Another Red Sox World Series you say? Sure. Beating two 100 win teams on the way too it? Even better. First one without my Dad, ouch. First one with my son, AWESOME. Even though at 14 months he’ll have no clue it happened, this is maybe the first instance where I’m going to need him more than he needs me.
David Price sure isn’t pitching like we all thought or hoped he would. OK, lets be fair, no one can earn back the value of Price’s 31 million dollars a year unless they make 35 starts and go 35-0, and even then he hasn’t cured cancer, so it’s still not enough value. (To be clear that is no knock on Price, he should sign the best deal for him, and he did. I also have no expectation of him curing cancer.) So what is a reasonable expectation for Price?
Hey, I didn’t want to trade Anderson Espinoza either, but guess what? Dealing him for Drew Pomeranz is a good Major League Baseball trade, because it puts you in a position “To win the whole fucking thing.”
….For Red Sox fans that want John Farrell fired, because it HAS to be coming before fireworks go off above the Charles. Right?
Fireworks over the Charles River
“Ladies and Gentleman get them before they are gone!” the salesman on the street hollered.
“Get what?” An anxious customer not wanting to miss out asked.
“Your seat on the 2016 Red Sox bandwagon, of course!” the salesman responded.
“The Life of Pablo” is more than just Kanye’s new album title, it’s become an existential question for Red Sox Nation. “What goes on in Pablo Sandoval’s life that makes him think its ok to treat ‘us’ this way?” It’s all over sports talk radio, all over the blogs, and papers that Pablo has wronged Red Sox Nation. Kayne probably didn’t think that when you typed ‘Pablo’ into Google News this week you’d get results about the Red Sox corpulent 3rd baseman ahead of his album, but alas Kanye finds himself in the shadow of Pablo’s potbelly.
Every year around this time I write a “State of the Red Sox Nation” report. I’ve never done it for all of New England sports, and since I’m hating on the Red Sox, probably the most I ever have, I’m going to cover all the teams so I don’t write ten thousand words on how much I hate she who will not be named on this blog.
It’s not official, but it’s inevitable at this point that David Price will top the mound for the Boston Nine in 2016, and the following 6 years, well, maybe. Here is the simple breakdown, and it really is simple.
2016 – 30 Million
2017 – 30 Million
2018 – 30 Million
—OPT OUT—
2019 – 31 Million
2020 – 31 Million
2021 – 32 Million
2022 – 32 Million Continue reading
So I wrote this piece back on October 14, 2013. I never put it up. I don’t really know why, but now that Tom Brady has eclipsed 400 TD passes and David Ortiz has sailed past 500 home runs, I think it will fit in quite nicely to your Monday reading schedule!
