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January 26, 2005
Fairwell, Dougie??
Okay..
So Delgado's gone to the Marlins, and supposedly we're sending Doug Mientkiewicz off to the Mets for a guy called Ian Bladergroen. (The link is here...umm, bladder-groin?? err, I'm sure that's not how you read it.....) I am NOT too happy about this. I just loved watching Dougie play first base, he's one of the people who made me really look forward to watching defensive highlights much more than all those HR's and K's etc. I really hope that the whole "Ballgate" thing has nothing to do with this, and I hope Dougie doesn't leave with any hard feelings. Sure, Millar hits more home runs and whatever, I don't know what's best for the team.....oh well, I'll put my trust in Theo once more. Red Sox are really shipping off that 2004 team, aren't they? What percent of it is actually left? The home opener and banner/ring ceremony will be pretty sad.....I couldn't wait to see it happen with the never-ending standing O, and the big smiles on the face of the players, but now I'm not sure it'll be nearly as great.
Ahh...Dougie, you will be sorely missed (by me, at least). You were part of our 2004 World Series Champion team, and I'll never forget those dives, stretches and splits at first base. I hope you have a much better season in 2005 at Shea, say hi to Petey for us.
Oh, and I say...hold on to that ball, man. This ball issue is getting dumber by the day. I hope it'll be seen in the HoF some day, though. You'll do that, won't you?
Posted by emmingu at January 26, 2005 05:58 AM