"If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and national reputation in 2008, went head-to-head against the Red Sox for the services of potentially the most expensive free agent in eight years -- and won. A free agent market marked by a lack of depth but a galaxy's worth of star power at its elite level officially opens for business today. And no story line -- not the mercenary wanderings of outfielder Manny Ramrez, nor the potentially record-setting deal that pitcher CC Sabathia could get -- is more fascinating than the market set to develop around first baseman Mark Teixeira, a 28-year-old Severna Park native on the verge of making himself extremely rich. Source: Washington Post
When someone other than the Red Sox or the Yankees get a star player, it's always a good day in my book.
