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posted on April 21, 2013 at 08:55 PM by Tripon to los angeles | 53 comment(s)

NBC said Sunday it is aware of sportscaster Al Michaels’ arrest for allegedly driving under the influence in Santa Monica but declined to say whether it would affect his work with the network.

Greg Hughes, a spokesman for NBC Sports, told Associated Press that the network had been “in contact with Michaels.” Hughes declined to elaborate.

A longtime announcer on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” Michaels was arrested at about 10 p.m. Friday, booked into jail and released on his own recognizance ...

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101. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's apparently - sadly - pronounced "Ruby".

Actually, no, wait, that's also a great name. I already love this. Please tell me he's a big fatty.

102. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:49 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He's a normal looking guy. At least he was before TJ.

103. Into the Void posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why, what happened to him in Tijuana?

104. Steve Treder posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeff Passan writes:

Giving up Gonzalez, expected to be a linchpin with his seven-year, $154 million deal signed last year, was not in the Red Sox's plans until the Dodgers claimed him and Beckett off waivers and the framework of a deal started to come together.

OK, explain to me how it is that giving up Gonzalez was not in the Red Sox's plans and yet they placed him on waivers.

105. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Apparently, the Sox haven't gotten Beckett's or Crawford's permission yet. Seriously?

There's no chance that doesn't blow this up, is there? The Red Sox are going to screw this up. Why didn't they get the go-ahead first?

106. The Id of SugarBear Blanks

posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd do this without hesitation if I'm them, but wow ... the Red Sox really aren't very good right now.

Kind of the end of an era -- one that unraveled in the blink of an eye.

107. Sonic Youk posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Thats an fine deal on paper, but i still have no idea where they find a first baseman in the foreseeable future. You cant put a big pile of money in uniform.

108. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:51 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Obligatory tequila shooters.

109. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:51 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

?@GordonEdes CEO Larry Lucchino did say Ben Cherington was empowered to make bold moves

110. Steve Treder posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is the nuttiest waiver deal of all time and will probably be the nuttiest I ever see in my lifetime. Now, go Giants!

Concur.

Christ on a bicycle.

111. tjm1 posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is a pretty good haul for the Red Sox to get while also dumping two bad contracts. De La Rosa seems like the real deal, and Sands could probably be a useful back-up at least.

112. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@alexspeier Source: No deal will be done tonight between #redsox and #dodgers.

113. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

You cant put a big pile of money in uniform.

Nope, but the Red Sox were projected to spend $120M for roughly $75M in value over 2013-2014 for these three guys. That's a ton of room to do a better job of spending that money. I think you go for it.

Obviously it's possible to #### this up, but I don't think you can turn it down. (Unless the Dodgers are actually getting tons of money, to a degree previously unreported.)

114. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

De la Rosa has a nasty slider (90 mph with good break) and can pump the fastball into the upper 90s, if I remember right. I seem to remember he was a high K, high BB type guy when he pitched. But then he got injured and I forgot about him.

115. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I might be confusing the real Rubby for the fake one I created on MLB 12 the show.....

116. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

New owners like to spend money and it just so happens that MJ got the keys to the team midseason.

117. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@JeffPassan Currently the Red Sox have $106.9M on the books for next year. If they make this trade, their pre-arbitration obligations drop to $45.6M.

Of course, we haven't talked about the money they are supposedly kicking in.

118. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Apparently, the Sox haven't gotten Beckett's or Crawford's permission yet.

Wait, WHAT???!

119. Non-Youkilidian Geometry posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Also, count me in the camp that thinks this cements Bobby-V as the manager and someone who they are willing to go with for the foreseeable future.

I'm in this camp too, which is another reason my first reaction to hate this deal. I can't stand Bobby V. I'm also predicting that the Sox do include a boatload of cash, and that all three guys bounce back and play like stars next year, while we get to watch Bobby and "someone who knows" bad-mouth a new batch of bad-contract replacements.
If some or all of these things don't come to pass I may reconsider my position ...

120. nick swisher hygiene posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

wait, today is the day AFTER the Crawford operation [looks at calendar]!?

this could be top 10 weirdest deals in MLB history, no?

121. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:58 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

How did Buster Olney get in my feed. I thought I unfollowed him a long time ago.

122. Roger McDowell spit on me! posted on August 24, 2012 at 07:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

De la Rosa has a nasty slider (90 mph with good break) and can pump the fastball into the upper 90s, if I remember right.

That's about right from what I saw the other night against the Giants. He's on a 20 pitch limit right now since he's coming back from TJ, but could be a decent mid-rotation starter.

123. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@nickcafardo: Source: Sox will have to wait approval of whether Josh Beckett will waive no trade. Indications are he will.

124. Jim (jimmuscomp) posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm in this camp too, which is another reason my first reaction to hate this deal. I can't stand Bobby V. I'm also predicting that the Sox do include a boatload of cash, and that all three guys bounce back and play like stars next year, while we get to watch Bobby and "someone who knows" bad-mouth a new batch of bad-contract replacements.

Well, A-Gone is gonna be fine. His deal was a steal and a bad half a season - followed by a monster 2nd half - should not get him traded. But man, punting the whole team (basically) is pretty ballsy of the FO. That text-message must have PISSED some folks off....

125. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rubby De La Rosa may be the first Rubby in major-league baseball, but we should already know the name from Rubby Perez, brother of Neifi.

126. Sonic Youk posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yea, these prospects are interesting. As someone who had already given up on 2013 and is probably way too high on the AA guys, this is the most interested ive been in months. Which is pretty pathetic.

127. dirk

posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

oh man, oh man, oh man. i really hope this happens. three albatrosses off the books in one day! this is the absolute best thing that could happen to this team.

128. Walt Davis posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, we made big fun of this deal when somebody wrote about it yssterday. Shows what I know.

Is Colletti still the GM in LA? Cuz dropping $200 M in payroll and getting to trade with Colletti just might be too good to pass up.

129. Jim (jimmuscomp) posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Apparently, the Sox haven't gotten Beckett's or Crawford's permission yet.

Wait, WHAT???!

Awesome. Was there any doubt they'd find a way to screw it up?

Amazing.

130. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This seems good for the Red Sox, but too bad for Adrian Gonzalez who will now forever be lumped in as an "albatross" with the other two.

131. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm in this camp too, which is another reason my first reaction to hate this deal. I can't stand Bobby V. I'm also predicting that the Sox do include a boatload of cash

Obviously it's a bad deal that we all hate if the Sox are paying the freight. But if they aren't, can you really make a good case against this as in pure baseball terms?

132. Walks Clog Up the Bases posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

oh man, oh man, oh man. i really hope this happens. three albatrosses off the books in one day! this is the absolute best thing that could happen to this team.

I wouldn't consider Gonzalez' contract an albatross given the going rate for star first basemen is these days.

133. Jim (jimmuscomp) posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is Colletti still the GM in LA? Cuz dropping $200 M in payroll and getting to trade with Colletti just might be too good to pass up.

Yes, he's still the guy. You just KNOW Colletti is trying to find a way to get Lackey too. For Matt Kemp.

134. Walks Clog Up the Bases posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Awesome. Was there any doubt they'd find a way to screw it up?

Amazing.

Maybe, but really, why would either guy block a trade to get them out of Boston at this point?

135. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I wonder what Theo Epstein thinks of the Red Sox flushing his team down the toilet? I'm kidding about 75% on that. I'm sure he's got to feel a bit of a twinge about this.

136. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Couldn't they have sent Jenny Dell to LA, too?

137. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Colletti's (sp?) only saving grace was holding onto Kemp and Kershaw in the mid 2000s.

138. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And sure enough, the geniuses directing the broadcast have her blathering as Ortiz doubles.

139. andrewberg posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, A-Gone is gonna be fine. His deal was a steal and a bad half a season - followed by a monster 2nd half - should not get him traded. But man, punting the whole team (basically) is pretty ballsy of the FO. That text-message must have PISSED some folks off....

I hope the narrative goes down this way. Trading a guy for a disparaging text is neo-steinbrenian

140. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It would be funny if the Red Sox tried to send Beckett to LA anyway if the trade falls apart, but he said "No, I don't think so." Of course, I don't really care about the Dodgers or the Red Sox.

141. Petunia inquires about ponies posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:09 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Unless the Sox are sending along a metric ####-ton of cash, they're making this trade for baseball reasons first and foremost.
...
Obviously it's a bad deal that we all hate if the Sox are paying the freight. But if they aren't, can you really make a good case against this as in pure baseball terms?

Maybe I don't understand the term 'baseball' but what on Earth are you talking about? I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out where I've gone wrong because I normally agree with you, but, can you name ONE baseball reason in favor of this trade?

2013: Crawford > No Crawford
2012: Beckett > Another 5th starter option
2013: Beckett ~ FA SPs
2012: Gonzalez >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Loney
2013: Gonzalez >>>>>>>>>>>> Nobody

De La Rosa is a lottery ticket. The rest of what's coming back from LA is junk. You agree that the evaluation of the trade hinges on how much $$ Boston sends to LA. So how can you possibly say this could be a win for the Sox in baseball terms?

142. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

a Victorino-Ethier-Kemp-Gonzalez-Ethier-Ramirez-Ellis-[SS] lineup is a lot more palatable to Dodgers fans than the opening day Gordon-Ellis-Kemp-Ethier-Rivera-Loney-Uribe-Ellis lineup.....

143. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So, Swisher will go the reverse Johnny Damon route this offseason?

144. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

How good is Allen Webster? He is also reportedly going in the deal.

145. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

De La Rosa is a lottery ticket. The rest of what's coming back from LA is junk. You agree that the evaluation of the trade hinges on how much $$ Boston sends to LA. So how can you possibly say this could be a win for the Sox in baseball terms?

The Red Sox will have a ####### of money to spend, and they just have to spend it at 75% efficiency to get a better deal and better projected wins.

Beckett and Crawford are horribly overpaid. The Sox will indeed have to do some work to find players to spend this money on, but I think it's a much, much better position to be in than having to pay Crawford and Beckett lots of money on into the future.

146. karlmagnus posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Basically the music stopped in 2008, when they foolishly traded Manny. Kept him, and they'd probably have won that year, then avoided the Lackey trade.

Good Sox 1967-2008 RIP

147. Ted Williams Carlos Williams posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Webster has generally been the consensus #2 prospect for the dodgers behind Zach Lee, who is considered a 2-3 starter ceiling. So take that for what it's worth.

148. andrewberg posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

a Victorino-Ethier-Kemp-Gonzalez-Ethier-Ramirez-Ellis-[SS] lineup is a lot more palatable to Dodgers fans than the opening day Gordon-Ellis-Kemp-Ethier-Rivera-Loney-Uribe-Ellis lineup.....

Let's get ethier in there one more time for good measure.

149. Greg (U)K posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Let's get ethier in there one more time for good measure.

I assume that second Ethier was supposed to be the second (or first) Ellis.

Speaking of vast improvements of the Dodgers lineup who saw AJ Ellis as one of the better hitting catchers in baseball?

150. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on August 24, 2012 at 08:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Let's get ethier in there one more time for good measure.

A Kemp-Ethier-Kemp-Ethier-Kemp-Ethier-Kemp-Ethier-Kemp lineup would have looked really good to go with the Kershaw-Kershaw-Kershaw-Kershaw-Blanton rotation.

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