Sorry for the lack of blogs. Call it techincal difficulty (although many technical items are difficult for me).

Seems the Sox have signed pitcher Bartolo Colon. To that, I give a rousing "why not?" What do the Sox have to lose in signing a non-guaranteed, low-money contract with a once-great pitcher?

Colon, of course, won the Cy Young in 2005, and has been injured ever since. His abbreviated 2007 season with the Angels featured a 6-8 record and 6.24 ERA.

Colon has had shoulder and elbow trouble. His fastball is supposedly gone. But, who knows, maybe he can re-invent himself and be of some use.

If not? No harm.

Remember 2005 when the Sox signed Wade Miller, a once-successful pitcher who had shoulder trouble in 2005? The Sox, with a thin pitching staff, needed Miller to come around. He never did.

In 2008, the rotation is set, even without Curt Schilling. Any contribution from Colon would be a bonus. Why not bring him in?

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