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"I'm shakin' the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I'm gonna see the world. Italy, Greece, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. Then, I'm comin' back here to go to college and see what they know. And then I'm gonna build things...
Joe Meixell
Joe Meixell
Merry Christmas, R+D. Thanks for keeping it going, every day - even on Christmas!
Yesterday at 8:29am
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Tonight you will be visited by three ghosts!Steinbrenner? What are you doing in my bedroom at midnight on Christmas Eve...are you here to tell me you got Bay, you prick? And what's with the lid?Uh...hmmm, Bay...I mean...the ghosts...
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In a world in which Mike Lowell can keep boomeranging back to the Sox, despite the front office's increasingly desperate attempts to cast him out, I guess it's not surprising to hear that Jason Bay hasn't completely dissolved from our 2010 left field plans...
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The Yankees have re-acquired Javier Vazquez. As I'm sure you'll recall, the last time Senor Vazquez suited up for New York, this happened:I'm glad Javier will be showing up at Fenway sometime in 2010...
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Officer Lowell, it's good to have you back on the squad.Honestly, I have no problem about being back here.Glad to hear it. And just to be up front, when you injured your hip running after those young toughs stealing Mrs...
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I apologize for the shaky video, I couldn't figure out how to "acquire" the quality footage (found here).Also, Sports Illustrated has it as the second greatest play in MLB for the decade:2. The steal of the century. Everything changed with a wink...
Beth
Beth
What the heck was #1???
December 21 at 3:00pm
Maddie Fuhr Hjulstrom
Maddie Fuhr Hjulstrom
"1. The Liars Club. The setting: Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The game's biggest stars, the head of the MLPA, baseball execs and more TV crews than had covered the impeachment of Bill Clinton converged here on March 17, 2005, for a hearing on steroids in baseball. There was Mark McGwire choking up, Rafael ... See MorePalmeiro wagging his finger, Sammy Sosa suddenly forgetting how to speak English. There was the clown with the permatan, Jose Canseco, the only honest guy in the room. It was, as a congressman put it, "theater of the absurd." It was preposterous -- and utterly gripping to watch." (per the SI article)
Hmmm... not as gripping as the Steal of the Century, wouldn't you agree?
December 21 at 3:12pm
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My guess is right around the same time Adrian Gonzalez became Hank Aaron. Based on many of the nasty comments I've received, I know I am in the minority in not loving the Lackey deal...
Dale Sams
Dale Sams
1. I don't think you have to worry about the trade going through.
2. His defense *is* average at best...right now.
3. He's ok as a lead-off hitter.

You're also overrating Buccholz and I would get them ocean-front apartments if it meant getting "ADRIANNNNN"... See More

But you're right about the Lackey deal...if that helps.
December 19 at 10:21pm
Tom Harrington
Tom Harrington
The Red Sox need Gonzalez. Since Jason Bay is gone, you need to find 140 strikeouts somewhere.
December 20 at 7:40am
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Call it the curse of the Epsteins. Back in the day, Theo's great uncles, Leslie and Julius Epstein, wrote the screenplay for The Man Who Came to Dinner, about a boorish playwright who cracks his hip while visiting friends and becomes a bedridden nuisance to his hosts while he recovers...
Philip Halin
Philip Halin
Hey, if his thumb was what failed the physical, wouldn't that imply that hip has improved?
December 20 at 7:32am
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A few weeks back, Theo Epstein was waxing rhapsodic about how 2010 could be a bridge year for the Sox; a time to squeeze what we can from existing talent while waiting for all the fresh faces on the farm to come of age...
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Since the 2009 season ended, the A-Gon chatter has been an amusing diversion...
Regan
Regan
I would rather save something for Mauer next year
December 17 at 5:51am
Dale Sams
Dale Sams
Sox arn't getting Mauer and Beltre wants too much money.
December 17 at 7:23am
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So, Mike Cameron and John Lackey were officially introduced to the media. Everyone smiled, glad hands were given, all the right things were said. Both players gave the standard press conference responses...
James
James
True enough. But I think his fastball resides in a chilly 90-92 mph, so he's not gonna throw his arm out considering he's like 6'4". If he threw as hard as Verlander all day long, then it would be a concern. Hopefully the Sox's vaunted "arm program" can help keep him healthy.
December 17 at 1:42pm
Philip Halin
Philip Halin
I think there is some truth in that, but remember that while we now consider 92 a low number, it is still an enormous amount of stress on an arm and with a history of injuries, a long contract is a risk.
December 17 at 5:00pm
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How does the blockbuster acquisition of a guy named "Tug" go unnoticed in Red Sox Nation? The addition of Timothy "Tug" Hulett solidifies the Red Sox position in their attempt to fill the roster with "Seven Dwarfs" nickname cast-offs...
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Apparently upset that they couldn't land Kevin James, what with his movie career and all, the Sox have been chatting up former Yankee Nick Johnson, owner of what might be baseball's single worst moustache -- a nasty hybrid of '70s porn star specials and The Killers' Bra...ndon Flowers.I've never been...
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So one minute, we're sitting around, touching up our series of John Marzano-inspired oil paintings, and watching helplessly as Jason Bay's agent holds our nuts to the fire...
Lydia
Lydia
::sob::
December 15 at 8:58am
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Yeah, that's face that will represent your Boston Red Sox on the mound every five days beginning in 2010. Except maybe in April, because for the past couple of seasons, Johnny hasn't started pitching until May...
Dale Sams
Dale Sams
It makes the team better. But is he worth making the most expensive Sox, when he could easily be the 4rth best SP next year.
December 15 at 1:02pm
Dale Sams
Dale Sams
As for the 'JD Drew of pitchers', Gawd, I wish. That's exceed all my expectations.
December 15 at 1:04pm