Bob Nightingale at USA Today has the scoop. The Mets and the Twins have agreed on a trade that’ll send Santana to NY. The Mets have gotten their spark for 2008, and will have 2-3 days in order to negotiate an extension with the lefty.
Archive for January 29th, 2008
Santana Sweepstakes Could End Today?
January 29, 2008, 1:08 pmFrom Buster Olney:
Executives involved in the Johan Santana trade talks expect the Minnesota Twins to make their decision soon, perhaps as early as Tuesday, on what they intend to do with the left-handed superstar, after the team asked on Monday for last and best offers from teams involved in the trade talks.
Yes, it “could” end today but, a lot of things “could” happen today. Olney goes on to say that the Twins “could” keep Santana into spring training and wait for better offers. Again, a lot of things “could” happen, but I don’t think that’s one of them…
Tour of Yankee Stadium
January 29, 2008, 2:10 amMLB.com is having a series of online baseball tours (video and text). The first of the series starts with none other than Yankee Stadium and follows Tony Morante (the stadium director of tours) as he outlines the history of the stadium and the team. Great stuff if you’ve never been on one of the official tours or need a Yankees-history refresher.
Shooting Clay is Fun… Okay
January 29, 2008, 12:45 amFrom Lisa Riddle (TCPalm):
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Scott Proctor chose a new twist on an old theme when he planned his first celebrity benefit, set to debut this weekend.
The usual golf foursomes that are so popular for other celebrity fundraisers didn’t interest Proctor enough. He wanted something distinctive, and foursomes for a sporting clay-shooting tournament seemed like a fun and entertaining alternative.
The event, which will be held at Quail Creek Plantation, will feature Proctor and New York Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon and pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. All will participate alongside donors in a tournament that has “shooting stands” instead of golf holes. There will be 14 stands where clay discs hop along the ground to represent rabbits and shoot into the sky to represent birds.
Farnsworth? Rifles? Johnny Damon? This could end in a variety of ways…
