Teixeira under the tree?

I wouldn't sign Texeira. We need starting pitching more than another first baseman. Spend the time getting Derek Lowe back and bring in AJ Burnett.

If he really wants to win, he might want to stay away from Anahiem. They'll never get past the Red Sox in the playoffs.

The Yellowjacket beatdown of the Hurricanes was sweet, but what would be even sweeter would be the signing of Teixeira by the Red Sox.

I'm thinking a $200 million, eight-year contract would do it.

Adam:

Thanks for not calling Tech's triple option offense the 'wishbone' as Granny Holtz continues to do.

THWG!

Let's say you're Texeira, and New York is waving a big bag of money at you. 'We'll pay you more than A-Rod!' they say. That's a lotta money.

So you look at the times A-Rod has had in New York. Booed almost unrelentingly, hounded in the press. He's now divorced (buh-BYE to half that cash), and certainly the pressure was a factor there. His teammates - well, they tolerate him. You wouldn't call it camaraderie. George's unholy spawn now infest the Yanks' front office - want to work under that? And, BTW, still no ring. It doesn't come with the new stadium, either.

You can take the money and endure it. Or you can take less - still more than you'll ever spend - and play in a better environment. Your choice.

One way or the other, the Yankees WILL outbid the Sox. But remember, even A-Rod tried to turn down the Yankees for the lower Boston offer. It was the Players' Union, and not A-Rod, who put the kibosh on that.

as a Sox fan, I am discourage by the trends I see in my peers. They seem to be so ignorant when it comes to baseball economics and dynamics. What happenned to the humble, lovable losers that infested Fenway prior to '04 that actually cared about the team? We have become more obnoxious than Yankee fans.

Yep....meet our first basemen for the next 8 years. Let's hope he's a Hall of Famer....cuz he's gonna get paid more than one.

Sorry Chad Bright, but are you confusing Fenway with Wrigley? The Boston Red Sox were never humble, lovable losers. During just about every era last century, except for the sixties, the Sox were practically an annual contender in a cutthroat division with their hated rivals coming in typically one notch above them. That doesn't make you a lovable loser or humble, it makes you a contender. Baseball economics and dynamics? It is unfair that some owners are willing to spend more money on their team and player contracts than others are, but life isn't fair either. It's not much different than Bank of America being able to dominate its market more than the Commerce Baks of the world. Also, I'll bet you Pedro and Nomar would hae loved to play on Red Sox teams where they didn't have to completely carry the entire pitching staff and offense almost single-handedly. As much as I miss those players, I do not miss the old days. And I do care about the team, all aspects of it.

Something has to be said about loyalty--from players and management!! Can't keep Mike Lowell and sign Teixeira. Neither one deserves to sit. Stick with Lowell and the chemistry of the Red Sox.. We were one game from the world series last year and it wasn't due to our offense so much as it was our pitching. Put Wakefield in the pen,trade Lugo for a pitcher-if possible and go after Derek Lowe or someone comparable--Burnett is not a Red Sox type player so I would pass on him.

The humble lovable losers are the ones who need to get over it.They are the ignorant ones. The world has changed, pink caps are in, Nomar is long gone(but perhaps D. Lowe will come back), and Clay Buchholz will be a future hall of famer(remember Pedro and Sandy koufax both struggled when they were young).You can't look back but need to look ahead.I'm only discouraged by those who want to turn back the clock

to #6...cry me a river. You'd rather go back the the "Chicken Little" days when every fan sat on the edge of his seat waiting for the eventual collapse? And NOW they are ignorant? where were you when Manny inked the 20mil per year deal that fans were all screaming for? You can go back...no, obviously you still are a loser Chad "not so" Bright. And to make such an absurd comment without any basis or reasoning...classless. Turn in you Nation card...you're not wanted. Ignorant about baseball economics and dynamics...I question whether you even know the meaning of what you're saying. Let's see, you mean those economics that now have the Dodgers, Angels, Brewers, Giants, and plenty of others offering up 100mil contracts? You're right that the dynamics of baseball have changed...there are now MORE spenders than just the Sox and Yankees. Yes, we've seen with TB that a small payroll can, occasionally, outplay a large payroll. Let's see what happens in a few years when they need to pay them. So, you have options. Go the TB/OAK route and keep the young stars, hope that it all comes together at SOME point, and then watch in the coming years as they trade all the talent or let them walk. Nice. There's the Yankee route: Pay as much as is needed for the biggest name talent available at any given time and assume it will lead to rings. Sometimes it does, but often not. Red Sox way you ask? Spend wisely. Identify talent you want, what is a fair price, and try to make it work while grooming most of your young talent. Sure, you can be wrong, every SS since Nomar has basically been a bust. Gagne failed miserably, but was the right move. JD is brittle, granted, but very productive when healthy. I like Bay...don't know why he has so many haters. Give me a break. We're spoiled in Boston with not only three of the TOP teams in their sports (Cs, Sox, Pats...Bs are good too...but hockey?), and at least two ownership groups that fans of the sports would KILL to have run their team (Henry/Werner and Krafts). True fans of this city older than 20 suffered a long time while staying loyal, now we are enjoying the ride. Lighten up a-hole.

We need a big bat for the middle of the line-up. To answer Chad: My quaint Beatown loser's humility went into a death spiral with Big Papi's batting average. Now that we have tasted success and shed the curse, I think I can safely say that Sox Nation enjoys winning. To answer Mr. Snitch, there IS NO WAY the Yankees will outbid us for Tex. They can outbid us on an overall basis across multiple free agents, but they cannot outbid us if we dedicate our entire free agency effort to this signing. Don't forget that we just recently shed sum $40 Million in payroll bewteen Manny, Schilling, Kotsay and Crisp. There is NO WAY Tex is going to command $40MM per year.