About those Randy Johnson (his name would get him laughed out of the schoolyard in England) rumours… I think whoever gets RJ will probably have to swing some sort of three-way deal. I don’t know what Boston has to give, but what with our offensive performance lately it looks less likely that there’ll be a go-for-broke kill-the-farm-system move. At least, I hope not.
Thought: Johnson pitching for the DBacks now is kind of like Steve Carlton winning 27 games for the Phillies in 1972 (overall Phillies record: 59-97), accounting for 46% of the wins.
And would Johnson ever accept the Yankees’ no-facial-hair clause? Come on, he’s gotta love that mullet, People keep saying that Schilling should persuade him to come to Boston, but maybe it should be Pedro, Damon, and Manny, to show the Sox’s free-wheeling hair philosophy.