Pulling A Blyleven

The Bos/Wash Media Superstructure is reporting that Boston generated a few new ideas for its proposed offer in light of the Yankees reversion to their greedy little goblin ways by throwing in one Philip Hughes into their gurgling Johan soup cauldron.

Ideas? Trust me, this is one phone conversation we don't need LaVelle to report on his blog, because we all know how it went:

T.E. aka Wunderkid: Alright Smith, you've decided to play hardball. Well I've entered this new development into my new-fangled Bill James Vorporizer and it's generated what we like to call around here, "ideas".

B.S.: Uh....Thanks Plato, but we're interested in acquiring a centerfielder not named after a scrumptious cereal.

T.E.: Ok ok, how about this idea: Coco Crisp will change his name to Jacoby and we'll also throw into the offer my Aunt Bea's recipe for Boston baked beans and New England clam chowder.

B.S.: That's B.S.

T.E.: No, you're B.S....oh.

B.S.: Besides, Chunky soup makes a more than suitable clam chowder. Anything else?

T.E.: You know, Belichek got Moss for a 4th round draft pick, I don't believe this shi-

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