Lackey, et. al.
John Lackey and Mike Cameron to the Sox. Sweet. Lackey as a #3 starter? That’s pretty freaking good. It’s great that Theo kept these moves so quiet, too. Just last week I wrote that I wished Lackey was more on the Sox’ radar, and it turns out he was. I guess Theo isn’t writing off 2010 after all. Lackey will fit in great with Beckett, Youk, Pedroia, and Victor Martinez. I really like this plan of attack — there’s no way we’ll ever be able to outslug the yankees, but we could outpitch them. And improving the defense is key to that. Jason Bay never seemed like a particularly bad outfielder to me, but the defensive metrics apparently say otherwise. And Mike Cameron is unquestionably an excellent defensive outfielder. He can play any of the outfield positions, too, allowing Tito great flexiblity to sit Ellsbury or Drew against tough lefties.
I would also be fine with Adrian Beltre at third base. Again, excellent defensively, but don’t expect too much with the bat. If the offense is as bad as the Boston media says it will be, they can always try to add something during the season. I’m afraid to mention it, but Big Papi claimed he was going to come into camp next year in the best shape of his life. Just sayin’.
I guess an Adrian Gonzalez deal could still be in play, maybe even more so since they’ve added a quality starter without giving anything up. It seems that would create a very left handed heavy batting order, though, without a real right handed power hitter. Still, that would be a nice problem to have.
Ah, Randy Moss. Sixth in the NFL in receiving. Opponents double team him so much that it allows Wes Welker to have an absolutely crazy day. In fact, Welker is #2 in receiving yards and Moss #6 in the league. And Moss is #5 in the NFL in receiving touchdowns. Not bad for a quitter. Sure, his production Sunday definitely didn’t pass the smell test. So he had a bad game, but the team won. It appears the coach is behind him, the QB is behind him, and the rest of the team is behind him. He’s still a captain. As the Young Fresh Fellows say, everything’s gonna turn out great.
The Patriots should retire Kevin Faulk’s #33 when he retires.
The Celtics have won 11 in a row and have the best record in the NBA. When is Big Baby coming back? I thought it was supposed to be December. Anyway, the only win over an elite team was opening night against Cleveland, but they’re definitely beating the teams they should beat, and looking good doing it.
Big 10 to add a twelfth team? I think it would be a good thing at this point. It could even help in recruiting, and of course an elite conference shouldn’t be sitting home watching everyone else play. But divisions will be awkward, especially for football. Do you go east/west, or north/south? I would think that Michigan and Ohio State have to be together, but then do you include Penn State with those two? And who exactly is the twelfth team? Notre Dame, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Missouri? Don’t even freaking joke about Rutgers.
Liverpool lost to Arsenal 2-1, this weekend, and the misery continues. They didn’t even look passionate, which is extremely worrying. So far this year, they’ve really risen to the occasion against the big teams, but not so in this game. The Europa League draw is Friday. Juventus and Marseille joined Liverpool in dropping out of the Champions League.
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