This is Exactly Who I Said Would Be Playing Third Base

Free-agent third baseman Adrian Beltre has reached tentative agreement on a one-year, guaranteed, $10 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, multiple sources have told ESPN.com and ESPNBoston.com. The deal will pay Beltre a base salary of $9 million in 2010. It includes a $5 million player option for 2011 and a $1 million buyout, and is contingent upon Beltre passing a physical exam, the sources said. A source told ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes last week that even after the Mike Lowell trade with Texas was nullified by the Rangers, the Red Sox had quietly continued their pursuit of Beltre through agent Scott Boras, and those conversations have now reached the stage of an offer, with Beltre close to making a decision.

Maybe it's just me but I love what the Sox are doing. Fucking making deals under the stealth of darkness. It's so vintage Bill Belichick it's not even funny. I've heard there was a day when an athlete could have a meeting with a team, they send him 6 asian hookers, a jar of peanut butter and tell him to use his imagination and not a soul would hear about it. Now Tiger can't even bust his dick out without some clown from TMZ reporting it. What I'm saying is we didn't even know the Sox and Beltre were still talking until a couple days ago. And it takes more than a couple days to get a deal done with Scott Iwouldn'tevenpetbrady Boras.

P.S. For anyone who says this blog has gone too "boston" wake the fuck up. Seriously. Get a fucking clue. Let me know when you want me to blog about Boise State and shit because everybody loves reading a writer who doesn't know shit about what they're talking about.

P.P.S. Don't be shocked if Theo goes out and puts Youk in a deal for Adrian Gonzalez next week or 4 months from now. I got a crazy feeling about 2010.