Wednesday, March 30, 2005
If the Sox hadn't won the World Series in 2004, this story would be getting a lot more play from the mainstream media.
HUB SOURCE:
A HUB MLB SOURCE CONFIRMS CHB STORY...$OX AGREED TO SCHEDULE S.T. GAMES IN ARIZONA AS PART OF THE SCHILLING DEAL... AGREEMENT IS FOR 2 YEARS...RED SOX NATION HAS GOBBLED UP THESE TICKETS...D'BACKS LIKELY RAKE IN AN EXTRA $1.5 MILLION PER GAME(conservatively), SO LIKELY AT LEAST $6 MILLION. GOOD DEAL FOR THE $OX, AS THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO INCLUDE CA$H IN THE SCHILLING DEAL. D'BACKS WERE ONLY GOING TO DO DEAL IF IT GAVE THEM FISCAL RELIEF. ONLY LOSERS ARE THE PLAYERS, WHO HAVE TO FLY TO THE WEST COAST FOR 2 MEANINGLESS GAMES BEFORE FLYING BACK EAST TO NEW YORK TO FACE THE YANKEES. IF THE SOX LOOK SLUGGISH TO START THE SEASONS, THEN QUESTIONS NEED TO BE RAISED TO THEO AND THE TRIO. IT IS NOT JAPAN JETLAG, BUT STILL IS NOT HELPING THE SOX PLAYERS GET READY FOR THE YANKEES. A SPLIT SQUAD IS BEING SENT, SO HOPEFULLY THE AFFECT SHOULD BE MINIMAL. WAS THEO HAVING A COUPLE OF VODKA TONICS WHEN HE AGREED TO THIS? THIS SMELLS OF LUCCHINO ALL THE WAY. GOOD DEAL FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
HUB TRADE REVIEW:
Red Sox get: Curt Schilling and a 2004 World Series Championship. Sox extended his deal, and owe him approximately $30 million for 2005-2006.
D'Backs get: Brandon Lyon (pitching well in S.T. ), at least $6 million, and approximately $15 million in salary relief (Schill's remaining money on his D'Backs deal).
Fossum(D'rays camp), DeLaRosa(Pirates camp?) are gone and were busts.
Now we can see that the Deal was clearly about the "Benjamins" for the D'Backs.
"Schilling indicated he would pitch in another minor league game, probably Thursday, and perhaps pitch in a real spring training game when the Sox play the Diamondbacks in Phoenix next Thursday and Friday. Some believe the Sox' appearance in Phoenix was part of the transaction that brought Schilling to Boston in the winter of 2003, and an appearance by Schilling would make the fiscally-challenged D-Backs happy. He'll go to New York for the opener with his teammates, then may return to Florida for another rehab assignment."
-Shaughnessy was right on in the Globe last week.
-NF
