Will Drew ever be a sox?
Scott Boras said it, so we figured it was true: J.D. Drew was going to sign with the Red Sox for five years and $70 million.
Then the deal hit a snag, when the Red Sox discovered that Drew had arthritis in his shoulder. So, yesterday, Drew got a second opinion.
Now it looks like Drew is finally poised to become a Sox, though the contract he agreed to a few weeks ago may look a little different. The Sox may insist on an injury clause.
All of this should come as no surprise to anybody who has followed J.D. Drew’s career. The man finds new ways to get hurt every season.
But this may be the first time Drew has managed to get diagnosed with a new injury during the offseason.
Red Sox fans are no doubt taking solace in the fact that Drew’s contract will have a clause that will let the team off the hook should his shoulder give out. They shouldn’t get too comfortable. If Drew’s shoulder holds up, his knees, back, or pinkie toe is sure to give out soon enough.
December 21st, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Oh no, not the pink hats! They should sport the real colors. Female support for that concept can be found here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=buckheit/061211
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December 21st, 2006 at 9:24 pm
I just wish the Sox would take this opportunity to wake up from their bad acid trip and realize that JD Drew is a bum and get out of this horrible contract that they were about to sign.
They would be perfectly within their rights to do so, but of course they won’t. They love JD too much, and are going to let him off the hook with just an injury clause or whatever.
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December 22nd, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Um, and here: http://www.umpbump.com/press/?p=357
Also, Nick, I can’t believe Cute Baseball Babies isn’t a category yet!
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December 23rd, 2006 at 10:48 am
[...] So my colleague Nick has thrown down the gauntlet, and I accept his challenge. Cute Baseball Babies it is! I started taking note of CBBs when I saw the photo below, appearing shortly after the Sox won the 2004 World Series. While Gabe’s li’l tykes are probably no longer small enough to properly be called “babies,” since this is the photo that started it all, we will begin with the Kapler kids. [...]
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