Ah Theo, you never let me down, well at least this year you didn't!

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A very productive December has brought two of the hottest free agents to Boston. The front office of the Red Sox organization has inked a deal with first baseman phenom Adrien Gonzalez and awaiting a physical on Friday will ink a contract with all-star gold glove outfielder Carl Crawford. WOW! I have to say I am surprised at how aggressive they have been this off season. Everyone was saying towards the end of the regular season that there would be lots of changes made, but I just didn't think they would actually be willing to spend the big bucks and bring the RIGHT big names to the club. In the last few seasons they've gone out and got some decent names but they have mostly fizzled. Big John Lackey was last years acquisition and his sub par production leaves little to be desired. I am very excited about how this coming 2011 season will turn out. They still have bullpen problems to figure out but I think they can make due with what they have in the starting rotation.

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Speed Thrills

Carl Crawford will become the first position player to sign a $100 million contract without ever having a 20-homer season.

Fewest HR Before Signing $100M Deal

	HR	Total Contract
Derek Jeter	78	$189M
Joe Mauer	81	$184M
Carl Crawford	104	$142M*
Albert Pujols	114	$100M
*Unofficial

"Walking Dead" tells their writers to take a walk

In a surprising move acclaimed director and driving force behind hit AMC show The Walking Dead has informed his writing staff that they would not be brought back. The show that my wife and I have enjoyed as a suitable replacement for the lost favorite that was Jericho was picked up for a thirteen episode second season. Frank Darabont has said that he wishes to leave the old writers in the dust and go with a different format, possibly entertaining a freelance staff to write individual episodes. Which leads me to believe that the discussions my wife and I had about how the great plot and character development that kind of fizzled out in the last couple episodes was occurring elsewhere too. I think the public fan forums are probably an insight into the decision to move to different writing talents. What do you think? Have you watched the show at all? Did you get the last couple episodes back and forth emotions especially the Sheriff's wife?