Jason Bay to sign with Mets

WFAN of New York is reporting that Jason Bay, former left fielder for the Boston Red Sox will sign with the New York Mets. Bay rejected the 4 year/$60 million offer made by the Sox during the season with interest in exploring the free agent market.

Unfortunately for Bay, a hot market never really developed in the off-season and latest reports were that the Mets had offered him 4 years/$65 million. The Red Sox, unable to wait for Bay to decide, had already signed Mike Cameron leaving Bay few options.

Jason Bay was a well-liked and respected player in Boston. He was a power hitter who had a tendency to strike out frequently. Even so, he still hammered over 30 home runs and over 110 RBIs last year. More importantly, perhaps, was that he seamlessly moved into the position left vacant by the departure of Manny Ramirez in 2008.

I wish Bay well in New York. He seemed a decent fellow, very professional in his ethic and demeanor. Good luck, Jason Bay. You'll need it at CitiField.

For what it's worth....

Throughout the day, I get these great ideas for blog entries. Or at least I think they are great. They seem great to me, but I suppose they wouldn't necessarily appeal to everyone.

Unfortunately, when I get the time to sit down and focus on making a blog entry, either the idea has flown away or the steam necessary to run the writing engine has cooled down.

Sometimes I think I overthink what I want to write which leads to the paralysis of analysis (which is a phrase I picked up from my days in Amway over 15 years ago). And sometimes I only have a shred of an idea which I don't take time to think out at all.

The upside to all this is this: without an idea to develop, my blog entries can be shorter.

Much shorter.

And they won't take as much time, effort or discipline to carry out.

My definition of Chicago-style politics

If you can't persuade, then "persuade."

Spam

Please note that if you plan on leaving spam messages on my blog, they will be deleted. I receive emails whenever a comment is left, so I know when it happens.

So, really, don't waste your time.

Scutaro Signing

I found this post on Boston.com and thought it funny. So I'm reposting it here:

redroverredrover wrote: Yikes. The guy had one good year and now he's our starting SS? Sounds like the next Julio Lugo to me. However, I'm glad we've got another player to add to the list of silliest Red Sox names, joining the likes of:

Heathcliff Slocumb
Arquimedez Pozo
Coco Crisp
Izzy Alcantara
Nomar Garciaparra
Gar Finnvold

Please add to this list. I know I'm missing some gems.