What you might have missed while you daydreamed and signed your name, "Mr. Brynn Cameron" over and over. - Don't be bitter about one of our own from Canada, Éric Gagné, pitching for the the enemy by joining the Boston Red Sox. The proper emotion isn't bitterness, it's pity. They would have to go out and do that, wouldn't they? Poor little rich Boston is so paranoid over blowing an eight-game lead over the Yankees that it went out and guaranteed $3.5 million in bonuses for a good reliever who's also a member of the Tommy John Surgery club twice over.
The Massholes already have a lights-out closer in Jonathan Papelbon and two setup men, Manny Delcarmen and Hideki Okajima, who are each holding batters to below a .200 average, but they just had to be sure.
Anyway, try this one out on all the traitors in your social circle who magically went from cheering for the Jays back in the day to liking the Red Sox: "This is easily a bigger deal than Larry Andersen for Jeff Bagwell." - Ray Emery shares his dream golf foursome with Cabbie. What is Rihanna's handicap, aside from being overproduced?
- Little something for the PO'd Premiership lovers: Globesports.com reports that Setanta Sports says it will have a digital channel (about $15/month) up and running in Canada by the time the season kicks off Aug. 11, just 10 days away.
Will Houston reports Rogers Sportsnet will have a Saturday game, but it won't be the best of the bunch. Hope you like watching Birmingham City! - Daunte Culpepper joins the Oakland Raiders: It fits.
- It's not for nothing that a both halves of an early '90s Kingston Frontenacs netminding tandem, Tyler Moss and Marc Lamothe, are each playing in the Russian Superleague. Any time one of their teammates gets their first look at a rundown Soviet-era arena, they can say, "Hey, compared to the Kingston Memorial Centre, this is nothing."
- cishoops.ca noted yesterday that Philadelphia 76ers big Samuel Dalembert still doesn't have confirmation that he can play for Canada in the Olympic qualifying tournament that begins in just three weeks.
That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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The Gagne trade makes the Sox bullpen ridiculous, sure, but the reason clearly isn't protecting a division lead so much as:
1) Preparing for the postseason
2) Making sure the Yankees didn't get him
NYY was apparently close to giving up Phil Hughes to get Gagne, which would've been disastrous for the Sox.
Not to mention, they sell high on Kason Gabbard, who is nowhere near as good as he's played, and would've been pushed out for the return of Schilling anyway.
It's actually a pretty darn good deal, but it's tough to see the Red Sox as the overall winner when Texas pretty much doubled their farm system yesterday.
All true, T... this isn't baseball, it's nuclear proliferation, however. On the up and up, does this mean the Yankees and Red Sox are on a path of mutually assurred destruction?
Then again, the Yankees managed to come out not too much worse for wear after giving Carl Pavano $40 million.
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