Well, nothing big from the hot stove. A-rod and Mo confirmed, big whoop. Nothing much new on Johan which I WANT VERY SOON!, but it would make the most sense for a deal to be done before the holidays, so expect some kind of information by like Saturday. I saw a really crazy rumor about Orlando Cabrera for Coco and Lugo, but I think that whoever made it up is insane. Uh let's see, OC slept with Keith Foulke's wife, and why would the Chi Sox be crazy enough to leave SS just Uribe and Lugo. my opinion anyways. The Yanks, uh, no progress for Johan (Thank God), maybe trade Hideous Hideki, watched Kris Benson, THEY NEED GOOD STARTERS, though I hope they don't so we win more.....Get your Red Sox Nation 08 memberships NOW, and select april/may/sept tickets on sale now, Sox Pax sold out, rest of Games and Monster seats in January/February.
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Ok, so the Mitchell Report is in. And not bad, no current players....I don't know if that's because Mitchell is a BoSox Director, but somehow I think he'd be pretty honest. The Red Sox he did name were Gagne (did HGH in LA), Clemens (shot in arm starting in Toronto), Donnelly (juice in LAA), and Mo Vaughn (in KC I Think), Jeremy Giambi (Jason's bro). Now, a bunch of Yanks come up including Jason G., Clemens, Pettitte, Damon, Sheffield, and many former players of the steroid era...So for now, we can call them the New York Steroids. On the rumor mill, Vizcaino to the Rox (awww, I was hoping he'd go back to Nyy and help us win), big Danny Haren trade (so it's either Bedard -not happening or Johan) and big Jose Valverde trade, and big Tejada trade,..... So as always, if anything Johan comes up, I'll post it asap. COME ON JOHAN!
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Well....the GM mtgs are over, with nothing new to boast :(. Only one thing was being really speculated for Theo to engage in and that was to bring Johan to Boston. While it didn't get done, the Sox are by no means out. They are the frontrunner, and Theo will continue to talk to them about the potential deal when he gets back to Beantown. If Santana is landed, a contract extension of 20-25 mil a year for 5-6 years would be asked. But boy, what a 123 that'd be, beck, santana, dice. and the last lefty (besides Lester) we had was Boomer, and that wasn't the best. We need a dominating lefty starter. In other news, two prospects who I've never heard of claimed in Rule 5 draft. W/E. Big deals included the Tigers/Marlins blockbuster sending Dontrelle and Miggy to Detroit for 6 prospects, Andruw's big signing with the Dodgers ( Sounds like JD doesn't it! ), Wily Mo's extension, and the Royals signing Jose Guillen. Some interesting things include a trade rumor that'd send Hideous Hideki to San Fran, Beckett isn't asking for a raise, and the two Hiroki Koruda and Kosuke Fukudome free agents....Boston was rumored to be interested in Kosuke for RF, but that's crazy, Jon Lester and Jacoby's hiring of Scott Boras (uh oh), a potential Tek extension, Tavarez's trade request, Andy Pettitte's return, etc. So basically there's some bench and 'pen fine tuning left to do, along with a potential landing of a certain Cy Young award pitcher before preparing to pack for Ft. Myers.

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no updates really....GM mtgs. in Nashville right now, and I expect a Johan announcement today.  If the Yanks are true to their word (they weren't for Arod), then they withdraw their offer after today.  So if that happens, you can assume Boston or nada.  But, the Twins want to get valuable prospects for Johan, not just lose him to free agency next year and maybe get some draft picks.  So I will keep you posted about the Johan race.  Other news....Andy Pettitte resigned with NYY, so same deal with him.

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First Post

So, this is the start of the Red Sox Obsessor Blog!  I will use this as an extension to the show, Red Sox Obsessor.  You can check out the latest video at www.youtube.com/profile?user=revigik5.  So as of tonight the Red Sox have resigned Mike Timlin to a one year 3-mil contract.  I'm very happy with this as he was excellent this year, and this is a low-risk contract.  However, for Mike it's quite a raise.  They've offered arbitration to Eric Gagne, and he has until Fri 12/7 to accept.  If he accepts, then he's a sox again.  If he declines and signs with a top 15 club, then the Red Sox get an extra draft pick in the draft during the summer.  Now this Monday starts Winter meetings (12/3-6).  During these 4 days you'll see more player workouts, acquisitions, trades, arbitration signings, tendered contracts, and drama then you'll see all winter.  I predict the Johan situation to be settled during this time (COME ON TO BOSTON!).  Thursday is the Rule 5 draft, which never really matters for anything.  Hopefully one of my favorites Doug Mirabelli signs soon!  Theo keeps playing mind games with him, but he's such a low risk player that it's a now brainer to sign Doug.