Red Sox buy Frodo for $40M

Per the article:

"At 25, Pedroia sacrificed — actually, postponed — the chance for a free agent jackpot for an average annual salary of around $7 million and the chance to stay with the organization that picked him in the second round of the 2004 draft. He would be 32 when the contract expires, if the Red Sox pick up the option.

'I understood all that stuff. I understood that if I went year-to-year I probably would have made more money. But I'm in a place that I love,' Pedroia said. 'My first thought was, 'I play for the best team. Who wouldn't want to play for the Boston Red Sox? We're going to have a chance to win every year.' ... It fits.'"

And this, dear readers, is why Frodo is better than Johnny "Go Fuck Yourself" Damon, despite his (former) flowing locks and stallion thighs. There's something super-sexy about loyalty and integrity. But even such, you've only moved up to my number two. Veritek may suck ass right now, but he's still effing hot.