Take that Yankees! Sox sign pitcher just as fat as Sabathia!

McDonalds is sponsoring the first matchup between Brad Penny and C.C. Sabathia.

In what appears to be a counter move to the Yankees signing of extrememly fat pitcher C.C. Sabathia, the Sox went ahead and sign insanely fat pitcher Brad Penny from the L.A. Dodgers.

Penny is coming off an injury plagued year but he did win 16 games back in 2006 and 2007. His best year was definitely in 2007 when he went 16-4 with a 3.03 era.

It's only a one year deal so unlike the Yanks, the Sox can forget about this little rendezvous at the end of the season. It's a low risk high reward signing. If Penny can win 12-15 games and post a 3.50 era then mission accomplished.

I still think this team should sign Derek Lowe. I mean, we need to do something right? And who is catching this year? Are we planning on putting a trash can behind the plate? Hey wait a minute, that's not a bad idea. It would probably throw out more baserunners then Varitek anyways, and the batting average wouldn't be a big difference really either...