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 Off-season Moves
Baseball fans, are you tired of waiting for the Mitchell Report off-season to get over with? Fear not because spring training is just around the corner and it won’t be long until the pitchers reports. However, what are some of the things you can look forward to while the off-season deals with steroids and reports listing players who may have used them? The biggest story this off-season is who will win the Johan Santana sweepstakes. Will the Boston Red Sox outbid the New York Yankees or will the Los Angeles Angels make the better offer? What about the National League teams? Will any of the big market teams from the NL try to woo Minnesota’s pitching ace to another league? Will teams like the Atlanta Braves or New York Mets get involved with on of the most prized pitchers in all of baseball? Will Santana even agree to go to the National League? Whoever gets Santana, no matter how much it costs money and trade-wise, will be the benefit of a significant coup that should energize the fanbase, making their baseball tickets even harder to come by. If Boston get him, Red Sox tickets will be even harder to get, much like the Yankees. There are other transactions of note to be aware as well: Torii Hunter is no longer apart of the Minnesota Twins organization after signing with the Angels of Anaheim. If they do happen to get the other Twin everyone is hot after (Santana), Angels tickets will be even harder to come by. The Angels feature a solid fanbase that will embrace their team, especially if they get an idea they are contenders. That’s what signing big-name free agents can do for you. They invigorate fans and give them ideas of winning a World Series ring. Another move worth noting is the trade that sent Miguel Tejada from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros for a number of minor league players. The move helped both teams as the Orioles were looking to get some young talent in their system and the Astros were looking big bat in their line-up. However, is the Tejada trade enough to make Houston a contender? Or do they need to address their pitching as well? These are just some of the things to ponder while waiting for spring training to get here. While it appears as if the power remains in the American League, the National League still has plans of knocking them off. With the Arizona Diamondbacks also making a trade that strengthened their pitching even more by acquiring Dan Haren from Oakland, they certainly represent a team that could challenge the American League teams for Major League dominance. 
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Red Sox and othersIt's interesting to watch a team go from the underdog to the team on top that everyone tries to knock down. I am a Bostonian and sat through what seemed like endless years of sub-par Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots teams that disappointed me annually. The poor Red Sox, people thought they had a curse that couldn't be lifted. But now the Sox are World Series winners twice in three years, something I never thought I'd say! All of a sudden, the Red Sox are the mighty that everyone will want to beat. They are the bad guys now, the ones everybody wants a piece of. And it's the same thing with the Patriots. They are now hated by lots of football fans. One commentator called every game against the Pats as that team's Super Bowl. I haven't seen the Patriots this year, but I went to the Angeles vs Red Sox game 3 in the playoffs and also Game 2 of the World Series. I bought game tickets from here. This year, I think I am going to forget about sports for a while and instead check out a show, maybe Young Frankenstein. But of course you can bet you'll see me at Fenway Park or Wrigley Field during this upcoming MLB season. |
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