The Red Sox had a couple of roster moves over the couple of days. One pleases me. After a few seasons of not being able to spell Saltalamacchia, my typing fingers have finally received some relief. He signed a new deal with the Marlins yesterday and that means I am never going to have to spell that particular six syllable word again. Whew!
Unfortunately for me, earlier in the day the Red Sox signed his replacement, A.J. Pierzinski. No typographical relief there! At least Saltalamacchia had an easy nick name. Go back through this blog and count how many times I spelled his name out. I’m guessing twice, and they are both in this post. Salty is a nice handy shortening. What the hell do you do with Pierzinski? This signing is a nightmare.
Also, the 98.5 The Sports Hub morning show took a huge blow yesterday as the object of desire of most subjects of the Ask a Pink Hat segments bolted for huge money in New York. The Sox are going to have to sign some eye candy soon or their ticket sales and NESN’s ratings are going to plummet as Pink Hat nation starts watching the YES network.
Sarcasm aside, if you thought for even a second that the Red Sox were going to be able to resign Jacoby Ellsbury then you are a sucker of epic proportions. It was never going to happen. Ever. The only questions were where he signed and for what insane dollar amount. The answers? The Yankees for an average of about 21.8 million dollars a year for seven years. Any other team and I would have wished him good luck and thanks for the two World Series wins. No. He had to sign with the friggin Yankees. Now I can only hope that he stubs his toe and misses a season or two, as we all (except for the Yankees) expect he will. Screw him, he’s dead to me.
Salty lost me during the World Series this year. He had that one game winning hit, but other than that he was awful. I was really pleased when he was benched, and I am not sad to see him go. He was a good player for us, not a great player, and I thank him for all of his hard work and I wish him luck in Miami where he may never win another baseball game, but I am still not upset at all to see him go.
I don’t know what to make of Pierzynski. The spin machine is out in full force trying to make him out to be a sort of NHL pest. The guy you love like mad when he’s on your team, and hate with a burning passion when he’s not. I’m having a real hard time buying that line. He has a reputation for being an asshole and I don’t have any reason to doubt the reputation. As usual, if he works hard and gives his all I’ll be willing to forgive a little prickishness here and there, but I really don’t want to root for a douche bag. We’ll see how it goes.
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