So far today I have read that the Sox are out on Oswalt, have little chance at Jackson, have a great chance at Oswalt and are actively involved with both Oswalt and Jackson and just waiting for a yes from one of them.

Sometimes I wonder if the information we get from the media is less than certain.

Sometimes I wonder if the information we get from the media is less than certain.

Well do you want it fast or do you want it accurate?

Sometimes I wonder if the information we get from the media is less than certain.

On Friday, Jim Duquette reported that Oswalt was about to sign with St. Louis.

Whoops, didn't read even the excerpt.

Well do you want it fast or do you want it accurate?

Well, like all Americans, fast.

Well, like all Americans, fast.

You misspelled "both".

A source familiar with the Oswalt negotiations tells me that a mystery team has gotten involved!!

Well do you want it fast or do you want it accurate?

Here we have a variation on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle at work in a practical setting.

I sure do love the...universality...of the Universe, don't you?

i'm split on this (the oswalt thing, not the meta-commentary thing).

on the one hand, i'd really like to get the chance to crush him in the playoffs next year with st louis. but on the other, i'd really like for boston to sign him and for him to not throw a single pitch for them because he strains his back in spring training.

Saying the Red Sox are involved is a great negotiating strategy when you are in serious talks with other teams. Also, Red Sox are trying to sell some tickets to keep to fictitious sell out streak alive, and letting fans think they are trying to sign another quality pitcher can only help.

Maybe the Red Sox do sign one of these guys, but it won't happen until Papis arbitration case is decided, and they win it.

When the Scutaro trade happened, I don't remember if it was Joe Sheehan or Dave Cameron, one of those two, was on a podcast and said that you have to view it as Scutaro for Oswalt, because the Red Sox were going to sign Oswalt but needed to offload some salary first. It shouldn't be thought of as Scutaro for nothing, it should be thought of as a salary-neutral exhange of Scutaro for Oswalt. And now that the Red Sox have Oswalt, hey, their rotation looks pretty good.

That must have been an overstatement of some sort.

Hell I made the same argument as those guys Crispix. It seemed perfectly logical I thought. It could still happen but at this point the Scutaro trade certainly seems odd.

The weird thing was the certainty that it was Oswalt that they already had locked up, rather than just "They need to dump salary so they can sign someone at a more crucial position".

The Red Sox are signing a white guy? Huh.

Padilla arrested for failing to pay child support, passport revoked. Gonna be a fun ST!

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So Heisenberg is driving along when he gets pulled over for speeding. The officer approaches the car and asks "Sir, do you know how fast you were going?"


"No, but I know exactly where I am!"

on the one hand, i'd really like to get the chance to crush him in the playoffs next year with st louis. but on the other, i'd really like for boston to sign him and for him to not throw a single pitch for them because he strains his back in spring training.

If the Red Sox sign him, rest assured this is exactly what will happen. You'll probably want to add in some kind of misdiagnosis along the way as well.

on the one hand, i'd really like to get the chance to crush him in the playoffs next year with st louis. but on the other, i'd really like for boston to sign him and for him to not throw a single pitch for them because he strains his back in spring training.

If the Red Sox sign him, rest assured this is exactly what will happen. You'll probably want to add in some kind of misdiagnosis along the way as well.

Close.

He'll start the season, and will be crap for the first few months. They won't bench him because he's Roy Oswalt, but he'll be below replacement level, and pitching no more than 4 innings in most starts. Then just after the trade deadline they'll find a misdiagnosis and shelve him for the year*. That's what will happen.

Or maybe they won't sign him.

* Unless they're close to the playoffs, in which case they'll rush him back, he'll pitch one decent game and three suckfests, and they'll fall out of contention.

He'll start the season, and will be crap for the first few months. They won't bench him because he's Roy Oswalt, but he'll be below replacement level, and pitching no more than 4 innings in most starts. Then just after the trade deadline they'll find a misdiagnosis and shelve him for the year*. before the trade deadline they'll release him and he will sign with a NL team and proceed to be perfectly cromulent (which is all anyone is really hoping for). That's what will happen.

FTFY.

@19: That, too. He's gonna Smoltz us.