Source: "Victor Martinez to the Sox"

Sources at The Dome Factor have just learned that the Red Sox have a deal in place for Victor Martinez. The deal does NOT include Clay Buchholz OR Daniel Bard, rather the key piece in the deal is Justin Masterson. If this is true, nice job Theo! Apparently this deal is closer to happening, than Amy Winehouse is to dying, so stay tuned.

Red Sox Make Offer for Halladay!

According to Yahoo! Sports Gordon Edes, the Red Sox have offered Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden, and The Pride of Portsmouth, RI, 19 year old Ryan Westmoreland for Roy Halladay. Pull that mother fucking trigger! This is a no brainer. Buchholz looks and acts like a scared little boy who just got out of Neverland Ranch anyhow. Please let this happen. (Throw in Jed Lowrie and have the Jays toss in Marco Scutaro too, Come on Theo!)

No No NOO!

Ok guys, where is Ashton? Is this punk'd? I mean this is not what the Red Sox need. Adam LaRoche is an average player AT BEST, on a shitty NL team. He is a homeless man's J.D. Drew. Ya. There has to be another move. If there is not, I am convinced that Theo loves hoarding white guys, who love hunting and goofy facial hair. I think thats cool and all and I myself would love to kill a ten point buck one day, but it's about winning championships.

Second half outlook tomorrow, stay tuned.

Vacation Time!

The Dome Factor Staff has been on vacation and is now getting back on track. We apologize to TDF Nation, posts will resume shortly, I am still cleaning the sand out of my ears. Patience is a virtue.

Wake Gets the All Star Nod!

Welcome to the 2009 National Spelling Bee! Kavya Shivashankar, can you spell, professional, unselfish, and class-act?? If you don't get this right, you will be locked back in your ABC shaped cage in the murky basement with the latest edition of Webster's for the next 6 months. Now, here it is in a sentence...If there was ever an example of a professional, unselfish, class-act baseball player or person, Tim Wakefield would be it.

Ok, that intro was a little bit overdone, but I couldn't be happier for Tim Wakefield right now. The man is 42 years old, will probably be the Red Sox all time wins leader when it's all said and done, and now he gets his first All-Star nod. This was a slightly controversial pick because despite his league leading 10 wins, his numbers are not typical "all-star quality" (This also just adds to Joe Maddon's resume as another class-act). Congrats to Wake and I think they should be able to fly George Kottaras out to the game too, because George has filled in seamlessly in his rookie season catching for Wake.

"Four of us wolves, running around the desert together, in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine."

Sheed To The Cs

You'll be seeing a lot more of this. Congratulations on getting the missing piece for the 2010 title.

Joey Chestnut: American Hero

Dear Japan,

Look familiar?

With Love,

-The U.S.A.

Air McNair? Say It Aint So -TOMP

Note, this was the closet picture I could find of McNair doing his trademark TD celebration

Like most, I was shocked to hear about the shooting of Steve McNair. What struck me the most was how great a player he was and I never seemed to realize it. McNair was the guy who did all the cliche tough guy actions, that make or break an NFL player, particularly a quarterback. Whether you needed a guy with six injuries to captain the offense, someone to lead that comeback with two minutes to go or pull a draw play on 4 & 3; McNair was your guy.

Here's to a rough couple of weeks for celebrity death.

The 2010 Celtics' Roster Is Coming Together Nicely

You know when you have a half Japanese baller on your summer league team; good things are bound to happen.

What A Great Trio

You know good things are happening at the Congressional Pro-Am