The trade rumor mill continues to swirl around Sox centerfielder Coco Crisp, though I would say it's at least a 50/50 proposition that Crisp is still with the team as a fourth outfielder/pinch runner when the Sox leave for Japan on March 19. Theo Epstein has long shown a willingness to wait for a market to develop with a player that other teams simply aren't making good offers for -- and that's exactly what's going with the Man Otherwise Known as a Breakfast Cereal.

If you're looking for what the Human Tetris is all about, please scroll down to the bottom of the post and use the link. Thanks to CN8 Director "Coach" Bill Walsh and Producer Brian DiBello for pointing me toward this absolute train wreck of a game show. It's almost like a bad Saturday Night Live skit.

Anyway, this is from Ken Rosenthal's basball column today , and seems like a direct message from the Oakland A's camp:

The Red Sox continue to tell clubs that they will not give away center fielder Coco Crisp, a stance that reduces the chances of the A's acquiring him. The A's like Crisp, 28, and consider his contract affordable at $4.75 million this season and $5.75 million for 2009, with an $8 million club option for 2010. However, the A's can also use Chris Denorfia, Ryan Sweeney and even Carlos Gonzalez in center, and Red Sox GM Theo Epstein is not going to hoodwink his former mentor, Billy Beane...

Without further ado, I leave you on this note...Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Human Tetris.

 

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