Let The Games Begin

Shh. Everyone be quiet. Do you hear that? Is that what I think it is? Holy frick on a stick, it is! I can hear the "Emperor's Theme" from Star Wars coming from the direction of Boston. It's nice to spend money and try to buy a contender, isn't it? I'd do the same if I was the GM of a 3rd place team.
Wow. The Daisuke Matsuzaka press conference couldn't have been more boring. To paraphrase: "Yeah, umm, the Seibu Lions have accepted the offer from the Boston Red Sox. We're, umm, not going to comment on anything. Umm, thanks for coming." Yeah, ti went something like that.
Now perhaps it was all of the leaked information that trickled out throughout the last week that made it so pointless, but it was totally void of suspense. It would have been cool to have not known prior to today. But what can you do? The real fun is just starting. The Sox have 30 days to strike an agreement with Matsuzaka and Scott Boras or he goes back to Seibu. Was the $51.11 million a serious offer, or just a move to block everyone else from getting him? Either way, the Sox are showing that they are all business. And that business is spending money. And the Yankees are the only ones that do that? Yeah right.
Here's an interesting piece from Jeff Passan at Yahoo. It's a good and interesting read. Needless to say, this should be a pretty interesting offseason. Warm up the stoves.
J