In All Seriousness, Cocoa Krispies Are Really Good

There comes a point in time in every man's life when he has to swallow his pride, hope for the best, expect the worse... and have a random points post on his blog. This, my friends, is that time.

Coco Crisp. Nice. I really was hoping we (yes, "we" as in the Red Sox, gimmie a break) could trade less and get Jason Michaels instead, but I've recently learned that Michaels has had some legal transgressions and may not be mentally fit for a pressure-filled environment like Boston. That and the fact it was Arthur Rhodes and not Mota who was swung for Michaels make me feel a wee better about the whole shebang.

I assume the final piece for the 2006 Red Sox is to sign no-bat all-glove Alex Gonzalez to play shortstop, though his agent wants a three-year contract (it's down there somewhere, keep scrolling). My advice? Don't budge an inch. Gonzalez knows perfectly well that he won't get a better deal than a one-year with the Red Sox, and we can always fall to Alex Cora and Tony Graffanino to play short until prospect Dustin Pedroia is ready.

Also, a note for Boston manager Terry Francona. We all know how you love to play the veterans, but if I see you illogically start creeping more and more starts for J.T. Snow in lieu of Kevin Youkilis, I will come to Fenway Park and smack you. Oh, and for crying out loud, don't bat him 8th, in front of Gonzalez. If that happens, Youks' one great skill (getting on base) will be a complete waste. Bat him 1st, 2nd or maybe 9th, serving as a secondary lead-off guy.

Wake Forest University Men's Basketball Program. My goodness. I don't even know what to say here. I'm usually loyal to a default, but... Prosser. Come on. What on earth is this team doing at the bottom of the ACC? We have two very good talents (Gray, Williams) and solid role players (Strick, Ellis, even Hale seems to be doing well enough). I hate to say it, but Prosser's coaching skills really seem to take a dive when he has no All-Americans to fall back on. There was Howard, then Paul, but now we don't have a player that can single handedly take over a game. Teams with good coaching can overcome that, but we have yet been able to do so.

Snakes on a Plane. Who can't love a movie about that? At least you'll know exactly what you're getting into. And I don't know whether to love or hate SLJ for being so dumb/smart to take this role.

But then who will be around to throw 30 interceptions and still be considered an elite quarterback?

For those of you who haven't heard, my dad bought an iPod. That certainly makes me the first of my generation to be beaten to an iPod by his own parents.

All right, all for now. By the way, blogger's spell check is really stupid. First it didn't recognize "blog" or "blogger," now it wants me to change stuff like "1st" and "J.T." Somebody should get on that.

Doom's Day

So, I could have gone without today. In sum...

The Broncos lost the AFC championship.

The Panthers lost the NFC championship.

The Red Sox are about to pull a rather odd move.

While bad things tend to happen when Johnny Walker Lindh is your quarterback, I was hoping at least one of my two favorite NFL teams would make it to the Super Bowl. I guess this what I get for wondering who I would pull for in a dream/nightmare championship game of Denver and Carolina.

As for the Red Sox, you would think the Return of the Jew would lead to better moves than this. Trading Marte and Mota for Coco Crisp (who for all intents and purposes is a fine player and fills a position of great need) isn't what bothers me. You have to dig a bit deeper to get to the head scratchin' part. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

"The Indians and Boston, according to a major league source, are considering a six-player trade that would send Crisp and two low-level minor leaguers to Boston for third base prospect Andy Marte, Mota and another a minor league pitcher. The Indians would then trade Mota to Philadelphia for outfielder Jason Michaels."

You see, Jason Michaels is just as good as Crisp, if not better. So if this article is accurate, why on earth wouldn't the Sox just trade Mota for Michaels themselves, and keep super prospect Marte? It makes literally no strategic sense, unless Cleveland is sending us some pretty sweet prospects in return.

I'm gonna get paid to think this crap up one day. Just you wait.

Return of the King

Well, look who's back. Besides me on a blog. Except this is my new one, so I'm not really "back." Wait, I'm off topic on my first post. Welcome to the new Tom Blog, by the way. I really should have started with that. Focus, Lockey.

So, yes, Theo Epstein, commonly regarded as the World's Smartest Jew, has resumed his post atop Red Sox Nation. Kind of. He has a "full-time position in baseball operations," whatever that means. I guess he's becoming more or less a puppetmaster for the Co-GMs Ben Cherrington and Jed Hoyer, who were promoted from within after Theo departed. No word yet on whether Theo can play centerfield.

As for myself, I decided to shift to blogger after my xanga entries began to lag. I also appreciate the greater amount of freedom blogger has, as it gives you the ability to edit any and all of the actual html code.

I don't know how often I will update this, but I will when the spirit moves me. Life has fallen into a comfortable routine of attending my five classes, playing the daily requisite two games of spades, sporadic halo, regular tickling of the Karen and hitting the books late at night. You'll hear back from me soon enough, oh vast space of thine internet.