Deal or No Deal?

No Deal, No Dice, No Problem?

Extra Bases: Tumbling Dice as Boras Runs Out the Clock
Survey: Will Sox Get a Deal Done by the Deadline?

"Boras had pledged late last week that the Sox would hear directly from Matsuzaka, who flew in from Tokyo on Saturday, but there was no public indication that has yet to happen. Indeed, frustrated Sox officials were privately wondering whether the player was aware that Boras so far had not made a counter-offer." -- 12.11.06, Gordon Edes, Boston Globe

Extra Bases: Boras, Sox, Posturing, and California Propaganda
Chat Wrap: Edes Rolls the Dice

Miami Ice

Hook, Line, Stinker: Miami 21, New England 0
Beach Bumbling Pats Are Pathetic Again
It's Deja Boo: Suddenly the 2006 Patriots
Look Just Like the 2006 Boston Red Sox

Deion Branch is Playing the Role of Johnny Damon
Rodney Harrison Stars and Sits as Trot Nixon
Chad Jackson is The Fall Season's Coco Crisp
Tom Brady's Starting to Sound a Lot Like Josh Beckett
Richard Seymour's Results Remind Us of Jason Varitek's
Light, Neal, Mankins, Kazcur, and Koppen Are Giving It Up
Like Seanez, Hansen, DiNardo, Foulke, and Van Buren
Dynasty Builder Scott Pioli is the New Theo Epstein

"As the score mounted, so did the fury of Miami's pass rush and New England had no weapons to counter it. When your tight end is your deep threat, you have serious problems." -- 12.11.06, Ron Borges, Boston Globe

The Sox Are Learning Japanese
Extra Bases: Sox Not Likely to Land Gagne