Waiting for Beckett
Peter Gammons reported on SportsCenter that all that is left to seal a Marlins/Red Sox blockbuster deal are the physicals. The deal calls for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell of the Marlins to come to Boston while Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, and a player to be named later go to Florida. For your viewing pleasure: the box scores from the 2003 Marlins/Yankees World Series. Here you will see that he started two games for a 1-1 record, pitching 16 and 1/3 innings with 8 hits, 2 earned runs, 5 walks, and 19 strikeouts.
I’m too giddy to even post coherently about this at the moment. See what can get done when there aren’t leaks? Did someone have Dr. Charles Steinberg forcibly bound and gagged in a 4 Yawkey Way closet? Has Larry Lucchino learned his lesson after bungling the Alex Rodriguez and Theo Epstein negotiations?
Will wonders never cease?
