NFL Week 15

Head on over to see the week 14 results. Not as impressive last week, but my overall average is still good.

Pick against the spread, home teams are capitalized, favorites are to the left.

NFL
Saturday, Dec. 17
NEW ENGLAND	4.5	Tampa Bay	35.5
NY GIANTS	3	Kansas City	46
Denver	8.5	BUFFALO	34.5
Sunday, Dec. 18
Pittsburgh	3	MINNESOTA	40.5
INDIANAPOLIS	7.5	San Diego	51
JACKSONVILLE	16	San Francisco	37.5
Seattle	7	TENNESSEE	45
Arizona	1.5	HOUSTON	42
MIAMI	9	NY Jets	35.5
Carolina	8	NEW ORLEANS	40
WASHINGTON	2.5	Dallas	35
Cincinnati	8	DETROIT	44
OAKLAND	3	Cleveland	40
ST. LOUIS	3	Philadelphia	42.5
Atlanta	3	CHICAGO	31.5
Monday, Dec. 19
Green Bay	3.5	BALTIMORE	33

Look for previous posts on the Patriots.

Terry Francona speaks out on co-GMs

Of course Terry endorses (see quote below) the two headed monster configuration. It's more likely he'll still have a job next year. Any new GM would have brought in his own coach to work with.

Also, according to the same Herald story the Dodgers don't feel confident they can deal with Boras (Damon's agent). The Sox are still waiting on Johnny's response to their 4 year $40 million offer. Want to bet Boras is just looking over the counteroffers in the hopes of getting a bidding war to start up?

BostonHerald.com - Boston Red Sox: Dodgers eye Damon -- LA doesn’t like chances:

Sox manager Terry Francona endorsed the new GM configuration.
“I’m really pleased at the way this turned out,” he told the Associated Press last night. “Having these guys run the baseball operations, basically what will happen is nothing changes. From my view, having it stay the same is really great.”

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Nomar Garciaparra

There's a new web site www.Garciaparra.com dedicated to getting Nomar to return to Boston. Chances aren't good. The Sox don't want him, and Nomar doesn't want to come back. In case your wondering, there are also two other sites dedicated to both sides of the Manny trade rumors this offseason, KeepManny and TradeManny.

Want to know the latest about where Nomar is heading? Take a look at rotoworld below. They seem to have the latest rumors.
Nomar Garciaparra : Rotoworld.com - Nomar Garciaparra Biography from Rotoworld.com:

Dec. 14, 2005 - 10:12 pm et

The Yankees are one of four teams that Nomar Garciaparra is considering, his agent said today.
The New York Post reported in today's edition that the Astros and Indians were also believed to be finalists. The fourth team might be the Dodgers. GM Ned Colletti confirmed that an offer had been made.

Technorati tags: Nomar, MLB, baseball, free agent, Yankees, Astros, Indians, Dodgers

Shortstop heaven

Let me see if I've got this straight. Jeter at Shortstop, A-Rod at third and Nomar Garciappara at first? Who's going to play second base? Furcal?

These three players were the top three shortstops of the last decade and now they (maybe) play for the New York Yankees next year? What a strange world we live in. If anyone had told me this was going to happen, I would have said they were crazy!

Look for previous posts on the Red Sox.

The Red Sox in 2006? I don't think so.

ESPN has kept the whirlwind offseason in line automatically, and so you can see (below) what the Red Sox will be paying next year (assuming nothing else changes) to field a team. The salary's shown are 2005. There's also no SS (unless you pencil in Cora), no CF, and no back-up catcher on this list, so things will change.

Speaking of further trades, word out of co-GM Ben Cherington is "the chances are good" that both Ramirez and Johnny Damon will return to the Red Sox, the Boston Globe reports. Well, tell that to Damon.

PLAYER	2005 SALARY (US$)
1. Manny Ramirez	19,806,820
2. Curt Schilling	14,500,000
3. Jason Varitek	8,000,000
4. Trot Nixon	7,500,000
5. Keith Foulke	7,500,000
6. Mike Lowell	7,500,000
7. Matt Clement	6,500,000
8. David Ortiz	5,250,000
9. Tim Wakefield	4,670,000
10. David Wells	4,075,000
11. Mike Timlin	2,750,000
12. Mark Loretta	2,750,000
13. Guillermo Mota	2,600,000
14. Josh Beckett	2,400,000
15. Bronson Arroyo	1,850,000
16. Wade Miller	1,500,000
17. Chad Bradford	1,400,000
18. Alex Cora	1,300,000
19. Kevin Youkilis	323,125
20. Adam Stern	316,000
Total Team Salary:	121,311,945

Look for previous posts on the Red Sox.