December 6, 2011: Winter Meetings, Day 2…

Some random thoughts while we wait to see if the 2011 Winter Meetings will be as productive as the 2010 Meetings were… Remember Ryan Westmoreland? The Red Sox prospect who looked like he was destined for great things, only to be sidelined in March 2010 by what surgeons called a “cavernous malformation” in his brain? Well, there were days where it didn’t even look like he would be able to live a normal life, much less every play baseball game.  But through sheer determination, a ton a hard work, and a miracle or two, Ryan will take his first at bats against live pitching in an actual game situation his week, as he DH’s in a Dominican instruction league game. While he will only bat, not run the bases or field, this is a HUGE step for the outfielder, who even lost his eyesight during his recovery. How cool would it be if he could make it all the way back? He was once touted as one of, if not the, #1 non-pitching prospect in the Red Sox organization–s...