Red Sox acquire Shouse

According to multiple media, the Red Sox recently signed left-handed reliever Brian Shouse to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The club is expected to send out a complete list of Minor League signings by Friday.

Shouse posted a 4.50 ERA in 45 games for the Rays this past season. For his 10-year career, the 41-year-old, who was a member of the Red Sox in 1998, owns a lifetime 3.72 ERA with a 1.97 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Hope he can play well in the red sox jersey.

Red Sox hold "conditional club option" for Lackey

According to The Boston Globe, It is said that behind John Lackey's recently signed five-year contract, the Red Sox hold a "conditional club option" at the minimum salary for the 2015 season to protect themselves in case the pitcher gets hurt. The conditional option would force Lackey to play for the Major League $400,000, if an old elbow injury forced him to miss "significant time" with surgery during the deal.

The right-hander missed time on the disabled list because of an elbow injury while with the Angels during the past two seasons. From 2003-07, Lackey made 33 starts each season. In his eight-year career he has thrown 200-plus innings. Well it seems that the red sox jersey is more "expensive" than other team jerseys.

Padres CEO has nothing to say about Gonzalez

Moorad, in an interview on the Padres' flagship radio station said that he doesn't believe general manager Jed Hoyer has spoken with Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein since the Winter Meetings concluded in Indianapolis last week. He also didn't think Hoyer and Epstein discussed Gonzalez.

Gonzalez has been the subject of trade speculation since the end of the regular season. Hoyer was an assistant general manager to Epstein in Boston before joining the Padres in October in trade discussions for the two-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner. Moorad said "If it's something that would dramatically improve our ballclub, we'd be silly not to listen. Does that mean other teams don't ask about him? Of course not. We're going to listen." "Jed has money to spend, not a lot, but money to spend," Moorad said. Well can Gonzalez put on the padres jersey successfully?

Matinez desires to pitch in 2010

Now Pedro Martinez keeps his mind on pitching in 2010. Playing in former Red Sox teammate David Ortiz's charity golf tournament in Cap Cana last week, the right-hander made it clear his experience with the Phillies was a good one through the World Series. Martinez told the Associated Press that the Phillies treated him very well and they were very professional.

Martinez went 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA with the team with his phillies jersey and made three starts in the playoffs, including the Game 6 loss the Yankees. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told Martinez after the World Series that the Phillies have not closed the door on his return in 2010, but are focusing their efforts elsewhere. "More specifically, our need at third base and in our bullpen," Amaro said. "Those two areas are our priorities."

Martinez expressed his desire to pitch for the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Winter League in the interview with the AP. When he was unsigned by a Major League club last spring, Martinez pitched for the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic. Martinez's agent Fernando Cuza said that Martinez intends to pitch the entire 2010 season after signing with the Phillies in July.

Yankees game becomes the most-watched World Series

The Yankees win over the Phillies on the Halloween night was the most-watched World Series game on Saturday in these five years. Game 3 drew 15.4 million viewers, which is a 57-percent increase over last year's Game 3 between the Phillies and Rays. The last Saturday game which drew more viewers was Game 1 between the Red Sox and Cardinals in 2004.

Through three games, this year's World Series has averaged 17.9 million viewers, a 46-percent increase over the first three games last year and is the highest average since 2004. Guys, put on yankees jerseys and support them!

Wakefield's surgery is a success

Tim Wakefield, who spent the entire season limping because of a loose fragment in his lower back, underwent successful surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday. Wakefield's herniated disc was repaired and the fragment removed, making the right-hander to have a productive offseason. The 43-year-old Wakefield stated late in the season that he decides to play at least one more year.

According to a Red Sox spokesperson, Wakefield (in red sox jersey) can start his rehab immediately, and he should be fully recovered before the start of Spring Training. "Wake is someone that is in our plans, and we hope he makes starts for us next year and is a member of the rotation," general manager Theo Epstein said the day after the Red Sox were eliminated from the ALDS. "We haven't sat down and finalized anything. Obviously, we want to see how the surgery goes, and then both sides will sit down and talk."

Ted Williams' head was mistreated

It is reported that Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' head was mistreated at an Arizona cryonics facility. Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, writes that Williams' head, which had been severed and frozen for storage, was abused at the facility. Johnson claims a technician took baseball-like swings at Williams' frozen head with a monkey wrench.

Williams died in 2002 at age 83 and had his remains sent to Alcor for cryogenic storage in the hope that future generations would develop the technology to revive him.