The migration of big name ballplayers to the big name teams has become so commonplace that we don't even bat an eye...Roy Halladay to the Phillies, Granderson to the Yanks, Jason Bay to blah blah blah. Its hard to bring yourself to pay attention to it all. But this morning I saw a news blurb about Adrian Beltre. I had totally forgotten about that dude! Mr. Beltre is entering the ranks of Red Sox nation on a one-year, $9 million contract with a $5 million player option for 2011. A seemingly small contract for a 30 year old coming of a 62 million dollar deal who is considered one of the better defensive 3Bs in the game. Unless of course you recall how Beltre earned that contract. Mr. Beltre entered the show with the Dodgers where he was your standard good defensive 3B until he had a contract year explosion to a .334 avg with 48 HRs and 121 RBIs in 2004. The Mariners were quick to "win" the sweepstakes there, only to be disappointed by the pooh-balls 5 years they got from Beltre's bat. This is the story of a guy that was quite obviously on steroids just to get made on one contract, and is one of the best examples of how the steroid era really screwed baseball. I can't believe I almost forgot about that guy."Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."
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