Breakfast with the Hysterics

So last night was a very uneventful night in Boston sports, and sports in general. No Monday Night Football, no Bruins, no Celtics. If my college hoops columns are capturing your attention at all, you may or may not have watched Georgetown hand UConn their first loss of the season last night. In the great lovely adequate state of Connecticut no less. The man-beast that is DaJuan Summers dropped 18 points and the Hoyas played some serious lock-down defense to secure the win. They also managed to do what no other team has been able to do this year - shut down Hasheem Thabeet, holding him to just four points on 2 of 4 shooting. He did however have 7 blocks in a solid defensive effort.

So if you haven't heard the rumors already - and I assume you have by now - your Boston Red Sox attempted to acquire Hanley Ramirez after losing out on Mr. Teixiera. When HzMLS sent me this link last night I almost fell out of bed. Then I looked at Hanley's numbers and almost shot my wad all over my computer screen. If I were a woman, these numbers would make me pregnant. If I were a pregnant woman, they would immediately induce labor. Seriously, like who do you want? Buchholz? Here. I'll drive Clay straight to Florida myself. Jacoby? Here. Want Mike Lowell back too? Here. I think the only person off-limits would be Jon Lester in a deal to acquire this guy, honestly. Give them whatever they want.

Question to the Sox fans: What would you be willing to give up to get Hanley? Or, maybe more accurately, what would you be unwilling to give up?