Crash would have told him, "You never thumb wrestle a drunk with your pitching hand."
or something like that. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote: > I actually challenged him to a thumb-wrestling war. Guess I won ... :) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ray Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, December 18, 2009 12:27:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: Dealing Ellsbury? > > Matt, did you tell him he was young enough to go off and do strange thumb > exercises? > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> eek....from teh ProJo. Don't know much about the writer's reliability >> >> * * Lowell-to-Texas deal hits snag over possible thumb injury >> >> * 01:00 AM EST on Friday, December 18, 2009* >> >> *By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer* >> >> Now that Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has locked down a starting >> pitcher and an outfielder in John Lackey and Mike Cameron, the GM’s next >> order of business is Mike >> Lowell<http://projostats.projo.com/mlb/playerstats.asp?id=6133>. >> >> >> The Sox and the Rangers are in the midst of negotiating a deal that would >> send the veteran third baseman to Texas in exchange for minor-league >> catching prospect Max Ramirez. If the deal is completed, it’s been reported >> Boston will pick up $9 million of the $12 million Lowell is owed for next >> season. >> >> Baseball personnel close to the situation say the deal that was once >> believed to be close to 80 percent complete now has a 50/50 chance of >> getting done. >> >> The Rangers are concerned with Lowell’s right thumb, which reportedly may >> need surgery. If the possible deal goes kaput, it could turn into a bad >> situation for the Red Sox. >> >> When the Lowell situation is final, the Sox will need to figure out their >> next step with the corner infield positions. If Epstein doesn’t pull off a >> trade this offseason, he says he’s very comfortable with Casey >> Kotchman<http://projostats.projo.com/mlb/playerstats.asp?id=7293>as the >> every-day first baseman if Kevin >> Youkilis <http://projostats.projo.com/mlb/playerstats.asp?id=7049> needs >> to shift back to third base. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in > Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
