My first response! Congratulations! You win first prize - a copy of all my unpublished fiction!
(You got off easy. Second prize is two copies.)
As to Boston’s deal with the Japanese pitcher, it strikes me as risky at best.
For decades, the off-season motto for Red Sox executives was “Don’t just do something, stand there.”
They seem to be erring in the opposite direction. The J.D. Drew deal is another dubious example.
But at least with him you know what you’re getting - an overpriced malcontent who strikes out a lot.
There’s no way to be certain Mr. DMat is the real thing.
And from an economics standpoint it seems crazy. How are they going to make back the money? The park is sold out. The only way to get any more customers in Fenway is to put them in a balloon.
Oh, wait, let me guess. They’ll raise ticket prices and put NESN on a premium cable package.
The Yankess remain the “Evil Empire” the Red Sox are still now what they have always been….the second best “Evil Empire”……and they did.nt even have to spend themoney to get there!!!
Stumbled on this; I take it this is the Patrick who also populates Ask Andy. On that subject: You are the reason I left that forum. A dismissive remark by you put me right off.
December 15th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Patrick,
Can you give us your thoughts on the recent BoSox signing of DMat?
December 16th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
Dear Yankee -
My first response! Congratulations! You win first prize - a copy of all my unpublished fiction!
(You got off easy. Second prize is two copies.)
As to Boston’s deal with the Japanese pitcher, it strikes me as risky at best.
For decades, the off-season motto for Red Sox executives was “Don’t just do something, stand there.”
They seem to be erring in the opposite direction. The J.D. Drew deal is another dubious example.
But at least with him you know what you’re getting - an overpriced malcontent who strikes out a lot.
There’s no way to be certain Mr. DMat is the real thing.
And from an economics standpoint it seems crazy. How are they going to make back the money? The park is sold out. The only way to get any more customers in Fenway is to put them in a balloon.
Oh, wait, let me guess. They’ll raise ticket prices and put NESN on a premium cable package.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:58 pm
The Yankess remain the “Evil Empire” the Red Sox are still now what they have always been….the second best “Evil Empire”……and they did.nt even have to spend themoney to get there!!!
Marshall(Ladybug)Miles
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:25 am
Stumbled on this; I take it this is the Patrick who also populates Ask Andy. On that subject: You are the reason I left that forum. A dismissive remark by you put me right off.
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:09 am
If you can’t take the rough and tumble of an internet message board (!) then you have bigger problems than me and my smarty-pants stuff.