November 23, 2006

Sox Meet Dice-K in LA; CBA Round 2

Red Sox brass had what Scott Boras called a "purely social, almost quaint" meeting with Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Dice-K:
I was surprised to have a dinner with them. Meeting the Boston owner, GM, and the manager is the most impressive thing during this trip. I feel close to becoming a major league player.
Afterwards, Matsuzaka returned to Japan, leaving the negotiations to Boras.

Best Sports Blog: This blog finished 3rd in the first round of the 2006 Canadian Blog Awards (scroll way down), and thus moved on to the second and final round. Thanks to everyone who voted, and for those who didn't bother, I know who you are and where you live.
Best Sports Blog 

RaptorBlog (286) 27%
The Battle of Alberta (157) 15%
The Joy of Sox (101) 10%
Nascar Ranting and Raving Blog (77) 7%
James Mirtle (65) 6%
Round 2 voting begins on Saturday.

4 comments:

Peter N said...

Congrats on your ratings! I knew it all the time.

Jim said...

Third is pretty good, considering the non-hockey, non-Toronto content. I found it odd that a Maple Leaf blog didn't win, until it hit me that said team receives 10-month, 24/7 coverage by all other media in Canada. Their fans don't need the 'net for info. And by inference, the Raptors receive less Canadian MSM coverage than any TO team.

Jim said...

TKAA--Great idea! Get out that vote!

Anonymous said...

Hey, thanks for the comment and adding my link, I'm going to set up a links section and I'll put you down, could you just change it to "The Boston Red Sox: From A Fan's Perspective" "red sox fanatic" is my user name. And I love a good sox debate. But remember, all we want is to win it all, all sox fans, thats what makes us Red Sox Nation.