Friday, December 09, 2005

Who are you?

There was a funny moment in one of the games I attended at Fenway this summer. It was during the series vs. Kansas City, and they were bringing in their umpteenth pitcher from the bull pen. Over the PA system, suddenly the Who were heard - singing "Who are you?"

I'm beginning to think that should be the song played on Opening Day at Fenway this year. As of this morning, we have a totally unrecognizable infield. Lowell? Loretta? Marte? Oh, Youk - I know him. And now that we've cut our losses and traded Renteria, we need a short stop. (Nomar, anyone?)

Last night, word came down that Billy Mueller had signed with the Dodgers. What a great, underrated player - he'll be missed.

But the one interesting development is the Miguel Tejada situation. The legendary Baltimore ss is saying he'd like off the team - they're not doing enough to build a championship team, he says. Where would he like to play? Uh, how about Boston. Gordon Edes has a great column in this morning's Globe Edes suggests a straight up Manny-for-Miggy trade - Tejada is really the only player in baseball from who the Sox can get equal value money-wise and talent-wise. As he writes:
Replace Ramírez with Tejada, and the Sox become the best team in baseball. The only thing more obvious than his talent is Tejada's burning desire to win. Even his most ardent supporters can't say the same about Ramírez.
Plus - how about that Miggy-Papi combo? Might bring back some of the joy to the clubhouse that will leave in Kevin Millar's bag.

This prospect is exciting - but we'll have to see....

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