For all the Bonds-to-Boston talk this past week (and month in actuality), there may be no need to argue about it after all, as Ortiz is rehabbing in Pawtucket this weekend and could be back with the big club before month’s end. But even if there is a significant setback to Ortiz’s rehab that sidelines him between now and the trading deadline July 31, there are better, though admittedly more costly options to replace his bat in the lineup. Pittsburgh’s Jason Bay, for one, could come here and play LF while Manny Ramirez DHs. Atlanta’s Mark Teixeira is another option, but would he give up 1B to DH? And how many treasured top-level prospects would have to go to make deals like these? It’s anybody’s guess at this point.
As the trade deadline getter closer, I along with Red Sox Nation will be anxious to see what deals Theo Epstein ends up making, big or small. But no matter what happens to Ortiz the rest of the way, my opinion stands: Anybody but the tainted home run king. No way, no how.
Article comments
1 - Sam weaver
Charlie, indictment is not a conviction. When it comes to personal likes and dislikes of a city, you do not have to like a place to play. This is about trying to win and that is the only thing that counts in sports. A lot of baseball players will never win a good citizenship award. Bonds is a freak of nature and Fenway would be a good fit for him. When it comes to blocking out distractions, Bonds has proved that he can do that. Signing him would certainly add
an element of adventure.
2 - AJ
I hope he still dislikes Boston and I couldn't care less as to his reasons why.
I hear the Yanks are interested.....PERFECT!
3 - Charlie
Sam, no kidding that an indictment is not a conviction. Perhaps you missed what I wrote in the second paragraph of page 1: "...Bonds was indicted for...offenses" that could land him in jail, "if convicted"?
Also, you don't really think Bonds is innocent, that he wasn't a steroid abuser, do you? [Bonds said he did steroids to the grand jury, just that he thought they were "the cream" and "the clear." Yeah right. Greg Anderson is on tape saying he helped Bonds elude at least one positive drug test, and Kimberly Bell never actually saw him do them in person, she saw the effects of his drug use and heard him talk about doing steroids, as documented by federal investigators and in GAME OF SHADOWS.]
4 - CHAZ_D
Jason Bay you say?.. how did you ever guess or did Theo take this idea from you?