Just when it looked like the Red Sox would make no moves this offseason after the Yankees trumped them for Mark Teixeira, word comes out of Boston of two possible major signings: Brad Penny and former Sox Josh Bard.
If true, the Phillies would have no chance of repeating. {Please excuse Greg - he must be delirious from the Japanese milk candy he's been eating.}
I'm sometimes torn between cold-hearted, reasoned roster construction and the emotion a big-name signing evokes. The Yankees, a mediocre team that lost a slew of talent in the offseason, needed major rebuilding. The Red Sox, the 2007 World Series Champions who came within one game of going back to the Series this year, didn't.
Penny is back of the rotation filler who could easily be jettisoned for one of our many prospects. Bard, who was run out of town after proving he couldn't catch Tim Wakefield in 2006, would simply buy time to figure out the catching situation.
Ken Ryan: Our first baseball-reference page is updated.
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