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Yeah man, they messed-up somewhere....... It was really stupid and they do look like idiots, fo sure. No Manny this year at all. Ortiz is really gonna be the BIG Papi....he should lose some gut..... And don't be whining about the Yankees spending money and getting the best that they can....for it does not always work.

Worked out great....The Yanks love to spend money on shiny high-profile players...and team Boras-Teixeira loves to make it. I hope the Yanks still suck.

Wow, it's amazing that baseball writers aren't GM's since they have all the answers. I love the idea that they just say, well, if it takes 192,000,000 to do it, so what. If a .500 pitcher makes a destination more likable, I question the players desire to go to a certain team.

Does this writer really think that Boras isn't going to use one deal to get a higher deal from another team? Does he really think that a "window" would have worked? In the end, Boras and the yankees had a backdoor agreement, just bring the highest offer to NY and they will trump it.

Wow, we had weeks and weeks of speculation of what will be for Teixeira. Does this mean we're going to have weeks and weeks of what could have been now? It's done and over. Teixeira has landed, and now it's time to look forward. I think if the Red Sox had REALLY needed Teixeira, they would have gotten him.

Good Monday morning!

Morning Cat. It will likely go on until opening day because people will pay attention to it.

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Originally posted 07:33 AM ET  12.29 by Remembers Grogan

Morning Cat. It will likely go on until opening day because people will pay attention to it.

I s'pose ... if TandR doesn't give us anything else to discuss.

Good morning Grogan.

NO. The Don Steinbrenner has deep pockets and the Sox are better served by saving the bucks. The Rays are a low budget winner.

It would be easy for someone (like the media and us fans) to say yes to this question. I still feel they could have and should have signed Tex. Something tells me they didn't want him THAT bad. I don't know why, but I just haven't seen the Yankees out-smart the Red Sox once since the Yankees signed Jose Cabrera. Don't laugh! In 20/20 hind sight it's easy to say the Yankees made a mistake but he supposed to be the next Big Unit. I'm looking at this like the ARod deal. The Red Sox were willing to throw ARod everything but the kitchen sink. The Yankees came in and gave him that sink and made the Red Sox look stupid. Until ARod actually put that uniform for real. The outcome of this signing might be the same because I really do not see Tex failing as bad as ARod has, but I think the Red Sox have a different business plan. They have to because Tex is not only a great hitter, but he'd been a perfect fit for the Red Sox.

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Originally posted 07:10 AM ET  12.29 by Schadenfreude - Bruins in '10?

Wow, it's amazing that baseball writers aren't GM's since they have all the answers. I love the idea that they just say, well, if it takes 192,000,000 to do it, so what. If a .500 pitcher makes a destination more likable, I question the players desire to go to a certain team.Does this writer really think that Boras isn't going to use one deal to get a higher deal from another team? Does he really think that a "window" would have worked? In the end, Boras and the yankees had a backdoor agreement, just bring the highest offer to NY and they will trump it.

isnt that what agents do?

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Originally posted 07:24 AM ET  12.29 by Marilyn purrs

Wow, we had weeks and weeks of speculation of what will be for Teixeira. Does this mean we're going to have weeks and weeks of what could have been now? It's done and over. Teixeira has landed, and now it's time to look forward. I think if the Red Sox had REALLY needed Teixeira, they would have gotten him.Good Monday morning!

Come on don't you want to beat this with a stick until every conceivable angle has been looked at. Got to have some things to talk about since the season doesn't start for 4 months.

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Originally posted 08:14 AM ET  12.29 by AngelFan

Come on don't you want to beat this with a stick until every conceivable angle has been looked at. Got to have some things to talk about since the season doesn't start for 4 months.

Well, there's other moves to be made to speculate endlessly about ... when everyone is in their place, and there's still time, THEN we can go back and beat it all to death again. ;)

And, spring training begins in February ... the season starts then.

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Originally posted 08:14 AM ET  12.29 by AngelFan

Come on don't you want to beat this with a stick until every conceivable angle has been looked at. Got to have some things to talk about since the season doesn't start for 4 months.

Yes, and preferably we would like to beat things with a stick that don't hurt so bad to sox fans!! We need some yankee bashing around here! ;)

I'd say that since they didn't get him ... it was well known they wanted him ... that the fact the Yanks got him instead. Yeah, I'd say they botched it ... come on T&R ... this is a BS article, move on ... sorry RSB

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  12.29 by jctoo, cult elitist

I'd say that since they didn't get him ... it was well known they wanted him ... that the fact the Yanks got him instead. Yeah, I'd say they botched it ... come on T&R ... this is a BS article, move on ... sorry RSB

I STILL say this guy is GOOD not GREAT, this is the proverbial mountain made out of a Boras molehill.

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Originally posted 08:36 AM ET  12.29 by Temples of Syrinx

I STILL say this guy is GOOD not GREAT, this is the proverbial mountain made out of a Boras molehill.

Well-said! Morning CU!

Oh, and good morning jctoo ...

If you think the Sox botched this up, you're way wrong. As usual, the Yanks were quietly waiting in the wings. I knew all along that they were only waiting to hear that the Sox were the front-runners for Teixeira, so they could outbid them. If the Nationals were close to signing Teixeira for what they were offering (8-10 yrs./ $180mil+), then the Yanks would have let him go to the NL. By the way, I still pick the Sox in '08. Their pitching is still better than the Yanks.

The Red Sox will be fine with Lowell for another year and Youkilis for many years. Rather than over pay for a very good player who does not fit they will be able to compete for Mauer, Hanley Ramirez, or whoever might come available.

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET  12.29 by Marilyn purrs

Well, there's other moves to be made to speculate endlessly about ... when everyone is in their place, and there's still time, THEN we can go back and beat it all to death again. ;)And, spring training begins in February ... the season starts then.

Spring training is just a teaser game don't count. The real fun begins in April. So I'll say it only kinda starts in February better than nothing though.

Okay, I understand what you're saying ... for me spring training is a psychological boon as winter in the northeast lasts way too long and spring training means the end is near. ;) It's also a great time (and the first opportunity) to assess how well players tried to stay in shape over the off-season.