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From both of us here at the blog, we hope you and your families all have a very happy and safe holiday season.  Thank you so much for reading!

One last baseball note, interesting article by Kat O'Brien on the Teixeira negotiations.  Up until the end, Boras was playing the Yankees and the Red Sox off one another.   If you are a player, why wouldn't you want Boras as your agent?  Look, I don't like his methods, but he gets his clients top dollar always.  It will be interesting to see how he creates leverage for Manny Ramirez because it looks like the Dodgers are the only team left standing in that bidding.  (And yes, I would love to see Manny have to take a deal for less than the two option years he had when he sulked out of Boston.)

One last note, for the first time in years (probably 34 years) the Yankees are closing their offices between Christmas and New Year's Day.  That's a nice move by Hal and it also means you probably will have to wait until 2009 to see Teixeira introduced.  

Posted by Peter (Yankees) at 07:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

SI's Jon Heyman and ESPN's Buster Olney are both reporting that the Yankees have agreed in principle with 1st baseman Mark Teixeira on an 8-year deal.  Heyman has it at $180mm and a full no-trade while Olney says an 8-year deal worth more than $170mm, but no mention of a full no-trade clause.

The Yankees have signed the top 3 free agents this off-season.

Posted by Andy (Red Sox) at 03:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Shocking news out of Boston tonight where Red Sox owner, John Henry, emailed the press to say that the Red Sox are out of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes. The last reports had Boston offering 8 years and $180 million+, but Henry said "After hearing about his other offers, however, it seems clear that we are not going to be a factor."

Did Boras overplay his hand here, or is there really a team that is willing to beat that offer?  And if there is, what team is it?  Washington is a possibility and it is close to his home, but would Tex really want to go to a team that lost 102 games last year?  

Stay tuned 

Posted by Peter (Yankees) at 11:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

As a result of some comments from another post, we are creating a quick post on the Hall of Fame ballot.  Please share your thoughts.  We've copy/pasted the comments onto this post.  Here is the ballot:

Who should be in?  Who shouldn't even be on the ballot?  Who did steroids?  Will Jim Rice get in on his last year on the ballot?  What on Earth is Jay Bell doing on the ballot*?

Harold Baines

Jay Bell

Bert Blyleven

David Cone

Andre Dawson

Ron Gant

Mark Grace

Rickey Henderson

Tommy John

Don Mattingly

Mark McGwire

Jack Morris

Dale Murphy

Jesse Orosco

Dave Parker

Dan Plesac

Tim Raines

Jim Rice

Lee Smith

Alan Trammell

Greg Vaughn

Mo Vaughn

Matt Williams

Also, I wonder if this is the first time 2 cousins have been on the ballot for the first time in the same year, or ever (Mo and Greg Vaughn)?

Posted by Andy (Red Sox) at 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)