Right now it's about 3:30 am in the morning. I'm awake.
I was asleep, but then I woke up and got thinking about all of the things we have to do in the next week before we head home. As if that wasn't enough, then I got thinking about everything else in the world.
Including the Boston Red Sox.
You didn't believe me when I say talking about Red Sox stuff can jinx it, did you? Remember when I was going on and on about pitcher Eric Gagné last week (If you missed it, see Red Sox Update).
Well, looks like I jinxed it ...
Associated Press December 13, 2006
Reliever Eric Gagné and the Texas Rangers reached a preliminary agreement yesterday on a one-year contract worth about $6 million.
The agreement was confirmed by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. The deal would allow Gagné to earn about $5 million more in performance bonuses.
Gagné, the 2003 NL Cy Young Award winner with the Dodgers, must pass a physical before the contract can be finalized.
Injuries limited Gagné to 14 games and eight saves in 2005 and two outings with one save this year. The righthander had surgery in April to remove a nerve from his pitching elbow -- the same arm that required elbow-ligament replacement surgery in 1997. He then had season-ending surgery July 8 to repair a herniated disk in his lower back.
Gagné became the closer for the Los Angeles in 2002, and saved 52 games with a 1.97 ERA in 77 appearances. The following season, when he won the Cy Young Award, he pitched in the same number of games and innings (82 1/3) and converted all 55 save chances with a 1.20 ERA and 137 strikeouts. He saved 45 more games in 2004.
