Comments on: The Red Sox may be interested in Brian Wilson

By: anxovies

anxovies — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:41:47 +0000

“Seems to me they’ve had no trouble signing players for the last 100ish years.”

What’s this? A Bosox talking smack? We must be well into the Silly Season. An how did almost all of those 100ish years turn out? Just because you guys got rid of the cancer in the manager’s office and the cancer on the pitching staff and the cancer in… oh well, you know what I mean. Better gird your loins because those antiquated Yankees are going to slap you around like grandma did when she found you smoking on the back porch. How’s that for mixing metaphors?

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:48:02 +0000

I always think of this guy
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Jeb_stuart.jpg/462px-Jeb_stuart.jpg
when I see Wilson.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:28:36 +0000

Or, he’ll just smoke more. Whatever.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:26:36 +0000

I probably spend a lot more time in the 19th century than most of you…so, yeah, I kinda live in a cave.

By: loungefly74

loungefly74 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:07:09 +0000

…livin’ in a cave? there are just certain pop culture events that penetrate to everyone. im just shocked you dont know it. heck…the video for the song (which is great, by the way) has like 700,000,000 hits.

By: hieronymous27

hieronymous27 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:59:43 +0000

Brian Wilson to the Detroit Tigers. Jim Leyland could tame Wilson’s eccentric ways.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:20:50 +0000

Ooooh, I’m going to hope for eyes on the ground reports then. Yea!

By: indaburg

indaburg — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:13:46 +0000

84 days. That’s not bad. I can hold on for 84 days. I’m going to check out the Tigers’ spring training camp this year for the first time. I plan to visit all of the ones within an hour from my house.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:07:31 +0000

Ok, then I think I’m still okay not knowing.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:06:01 +0000

I’ll short-hand it for you: wifey Forrest Gumps her way through the 19th century. Let’s pretend it never happened, shall we? I read it as a book club obligation. But, as I forced them to read World Enough and Time (which I am SURE they would never read on their own), I guess I can’t complain. Then, we washed that down with Erskine Caldwell, so it ended well.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:00:54 +0000

The Yankees are not a fixer upper like the Red Sox. One team finished first in the AL East and the other team finished last. Meanwhile, the 4th place team in the AL East has made several quality additions to its roster.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:56:05 +0000

Nothing to do with lady parts. It is a dance craze created by a Korean rapper.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:52:47 +0000

Ugh. I got about thirty pages into that travesty, everything after page two attributable solely to my indomitable will to read, then gave it up played the Dead's "Maybe it Was the Roses" a couple of times to clear my head out. Moby-Dick needed lamprey of a sequel like that stuck to his ass like he needed another harpoon in his gonads.

By: ejannetta

ejannetta — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:52:14 +0000

The Dead Sox have an interest in any player with a pulse. Who wants to play for a team that is destined to finish in last place in the AL east?

By: bayarea510

bayarea510 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:43:04 +0000

As a Giants fan I think I just threw up in my mouth. Wilson and San Francisco just makes sense …plus the Giants have a high tolerance for its players doing weird sh*t, not sure up tight teams and back east would put up with his antics.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:07:49 +0000

“He’ll put fans in the seats.” ::eyeroll::

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:01:38 +0000

Got a notice in my twitter feed this am from the Tigers: 84 days til spring games start!!!! Eeeeeee!!!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:59:33 +0000

Oh, then it must have something to do with lady parts.

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:39:31 +0000

Thank you, I’m flattered that you seem to have been following my comments. But maybe I’m not the one that is obsessed in that case.
Actually I would comment about PED’s but if I did my lead story would probably be how Ortiz blew smoke up the Red Sox fan butt’s a few years back when he held his press conference pleading ignorance on how those “illegal” supplements got into his system that made him test positive back in the day. If you remember or maybe you have selective memory loss that he promised to get to the bottom of it and report back. Well that was about 5 or 6 years ago maybe more and I believe the fans are still waiting for that explanation.

As for your comment about the Yankees lack of hitting in the post season. You mean the Yankees that won the World Series in 2009, went to the ALCS in 2010, lost to the Tigers in 2011 but outscored them in total in that series 28 to 16. But you are correct about the 2012 ALCS when the Yankees were swept in the ALCS after defeating the Orioles just prior to that series. I’m surprised that a baseball aficionado like yourself isn’t aware of the baseball adage that anything can happen in a short series.

One final comment in reply to your post. Cashman I believe stated it eloquently a few weeks back when he addressed a question about the age of the Yankee players. To para-phase he basically said “I don’t care if a players old, I care if he’s good”. And my friend in spite of your sarcasm there is not doubt Pettitte, Rivera are not only good but great and Kuroda has been excellent in his short MLB career.

Have a good day. Oh, there is one other thing as I write this. I believe the thumbs up feature on this site was really intended for “other” posters to show there approval of your comment(s) not for you to thumb up your own comment. That’s just my opinion.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:39:29 +0000

Tis the off-season right before winter meetings. There is nothing, zilch, nada, rien going on. A posting listing only players the Red Sox aren’t interested in would be too short.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:37:45 +0000

David Ortiz just wants to know how something like this can happen to him????

By: daveitsgood

daveitsgood — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:36:11 +0000

feah the wicked beahd

By: indaburg

indaburg — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:35:01 +0000

All I know is that Bill O’Reilly hates it, so I must like it.

By: richwizl

richwizl — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:26:46 +0000

BTW, Wilson is originally from Winchester, MA, a Boston suburb. The family later moved up the road a piece, to Southern NH.

By: theskinsman

theskinsman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:58:09 +0000

The the only players outside the organization to have interest in them are/were David Ross a part time overpaid catcher and Jonny Gomes a platoon left-fielder who can’t hit RHP’ing worth a lick and is defensively challenged that was overpaid.

I’m thrilled that we have your all knowing Wizard of Oz capabilities to know what players are interested in the Bosox. Seems to me they’ve had no trouble signing players for the last 100ish years.
But you keep on flailing away at every blog that has a rumor about the Red Sox. Your obsession is showing. Shouldn’t you be busy commenting on the end of this years’ Brett Farve award PED Andy just won?
Why aren’t you ranting on that the yanks need to worry about signing some players who can actually hit during the playoffs? I’m hoping that Cashman signs a few more over 40 pitchers. Pavano is available again.love to see him back.

By: pisano

pisano — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:56:44 +0000

uyf1950…. I know what you’re saying, but in reality there’s probably only three players in the majors they aren’t interested in, so why not list them?

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:49:00 +0000

They also have a massive hole in the ownership roster. Type A to be precise.

By: richwizl

richwizl — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:45:09 +0000

This is a riot. Bring Wilson to Boston, NOW! His humor alone is worth the price of admission. Teams need to be fun, not robots. We need more Idiots! who can play, of course.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:37:29 +0000

That bio would be a lot more interesting than that Ahab’s Wife crap.

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:13:21 +0000

So you’re saying that Wilson would feel right at home on a sinking ship?

I heard the Marlins have a hole or two to fill in their opening day roster.