The Red Sox have reportedly come to terms with former Angels Ace John Lackey on a five year -$85 Million dollar contract. He was in Boston yesterday for his physical and the deal should be announced officially sometime in the near future.

So does this deal clear the way for the Sox to trade Clay Bucholz for either Adrien Gonzales of Miguel Cabrerra or are the Sox simply looking to have the best starting rotation in baseball in which the top 5 would be Lester, Beckett, Lackey, Dice K and Bucholz?

Another possiblity could be to trade Dice K for the corner bat that they are looking for? Either way this looks to be a great signing by the Sox!!

What a dissapointing end to the 2009 season as the Red Sox blew a 5 to 1 lead at home in Game 3 to be swept by the Angels.

There are certainly lots of fingers to point all the way around but it was certainly dissapointing to see Buckholtz fall aaprt the way he did in the 6th inning, leaving with the bases loaded and no outs after pitching so well for the first Five.

What that did was screw up the Sox bullpen and forced them to use pitchers out of their normal rotation. In addition, they had chances to score more runs off of Kazmir but were un able to put him away.

Congratulations to the Angels as they were the better team this year!

Yes the Sox have come from behind before in the playoffs but is this year a different situation?

I still think the Sox have what it takes to take three in a row from the Angels. If Bucholtz pitches a good game today, the Sox bats should come alive and then anything can happen!

I know this years Red Sox have a number of potential holes, however they are still our Sox and I believe!!!

Go Red Sox!

So the Bruins decided that they did not need to keep their 22 year old sniper that can score 40-50 goals per season choosing instead to trade him to Toronto for draft picks instead of paying him.

Well just imagine if the Red Sox instead of signing the long term deals last winter that they did with both Lester and Pedroi had decided that maybe they shouldn’t have signed Pedroia and Lester to long term deals early on in their careers because who needs to keep dominant young talent?

Thank goodness we have the Red Sox to root for. They know how to run an organization and truely care about winning. Maybe the Bruins should hire Theo Epstein away from the Sox?

In the meantime Bruins fans, while the Sox ready for another playoff run, get ready for another winter without a Stanley Cup victory!

The Red Sox could really use Dice K right now. However anyone that was hoping for him to return to form this year might have to think twice after last nights AA rehab start.

Dice K gace up 5 runs in the first inning! After the game, he reported that his shoulder felt fine and that he has no physical problems.

Yikes!