boston -- the red sox will not be in the market for a new designated hitter. The club revealed on thursday that they plan to exercise their $12.5 million option on star slugger david ortiz, who has reached iconic status during his eight years in boston.
"Today, I consider myself, the luckiest man, on the face of the earth." -Lou Gehrig
Anybody ever see the movie about his life? It really is touching, it's called "The Pride of the Yankees". I'd even recommend watching it even if it was about a RS player, that's how good it is.
It's really, really sad. His disease was such a terrible thing, he was such a nice man. You know they names the diease "in honor" of him? It's now the Lou Gehrig disease. Not so sure I'd want a disease named after me... but hey.
"I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams-I'm not knocking other teams-but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees." -Derek Jeter
"We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present." -Derek Jeter
The Red Sox added another body to their infield mix on Thursday, when they acquired Minor League veteran Brent Dlugach from Detroit in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named. The other half of the transaction will have to be finalized by April 15 of next season, giving Boston all of Spring Training to evaluate Dlugach first.