New Yankee Wives Are Easy on Eyes
High and Tight. —
... best friend and shoulder to cry on for Molly Ringwald's character who gets together with someone who seems an odd match for her (small and skinny and bookish Anthony Michael Hall) unexpectedly at the climax of the movie. Given a choice, I'll take Leigh Teixeira in a heartbeat over the others. John Hughes movie role: Molly flippin' Ringwald. Très adorable. Also get this, from Gammo himself: "[Teixeira] wanted to go to the Yankees, ...
Finn: Gammons’s take
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Finn: Gammons’s take Funny, Familiar, Forgotten, Feelings...They slipped us a Mickey Newbury. On why Teixeira chose the Yankees over the Red Sox when the conventional wisdom was that he would sign with Boston: Gammons: As we saw over the time line, once [Yankees general manager Brian] Cashman went to his house—first Terry Francona and Theo {Epstein] went there—five or six days later Cashman went, and that was decided that the Red Sox were the stalking horse and the Red Sox would go to a number and then the Yankees will sign him. And the Yankees did a very good job of saying, ...
Some Peter Gammons musings
River Avenue Blues —
Via ScottBoras.com, er, I mean, MLB Trade Rumors, we get some commentary from Hall of Fame journalist Peter Gammons. He spoke of Mark Teixeira, the Yankees’ choice of A.J. Burnett over Derek Lowe, All-Star Catcher Jason Varitek, and the AL East. So let’s hear what Gammo has to say.
First we’ll start with Tex. Gammons doesn’t add much to the story we’ve come to know over the past two weeks. He does say that the Red Sox were kind of blindsided, and that Boras kind of hemmed and hawed in order to get things going with the ...
Gammons On Varitek, Teixeira
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Chad Finn of the Boston Globe recaps Peter Gammons' appearance today on WEEI.
Gammons believes the Red Sox would sign Jason Varitek if he offered his services for $2MM. Gammons still believes the Red Sox would prefer to take the draft picks and trade for a different catcher.
Gammons says the player's association was "strongly advising" agents to turn down arbitration offers, but that in the end it cost players like Varitek a lot of money.
Gammons says a lot of players could be looking for jobs in the spring, noting that ...
Gammons: Teixeira is Boras's ultimate client, he's well-programmed
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Peter Gammons was on WEEI today to promote some music event he's a part of. Here is some of what he discussed during the interview from Chad Finn: ...
Gammons trying to cause trouble
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog —
... Peter Gammons appeared on WEEI today, and Boston.com's Chad Finn transcribed his comments, mainly about Mark Teixeira. Here is something that really sticks in my craw: ...
"This is one of the worst winters I can ever remember"
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
... From Chad Finn's blog on Boston.com, he caught up with Gammons and got his thoughts on the events of this Hot Stove Season. It ain't pretty. Here are some of the abridged highlights: ...
Baldelli is Beautiful
Boston Dirt Dogs —
... ... 5th-Avenue-Leigh Teixeira Does Not Like the Shops on Newbury Street Gammons Takes Boras Mouthpieces and More Out to the Woodshed on WEEI (And Schill Goes After Shaughnessy, Again)
Peter Gammons on WEEI, 1.7.09: "...five or six days later Cashman went, and that was decided that the Red Sox were the stalking horse and the Red Sox would go to a number and then the Yankees will sign him. And the Yankees did a very good job of saying, 'We're not in it, we're not in it' . . . all along, that's where he was ...
Red Sox Close To Deals With Baldelli, Smoltz
The Joy of Sox —
... Peter Gammons on Teixeira, the Red Sox and the Yankees, and Manny, Boras, and the AL East. Old Hickory sees the 2009 standings as: Yankees, Red Sox, Rays.
Teixeira is Scott Boras's ultimate client, and he's very well-programmed . . . The Red Sox didn't...
Pinstripe Alley —
... After making a single intelligent comment early in the week, Peter Gammons goes back to being the Red Sox stooge his is.
The Gospel According To Gammons
Surviving Grady —
... " extravaganza. He took the opportunity to touch on plenty of other topics, as only the Gammons can. Our pal Chad Finn sums it up for your reading pleasure over at Extra Bases. ...
Yankees Revive Rivalry
BASEBALL HOT CORNER —
... Venerable baseball writer Peter Gammons weighs in on new school media implications: "This is one of the worst winters I can ever remember. What happened this winter is that, as the internet has expanded to become the media power, the flow of information is quickly controlled by agents. A lot of general managers and those of us in the business kid about a couple of sites referred to as ScottBoras.com, and Scott will float things out there and throw it out there and people will report it,"--(Boston.com) The ...
The Roundup: Did Peter Gammons Take a Cheap Shot at Mark Teixeira’s Wife?
The Big Lead —
... “He wanted to go to the Yankees, his wife doesn’t like Boston — apparently she doesn’t like the stores on Newbury Street or something — and in the end that’s the way it goes.” (Extra Bases) ...
Players Affected By Arbitration Decisions
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... There are Type As and Bs who would've made more money accepting their team's arbitration offers; Olney names Paul Byrd and Jon Garland. Peter Gammons mentioned Cabrera and Varitek yesterday. Mark Grudzielanek might be another case, though most assume he had a prior arrangement with the Royals to decline. Agents such as Bo McKinnis (Byrd), Craig Landis (Garland), Dan Lozano (Cabrera), and Scott Boras (Varitek) have some explaining to do. ...
Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 1/8
SOX & Dawgs —
... to provide the Red Sox with some starting pitching depth in a similar fashion to what Bartolo Colon did last year. While Smoltz prefers to remain a starter, he could also end up helping the Red Sox out of the bullpen as well, a bullpen which I feel is one of the best in the American League coming into 2009.
As Joe McDonald of the Providence Journal notes, a catcher is now the primary concern for the Red Sox.
With the lack of offers out there for Jason Varitek, Peter Gammons and Buster Olney of ESPN.com both say that he should have ...
Red Sox invest $180 million earmarked for Teixeira on time machine
Bugs & Cranks —
... “We were sad when we lost out on [Jerk] Teixeira,” said Red Sox owner John Henry. “But this time machine may end up being a better investment in the long run. Of course, once we have the time machine, we can go into the future and confirm for sure whether or not it was a good idea to build it. If it wasn’t, we can destroy it and offer the $220 million Leigh Teixeira would have required to lower herself to shop on Newbury Street.” ...
