Nomar & agent inquired to
New York Yankees about playing the number 2 bag!
That would have been cute. Jeter, Nomar, Arod, together in the infield. I vomit at the thought of this! Nomar would never have been able to handle that pressure. Cmon!
Only Wants Trade to The Yankees
Not really new info but again reconfirmed that Johnson only wants to play in Bronx! MLB Offers up Red Sox Nation Cards for $9.95 With a 2005 Red Sox Nation membership, you will receive the following benefits: coolest seats at Fenway. e-newsletter with special offers. pages on redsox.com. shop offers throughout the season. I am not going to write that this is a marketing gimmick (pretty obvious) or a waste of your $9.95. Yeah its a bit of a sell-out proposition for you to spend $9.95 to say you are a member of "Red Sox Nation". If you need to spend $9.95 to prove that to yourself then send me $25 and I will get you out our new "Planet Earth Membership Card" complete with all the oxygen you can breath. However there does seem to be some claimed benefits on MLB.Com to paying the $9.95. How much value these benefits are will remain to be seen. My Assessment: 2005 MLB.com Gameday Audio.- Good value here as it was $14.95 last year for game day audio Ticketing Preference-Highly unlikely you won't be fighting the other hundred thousand members for any ticketing preferences that are of value, sounds worthless. Exclusive e-newsletter with special offers- We get enough newsletters from redsox.com already, they want to send us more? Members-Only Pages.. What could they provide that you cant find here, On Prospectus pages, on Espn, Herald, Globe, on the other 100 Red Sox fan pages etc. Red Sox Nation citizen Card- I will give it to them that the card is kind of nice looking, but it's something that would end up in my top drawer next to the discount card that used to get me $5 off the door at "The Roxy" in 1999. If I was 10 I may beg my parents for it. Maybe this is the market they are going after?... It is only $9.95.. So not a huge deal or worth too much of our ink. If you want the card, want to be on Redsox.com mass email list, or are going to buy game day audio anyway, then spend the 10 bucks. However let it be known that you are already a member of Red Sox Nation and you do not need a plastic card to prove it.
Campeones Serie Mundial 2004
(2004 World Champions)
Sox Execs Continue to build relationships in D.R.
Wednesday 12-8
Sox Management & Pedro Meet at
Airport In Dominican Republic
Sox Sign Pitcher Matt Mantei
-Sox & Mantei agree to one year deal
Great "under the radar" low risk, high reward signing by Theo.
Matt Mantei is expected to be a setup man for closer Keith Foulke.
Downfall: Mantei suffered from shoulder tendonitis last season in his pitching arm. Reward: Should he stay healthy, the mix of Mantei's fast ball and Foulke's changeup should keep batters at bay in late innings. At $750,000 over one year this is a low risk agreement for the Sox.
Sox Offer Arbitration to
Martinez, Cabrera, Lowe, Varitek as expected
-Myers, Reese, McCarty, Astacio also on the list
No Closed Captioning or Subtitles
My name is Evan Brunell, I'm 19 years old and I'm a freshman at Northeastern University, which is 5 minutes from Fenway. And yes, the location in relation to Fenway was a selling point for me coming here! The other thing is that I am deaf. I can orally talk, lip read and hear to an extent with my cochlear implant, but I can't hear well enough to talk on the phone or to talk to someone without looking at them, or (and the basis for this e-mail) to watch TV without closed-captioning-- Read Evan's Entire Post on SOSH
----Evan Brunell is a respected member of the Red Sox community and owner/operator of the website Red Sox Most Valuable Network . This message was posted not only because he is a friend but he makes a good point that all these types of media with large budgets should be released with closed caption or subtitles for the hearing impaired and for other folks that cannot watch a television as easily as others. Good Work Evan!
Tuesday 12-7 - Teams must offer arbitration by midnight tonight or lose rights until May 1.
Cubs Reach Agreement With Nomar Garciapparra
-Cubs sign Nomar to One Year Deal Sox Management plan "Mound Conference" with
Pedro
- Henry & Lucchino to fly to D.R. to talk to our boy Pete
Tougher Steroid Policy in the works
-MLB & Players association defining policy: More tests harsher fines
Arbitration deadline said not to affect Sox
negotiations
Varitek, Cabrera, Martinez, Lowe expected to be offered arbitration
Basically folks this means the Sox submit papers offering the player to accept an arbitration meeting where an unbiased third party hears proposals from both sides and rules in favor of player/club or in between. All arbitration cases are for 1 year contracts and any player offered arbitration that signs with another club must compensate with draft picks. Of course the Red Sox have no chance of any of these players accepting arbitration but just offering this alone allows the Sox to negotiate with these players until January 8.
Monday 12-6 In Theo We Trust!
Sox Talking with Japanese All Star Second baseman Tadahito Iguchi. -Sox open talks with four time Japanese All Star
Don't know much about players overseas but must give props to Epstein today. This guy continues to show that he is not leaving any stone unturned when it comes to putting the best team possible on the field. By opening up dialogues with all these free agents (must be somewhere around 20-30 last count, does Theo sleep?) he is demonstrating that he will look at every angle possible when we have voids to fill. No doubt in my mind that with this current management at the helm we will have a competitive team year after year. It is fun to be a Red Sox fan right now. Hats off to Theo & crew today... Gotta love it!
Saturday12-4/Sunday 12-5
Sheffield, Giambi, now Kevin Brown
List of potential Yankees on the juice is growing
Friday 12/3 Off Season Exciting!
Is it just my love for the game or is the off-season almost as exciting as the regular season?
Free Agency Steroid Scandals Arbitration Negotiation
I love it!
I also have a feeling that the Yankee-Sox rivalry hasn't peaked yet and winning the World Series has only kicked things up a notch (as Emeril would say). My
fatigues (Sox Gear) are still fresh and ready to be put back on come
April.........BAM!!!! Bonds Admits to Using Steroid Cream
Bonds testified that he had received and used clear and cream substances from his personal strength trainer, Greg Anderson, during the 2003 baseball season but was told they were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a rubbing balm for arthritis, according to a transcript of his testimony reviewed by The Chronicle.
Cmon Barry Get Real!
American Public: Barry Bonds thinks you are stupid!
Why would Greg Anderson benefit from pulling a switcharoo of your flaxseed oil with steroid cream? Yeah his success as a trainer may be based on your performance but I find it a bit absurd that his intention was to impose a health risk on you without your knowledge. That is preposterous, outrageous, downright ridiculous Barry...
"THANK YOU LORD FOR BLESSING ME WITH THESE HUGE, " ALL NATURAL" FOREARMS, TRICEPS, BICEPS, QUADRICEPS, CALVES, ETC....
Fans & Media Come down Hard on Giambi
Days as a Yankee or possibly in baseball may be done According to legal experts, Major League Baseball can't do much to punish Giambi because penalties for steroid use started in 2004, and Gary Sheffield wasn't punished this past October when he admitted to unknowingly using a cream two years ago that contained steroids. However, several people pointed to a clause in a player's contract and said the Yankees could void Giambi's because he violated the language. The deal expires after the 2008 season. The clause reads, "The player agrees to keep himself in the best possible condition." -NY POST Varitek, Boras, & Sox are getting
creative to try to reach a deal.
-Varitek offers deal allowing Sox to void contract after 4 years Thursday 12/2 Mr. Two Home Runs in Game 7 of 2003
ALCS admits to steroid use.
It wasn't a 5 out difference anymore, it was a 5 syringe difference.
GOT JUICE?
-Giambi admits to steriod use
Only a fool (or his mother) would not see that he did steroids This isn't profound information folks it is pretty apparent. We know he did the Juice! Now its out in the open & exposed.
Steroid burden on Giambi's Shoulders
"My weight ... I'm only about 4-pound difference," he said, "to be honest with you." (Add a 0 on to that and make it 40 Mr. Giambi)
The Luke Report: The Jason Giambi bombshell is just that – a bombshell. Not because it’s shocking that he actually USED steroids. We all knew he did. (And by “we”, I mean those of us who chanted “YOU USE STER-ROIDS!!!” at Fenway during every one of Giambi’s and Sheffield’s at-bats this year.) What’s shocking is that we finally have our smoking gun, which I never thought we’d have.- Full Article
Varitek situation said to be "Solvable"
-Source says negotiations are progressing
Yanks back off Johnson. To focus on Pedro?
-Yanks pull out of Johnson talks
Brooklyn Sox Fan Reaches out to thank John Henry
in the name of Bornintoit.com and our visitors
Everybody say it together
"Pedro we love you come home"
Martinez you are a great pitcher, you have done very well in a Red Sox uniform. The fans here love you and the Sox can put up with your antics. We know you want to be admired and worshiped and that you are in Boston. Pedro we love you, come home!
Wednesday 12/1
Sources say Martinez not looking for four year
guarantee, Bottom line over three is most important
-Club may not need four year offer for Martinez
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