KR at the bus stop

Does he not ever write anything good about the Red Sox? Instead of titling his latest post "The Red Sox are good but still needy," he could have put a positive spin and titled it, "The Red Sox have some needs but still are good."

KR backpeddles on race issue he posted about in 2008

In 2008, Rosenthal was taken out behind the woodshed for a column he wrote about the racial make up of the Red Sox. That piece has been removed from the Fox sports web site.

Erik Gallant of MassLive.com examines Rosenthal's column that was posted yesterday where he revisited his controversial piece and performed a virtual u-turn on his position since 2008.

KR quoted Mike Cameron extensively in this piece, but it appears that he was not the one who was interviewing him. He notes that Cameron and Adrian Beltre actually chose to sign with the Red Sox despite Rosenthal's 2008 asssertion that the Sox are a racist team. Cameron was quoted rattling off a list of black players that spent time in Boston. Cameron also spoke with Red Sox Hall of Fame star Jim Rice about playing in Boston. Rice told him, "It was a great place to play baseball."

This is just one more reason not to take stock in anything KR says or writes.

Agent: Bay turns down offer from Red Sox

Me thinketh KR speaketh too soon. Absolutely nothing new in this redundant post:

Agent: Bay turns down offer from Red Sox


Jason Bay's tenure with the Red Sox appears over.

The free agent-left fielder Jason Bay has rejected the team's latest offer and is entertaining better proposals from other clubs, according to his agent, Joe Urbon. "We don't agree with their evaluation of the player," Bay's agent, Joe Urbon said. "Frankly, we have other offers on the table that are of greater interest to Jason."

Urbon left open the possibility that the Red Sox could circle back in the negotiations, but did not sound optimistic that it would happen, saying Bay was prepared to "move on."

The Red Sox reportedly offered Bay a four-year, $60 million contract.

The Mets reportedly offered a four-year, $65 million deal, and the Angels and Mariners are among the other clubs showing interest.

Jason Bay scores winning run ALDS 2008

"Jason Bay has rejected the team's latest offer..."

Uh, Kenny boy, I do believe that the Sox to date have made only 1 offer, so please tell the world how he could reject a 'latest offer.'

Red Sox's chances of signing Wagner in doubt

Ken Rosenthal chimes in on the topic of the Sox placing a waiver claim on former Met's closer Billy Wagner. Wagner, one of the great closers of all time, pitched in his 1st game in over a year and a half, after undergoing Tommy John surgery. After pitching 1 scoreless inning and registering 2 K's against Atlanta on August 20th, he was promptly placed up for grabs. Mets fans know this is not the first time that one of their players has been hung out just to see how much he's worth, and so should Kenny boy. While everything in this post of his may appear to be true, reading him does to my eyes and brain what fingernails on a chalkboard do to my ears.