Lowell trade is off

[Forkboy]

Rangers discover he needs surgery

Don’t toss away your Mike Lowell jersey. For now, the third baseman is staying with the Red Sox.

Lowell was found to have a torn ligament in his right thumb during a physical conducted by the Rangers yesterday in Arlington, Texas, and will have surgery later this month.

Thus, the trade between the Red Sox and Rangers will be called off, according to a major league source.

The Sox and Rangers agreed on a deal at the winter meetings 11 days ago, deciding to swap Lowell for Triple A prospect Max Ramirez, a 25-year-old power-hitting catcher and first baseman. The Sox were to include $9 million in the deal.

The trade was held up over concerns about the thumb injury Lowell suffered near the end of the regular season. Those proved well-founded as doctors in Texas determined Lowell had torn the radial collateral ligament in his thumb and will require surgery.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/12/20/lowell_trade_is_off/

[Captain Hilts]

1. I adore Lowell and wish him well. nt

[Forkboy]

4. Same here. One of my favorite players on the team.

I think it's time to move him though, if they can.

[joeybee12]

2. Sort of mixed about this...I really like Mike Lowell, then again

he's at the end of his career...America's Team needs new blood.

[Forkboy]

3. They need to move him.

He's a great guy and he's served the Sox very well, but he's at best going to be a role player from here on out. He can't handle the day to day grind anymore. Whatever happens to him I wish him luck. He's been a hell of a player here, and he's been a class act.

[joeybee12]

5. Class act is right...baseball needs more guys like him...n/t

[madinmaryland]

6. Uhhmm. Dude, America's Team needs a new field goal kicker.

[joeybee12]

7. America's Crime Team needs a calendar that EXCLUDES the month of December! n/t

[madinmaryland]

8. Actually, the victory Saturday night by America's Team was pretty impressive.

OTOH, how is Eastern New Englands' Beloved team dealing with the whole steroid issue?? Is that the reason they are called the Roid Sox??

[Forkboy]

9. ...

[joeybee12]

10. Only one person calls them that...one cboy-obsessing person!

:evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

11. I gotta start doing some screen shots.

The lines that he comes up with are pure comedy!! Notice how he was bemoaning upton's situation!

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

12. Upton's? You mean his own situation!

I still think they're one and the same!

[JonLP24]

13. I really don't

cboy is a lot nicer too me.

[madinmaryland]

14. They are twins!