If you want to hear some ballplayers say things like “I just want to help the ballclub” and “I knew that coming to Boston meant a chance to win,” you can tune into NESN or the MLB Network later today: Mike Cameron will have his press conference at 11:30 Eastern. Lackey meets the press at 1:30.
We should make a drinking game out of it. I’m not that good at those things, but I’ll offer this: the first time a reporter asks one of these guys — each of whom has been around the league a long time, have played in big cities, and have considerable playoff experience — a question that implies that they’re not really prepared to play in Red Sox-Yankees games, everybody chug.
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- lar @ wezen-ball - Dec 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
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The guys at Fenway West bring up a good point (http://www.fenwaywest.com/2009-articles/december/mike-camerons-number-choice-will-be-interesting.html): what number will Mike Cameron claim as his own today? In the past, he’s worn #44 (Jason Bay’s number) and #25 (Mike Lowell’s number). Both of those guys are presumably gone, but neither is official. Will Cameron get one of those numbers, choose a different number, or just pretend to choose a different number until they both are officially gone?
Granted, it’s not all that big of a deal. But, as we all know, when it comes to the Red Sox, *everything* is a big deal.
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- hop - Dec 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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They might have to bring out a hoveround for Cameron. Its going to be a lot of fun watching him be the strikeout machine he’s always been in baston.
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- Alex Poterack - Dec 16, 2009 at 4:14 PM
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Cameron ended up with #23. He seems like a guy who isn’t going to make waves about things like that.
