Eerie: Lackey wanna pitch for Boston

ESPN reports a five-year deal similar to the one they didn't want to give Jason Bay.

Red: Josh Beckett no longer the Red Sox's angriest pitcher.

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My apologies to the rest of the AL East...

Hell, the rest of the MLB. Lackey, Lester, and Beckett with Matsuzaka if we want and the occasional Wakefield with the BBB (Buchholz, Bard, and Bonser) just thrown in for fun?

Yikes. Just yikes.

Your best . . .

. . . headline ever!

I have to agree about the headline...

... after an enormous groan of course.

Adam!

Best hed to date!

Ouch: 'The J.D. Drew of pitchers'

Denton is not a big fan of the deal:

... One of the more disturbing issues is Lackey's ability to pitch against the AL East and specifically in certain parks: one of those being Fenway. In his nine career Fenway starts, Lackey is 2-5 with a 5.25 ERA and .314 BAA. Career at the Trop: a lofty 6.75 ERA and .302 BAA. And career stats versus the Yankees: a 4.66 ERA and .289 BAA. ...

JD Drew

Is that such a bad thing? Sure he had a pretty bad first regular season with the Sox, but he's been good to us ever since.

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