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Peter Gammons Red Sox chat transcript
Published 1/3/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Peter Gammons Red Sox chat transcript Hmm...I wonder if Gammons can be swayed into digging Jay Reatard ? Which hitting prospects in the Sox system do you feel will make a BIG IMPACT in the near future? Probably the two highest regarded young hitters other than Brandon Moss are Lars Anderson and Ryan Kalish. Anderson is considered their best power prospect after a very strong season at Greenville as a 19 year old. Outfielder Josh Reddick made himself a significant prospect and scouts who saw some of the players out of last years draft were impressed, specifically 3B ...

When Did Peter Gammons Become So Crotchety?
Published 1/3/2008 by Paul Moro at umpbump.com
... I voted for (Jim Rice), but it’s been interesting that there have been people like Rob Neyer who are so obsessed with degrading Rice’s career. - January 3, 2008 ...

Gammons Stops By Boston.com
Published 1/3/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... a very short time and changed the culture. And I think that culture is really important. The baseball people with the Yankees feel the same about what Brian Cashman has done and would prefer not to make a Santana deal. There are days when I really believe that the Red Sox and Yankees wake up and hoping somehow the Mets can find 4 or 5 good prospects in the organization and make the trade, but right now, that’s highly unlikely. For a full look at the transcript, click here. ShareThis

Peter Gammons on Crisp, Santana, Manny and more
Published 1/3/2008 by Randy Booth <info@overthemonster.com> at Over the Monster
Peter Gammons' chat transcript is up at Boston.com. Here are some of the best tidbits from our main man Gammons: Q) Who do you think are possible teams that would accept a trade for Coco Crisp? A) I think Texas... and Oakland... would be the most likely if ...

Peter Gammons: Crotchety Old Man?
Published 1/4/2008 by Andrew Johnson at Defensive Indifference
... I love Old Hickory, I do, but he’s sounding more like Murray Chass by the day. Let’s start with his chat today for Boston.com: ...

Let a Little Jim Rice Into Your Heart
Published 1/4/2008 by Red at Surviving Grady
... During his chat on boston.com yesterday, The Gammons revealed that he didn't expect Jim Rice to make it into baseball's Hall of Fame in this, his next-to-last year of eligibility: ...

Friday Hot Stove
Published 1/4/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... There's no question that players perform better when there's a contract on the line. Manny Ramirez is no exception. 2008 is the final guaranteed year of his contract, and Peter Gammons reports that Manny has become a workout maniac. ...

Red Sox News & Notes - 1/4
Published 1/4/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... bonuses based on innings pitched. The Cardinals have an $8.75 million option for 2009 with a $250,000 buyout. The option would increase to $9 million and the buyout $500,000 if Clement reaches 160 innings this season; $9.5 million and $1 million for 180 innings; $10 million and $1.5 million for 200 innings and $11 million and $2 million if Clement finishes in the top five in 2008 Cy Young Award balloting. According to Peter Gammons, Manny Ramirez has turned into a workout whore this offseason. Manny rented a house in the ...

Roundup - Clemens, Rice, DiMaggio, Canseco, Cabrera
Published 1/5/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... But make no mistake - our scouting department had not ignored him. As far as other notable players... there were more players whom I wanted who failed than the other way around. Predicting Major League success for amateur players is a tough, tough job, which is why we put so much effort into it every year." - The Cincinnati Reds signed former Yankees farmhand Andy Phillips and also claimed OF Jeff Fiorentino on waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. - Here's the transcript of a chat between legendary Peter Gammons and Boston Globe readers. - ...

Manny Being...Ripped?
Published 1/7/2008 by Denton at Surviving Grady
... Another note in the "Denton doesn't know baseball" file, no idea how I missed this from The Gammons' chat last week: ...

Friday Links (11 Jan 2008)
Published 1/11/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... ). Apparently a member of the BBWAA accused Rob Neyer of leading an anti-Jim Rice campaign? Ah, here’s something from Peter Gammons about Neyer being obsessed with “degrading Rice’s career.” Wow, bizarre. The thing is, Rice’s numbers do that without Neyer’s help. I guess there are certain sacred cows that cannot be tipped and Rice’s HOF candidacy has become one of them. Go figure. ...

Will Manny bounce back?
Published 1/14/2008 by Evan Brunell at Fire Brand of the American League
... shows they expected a decrease in productivity starting in 2007… and if you look at the chart, the projections for future years aren’t any prettier. Peter Gammons would have us believe that Manny is getting serious about his workout regimen . Manny rented a house in the Phoenix area and has become a maniacal workout warrior in Tempe Arizona at the Athletes’ Performance Institute (API). From what I’ve heard from people at API, Manny is getting himself into phenomenal shape. And having watched those workouts, I can tell you, they are extremely difficult. This could be something ...

The Loose Goose and the Pain for Raines
Published 1/14/2008 by Jay at The Futility Infielder
... pulled a punch in his article by failing to mention that the ESPN colleague and BBWAA writer who accused Neyer of spearheading an anti-Rice campaign was Peter Gammons , who said that Neyer was "obsessed with degrading Rice's career." While I've ...

Manny Ramirez: Declining, maybe, but far from done.
Published 1/15/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... that Manny has been working hard this offseason to avoid a repeat of 2007, where he started slow and wound up hurt (it’s well worth reading for their take on his numbers). They quote Peter Gammons, who says Ramirez has become “a maniacal workout warrior in Tempe Arizona” at the Athletes’ Performance Institute. ...

An Open Letter to Paul White (Apparently Not the USA Today Reporter)
Published 1/16/2008 by Jay at The Futility Infielder
... stick up for the oppressed BBWAA Hall of Fame voters who have the capability of reaching millions of readers with their work, assuming they're still gainfully employed . Heaven knows that the threat posed to its members by a few analysts writing behind subscription-only walls that keep their audience a few magnitudes of order lower is worth the energy of your frothing-at-the-mouth personal attack. Given the penchant some of the BBWAA's higher-profile members -- recent Spink Award winners , even -- have for ad hominem attacks, I can understand your ...