l heard the red sox have ruled themselves out due to them being unable to match and offer.

Anyone know who this offer is by?

Boston is gonna be the place he ends up at. Boston is most likely gonna wait to see what the highest offer is, and then they will make a move. Do not count them out of it yet. If they did get outbid, then it was probably the Angels, but they probably offered 10 million dollars more than the Red Sox.

Angels hopefully or the nationals. l dont think the sox would splurge any more money with these a abundance of great cheap hitters on the market

Teixeira & Boras have in mind is $195 million across eight years. Gammons & Olney is report had an executive familiar with the negotiations saying the Red Sox were informed they'd have to go to about $24.3 million a year over eight years -- about $195 million -- to make it happen.
We know that the Nationals & Angels have eight-year offers on the table for Teixeira, each for at least $160 million. The Orioles were reported to have offered seven years & $140 million to $150 million, adding on Thursday that they might be moved to spice up their proposal

The Red Sox & Boras r playing the ''Who will blink first'' game. Make no mistake, Boston is the only place that meets all Teixiera is criteria for signing. He said he wants to play on the east coast.closer to family.score one for Boston & give 1 each to Washington & Baltimore. He wants to play for a perennial contender.again 1 point to Boston & 1 to the Angels, he wants at least 8 years.score 1 for all 4 teams still in it. That means 3 points for Boston & not enough for everyone else. Boston & Boras have a history of hardball dealings & this is no different, Boras has to get every last dollar squeezed out of a deal with the Sox, he played the same game with Dice-K & the Sox finally got tired of the game & told Boras that their team plane was leaving town in 1/2 hour & if Dice-K wanted to play in Boston he better bring an inkpen & get on the plane. We all know he got on the plane.same thing will happen this time basically. Boston will tell Boras enough is enough & get Marks butt in & sign or shop him elsewhwere. Boras has an obligation to Teixiera & will make sure his client is happy.Boston seems like the only situation that will make him happy. l am betting the jersey has already been sewn, just waiting for the politics to end.probably on monday.

Watch the Yankees come in at the last second and swipe Tex for 25 million for 10 years. Then we resign pettite and become legit playoff contenders once again.

Yankees in 09!

All l know is that it is in the Red Sox' best interests to remove their offer for Texeira from the table and start concentrating on signing baseball players who want to play in Boston in order to win the AL pennant and a chance to win the World Series.