If the Sox really are putting the finishing touches on a Manny deal to be announced at Soxfest, I just can't see how it doesn't leak somehow. Rumor, smoke, something.
Its been a few years since I listened to the Score, but Spiegel then was most definitely not a Sox fan. If memory serves, he drank the cubbie rebuild kool-aid pretty hard core.
It was pretty widely rumored that he preferred the west coast, yes? I would have loved for the Sox to pounce on him at those numbers (+posting), but I'm not gonna be overly upset that he chose Seattle.