
The Muddy Chicken's best buddy—Andre Ethier (see photo)—is stuck in L.A.'s "People's McCourt". He's arbitration-eligible (Super 2) for 2012. Surely, the Red Sox can come up with some sort of prospect/player package that will be cost-effective for the nearly bankrupt Dodgers and bring Ethier to Boston. He still has enough up-side (I know, I know, I hate that term, too) to re-invigorate his career in Beantown. His average year (over six seasons) is .291 with 21 HRs and 85 RBIs—kind of what we thought we had with Drew. He has a career on-base percentage of .364 and he's still only 29. Plus, now that Tito is gone, Pedey needs a new pinochle partner.