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Archive for December, 2003

Quick Hits: 12/18/03

Twosomes
Baseball Blogger Aaron Gleeman of aarongleeman.com looks at the relative production of Manny+Nomar vs. ARod+Mags.
Sons of Sam Horn Post by John Henry
JohnWHenry
Owner, Boston Red Sox
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(12/17/03 6:16 pm)
Reply Re: Manny-ARod rumor thread
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It’s an astonishing ending isn’t it? Astonishing. In fact, it transcends baseball.
He’s laboring under a delusion
Dan Shaughnessy looks at Gene Orza’s “power play” in […]

Quick Hits: 12/17/03

Spreading the wealth
Darren Rovell, ESPN.com
“The state of Massachusetts stands to make thousands if Alex Rodriguez is traded to the Red Sox.
Last year, A-Rod and the Texas Rangers played three games in Boston. Based on Rodriguez’ $22 million annual salary and the fact that baseball players serve 210 duty days for tax purposes, Rodriguez had to […]

2003 Organizational Report Card: Manny Ramirez, A-
Manny Ramirez’s 2003 season shines as an example as why he is considered by many to be the best right handed hitter in baseball. While his attitude may be questioned, his talent at the plate can not. Manny’s off field behavior and overall nonchalant attitude towards seemingly […]

Gil’s Got It Wrong
In an article in today’s Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram, Gil Lebreton attempts to make the argument that John Hicks and the Texas Rangers are holding all the cards in the potential Alex Rodriguez for Manny Ramirez trade. He not only states his opinion that the Red Sox need to make this […]

With Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings kicking off in New Orleans this weekend, the rumors surrounding potential Red Sox dealings are flying fast and furious. Instead of drinking hurricanes on Bourbon St., the Red Sox brass is walking into a hurricane blowing with strong trade winds.
For nearly a month now the Red Sox have […]

Editor’s Note

Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few weeks. I have been looking to buy a new house and work has picked up as the year comes to an end. Since I work in advertising sales, this is a big time of the year signing next years annual agreements.
I am hoping […]

The managerial post for the Boston Red Sox can bring either an opportunity to reach the ultimate pinnacle (a long awaited Red Sox World Series championship) or to be the ultimate scapegoat (see Grady Little) in sports. That responsibility as the 44th manager of the Boston Red Sox now passes on to Terry Francona.
“The […]

A few years ago, while doing some graduate work at Boston University, I came across a book that has shaped my views of the impact of the Internet on all things from business to media to communications. The entire book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, can now be found online (for free, as any true groundswell […]