General Discussion - Boston

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore


BRING IT!!!!!

You having fun, yf4e?

Cowboy Up!

[pony_trekker]

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO LIVES ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE CURSE LIVES

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO LIVES ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE CURSE LIVES

Heh. Thanks all for a memorable series. Quite nonplussable.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

OK, s4e, you can change the board motto back to something bearable now.

Congrats to your Yanks on a class performance; if John Henry's going to spend some money, what I'd really like is Torre.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
if John Henry's going to spend some money, what I'd really like is Torre.

Mike Hargrove. Little, throughout the playoffs, well outdid Johnny Mac.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
OK, s4e, you can change the board motto back to something bearable now.

Congrats to your Yanks on a class performance; if John Henry's going to spend some money, what I'd really like is Torre.

What'd I tell you? Toddlers (at least Pedro, who seemed to aim for batters every time the one before got a hit off him). Though I understand Pedro sucked it up and admitted responsibility for once postgame--I just couldn't bring myself to watch the coverage.

That said, I love Nomar and Millar, and was blown away by Damon's comeback after the concussion. Wait til next year!

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by purse junkie
What'd I tell you? Toddlers (at least Pedro, who seemed to aim for batters every time the one before got a hit off him). Though I understand Pedro sucked it up and admitted responsibility for once postgame--I just couldn't bring myself to watch the coverage.

That said, I love Nomar and Millar, and was blown away by Damon's comeback after the concussion. Wait til next year!

I agree, Damon's comeback was truly incredible. I still can't bring myself to read/listen to any of the coverage. Even the blurbs on NPR this morning were painful to hear. Glad that Pedro took responsibility, but I'm still annoyed at Grady. He's the manager, ultimately it is his responsibility.

Should be an interesting off-season. A couple of free agents and Pedro's up for renegotiation. I think Nomar is too.

Anne
Here's hoping that the Revs make another run in the soccer playoffs to get me out of my sports funk. Rev-O-lu-tion.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
. . . I still can't bring myself to read/listen to any of the coverage. . . . Glad that Pedro took responsibility, but I'm still annoyed at Grady. He's the manager, ultimately it is his responsibility.

Should be an interesting off-season. A couple of free agents and Pedro's up for renegotiation. I think Nomar is too.

Most of the coverage is: what the fuck was Grady Little thinking? Pedro took responsibility (unlike that puss Clemens in 1986, or ever with the sox), but if he were more responsible he would have told Grady, "I'm gassed" And Grady should have told him he was gassed, whether or not Pedro let him. Once again, the inmates running the asylum.

Grady should, and may very well, get canned. He has no contract, and there are other managers out there and available. This was far from his only questionable move in the playoffs. The team itself has all kinds of talent, yet Grady managed to make things a lot more even. It's like Butch Hobson, 20 years older but with just as little experience.

And, yes, Pedro and Nomar are both up at the end of the year. No question they should resign Nomar. Pedro I'm not so sure about--not because I don't want him pitching, but because I have the feeling his contract demands will be even more unreasonable than Clemens's 7 years ago. And, unlike Clemens back then, he's still pitching hard, but nevertheless not as well.

[Anne Elk]

For those who are interested, here are the results from Mass Lawyer's Weekly annual salary survey.

The article is no longer available on-line, but it did ask an interesting question - would you take a pay cut of 25% if it meant an equivalent reduction in hours you had to work?

[Anne Elk]

Bostonians must be psychic.

At about 11:30pm on Thursday, October 16th, we all had a vision that Grady Little would not be back to manage the Sox next year.

Today, the Sox announced that Grady Little would not be back to manage the Sox next year. Freaky.

Can anyone confirm the rumor that he is headed to NY to take Zimmer's place? Maybe they can wrestle for it.

[Anne Elk]

Anybody local get a piece of the legal work?

Banc of America Securities and Goldman Sachs & Co. advised Bank of America on the merger. Morgan Stanley advised Fleet.

Quote is from the boston.com article.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Anybody local get a piece of the legal work?



Quote is from the boston.com article.

I don't know, but from their statement, I wouldn't want to admit to being their antitrust counsel (if they've been retained yet:

The company will have 9.8 percent of the banking deposits in the United States and have the first, second or third largest market shares in 21 of the 29 states in its retail footprint, including significant market shares in 21 of the nation’s 30 largest metropolitan areas. Bank of America will be first, second or third in market share in 23 of the 30 fastest growing metropolitan areas.

That'll make it easy to get DOJ clearance (although I don't think they overlap much). And, much as I hate large companies, at least BofA provides free online banking. And now they'll have ATMs free to me in Boston.

[Seven of Nine]

Fleet Bank is the evil egomaniacal heathen of the banking world. Like the black widow, Fleet Bank screws you until you die, then devours your empty corpse.

It's good to see them get eaten up by BofA. Hopefully this'll help Beantown consumers get better service than ever before. Nevertheless, I'm sticking with the Citi Private Bank. If any of you are sick of getting reamed by fees, policies, etc., I highly recommend it.

Seven

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Anybody local get a piece of the legal work?



Quote is from the boston.com article.

Fleet's M&A work has traditionally been done by Wachtell and Edwards & Angell. Bank of Boston work was always done by Bingham.

[Daria]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Fleet's M&A work has traditionally been done by Wachtell and Edwards & Angell. Bank of Boston work was always done by Bingham.

From the SB New York board. Cleary is doing the work for BoA.