A Peek at Some Baseball Christmas Wish Lists

I intercepted some letters to Santa and found what the following people/groups were asking for Christmas:

Jonathon Papelbon – A leash and collar for his dog or a plastic case to protect a baseball

Joba Chamberlain – Bee keepers head gear

George Mitchell – Subpoena power

Paul Lo Duca – A good federal drug trafficking lawyer

Mark Prior – Injury-free season that

Kris Benson – A deal like the one the Yankees gave Jon Lieber

Kyle Lohse – A Gil Meche type contract

Phil Hughes – To stay a Yankee

Cubs fans – Mark Cuban

Mark McGwire – Hall of Fame votes

Barry Bonds – Good lawyers, no…REALLY good lawyers

Hiroki Kuroda – Pitches like Dice-K, not Fat Toad Irabu

Jake Peavy – Run support

Baseball fans across America – Greg Anderson to testify

Yankees fans – The end of the Mattingly Curse

Tampa Bay Rays fans – That stadium they have been showing the drawings of

Marlins fans – To relocate both of them to a city that welcomes them

Bud Selig – An HGH test that works

Alex Rodriguez – Public speaking lessons for Scott Boras

Joe Torre – The rebirth of baseball in Los Angeles

Marvin Miller – Hall of Fame votes

Vladimir Guerrero – The same salary that Torii Hunter has

Carl Pavano – A wheelbarrow to hold the money the Yankees still owe him

Gary Matthews Jr. – A new team

Miguel Tejada – Nothing, he already got his gift

Oakland A’s management – Fremont

Frank Thomas – A new nickname that is not “Player X”

B.J. Ryan – The ability to pitch in 2008

Thomas Diamond (Rangers minor leaguer) – A quick recovery from Tommy John Surgery and to be able to take his honeymoon (congrats Thomas!)

Tom Glavine –The old Braves magic

Eric Gagne – A video of his consecutive saves

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!