It’s time to fill out your Christmas wish list. After looking at mine for this year, I realized that they all involved the Boston Red Sox in some way. So, Red Sox Nation members stuck out here too close to Yankeeville, check out my list and compare it to yours.

1. Pedro Martinez stays healthy and happy in 2002

It almost seems like a pipedream to hope for Pedro to make all of his starts next season. Martinez started just 18 games for the BoSox last season and hasn’t pitched 220 innings since his first season with the team in 1998. After injuries to the best hitter in the American League (Nomar Garciaparra), a solid catcher (Jason Varitek), and the implosion of a once-solid closer (Derek Lowe), the team stayed in contention until Martinez got hurt on June 26 and stayed off the mound for two months. By the time Pedro returned to the lineup on Aug. 26, the season was essentially over.

Things went from bad to worse after Pedro was activated from the disabled list. After complaining about continued soreness in his throwing shoulder, Pedro hinted that he should shut it down for the rest of the season, especially since the Sox were all but out of contention. General Manager Dan Duquette, being the jerk that he is, went public against Pedro’s comment, saying that the doctor’s examination found nothing wrong. Duquette, lacking any kind of foresight, also pointed out that Sox fans love watching Pedro pitch and that he is paid to do so. While the statement is true, there is no way the fan base would rather watch Martinez pitch when it doesn’t matter than have him at 100 percent for the next season.

2. Tony Clark reverts to old form

After establishing himself as a top power hitter in 1998 by batting .291 with 34 home runs and 103 runs batted in, Clark has spent the last two years struggling due to injuries. An all-star for the Tigers last season, Clark had 77 RBI in the first half of the season, but a sore right wrist limited him for the second half of the season.

If the 6-foot-7-inch first baseman can stay healthy and continue his dominance at Fenway Park (.382, 6 HR, 24 RBI in 28 games), the Red Sox will have a solid hitter behind Manny Ramirez, giving him some protection. Duquette truly may have found a diamond in the rough off of the waiver wire this time.

3. Jason Giambi doesn’t sign with the Yankees

This would be an absolute nightmare. Giambi is easily one of the best players in baseball and would do wonders for New York’s lineup. A solid power hitter (.342, 38 HR, 120 RBI in 2001) would be a perfect addition, giving added protection to both Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter. A team as good as the Yankees adding a legitimate MVP candidate would make things much, much harder on the Red Sox the next few years.

4. Carl Everett is traded

At this point, I don’t care if Duquette trades him for a stick of gum, get the jackass out of the clubhouse. Everett is a distraction and has been one since the second half of the 2000 season. Despite putting up some decent numbers (.329, 24 HR, 69 RBI) in the first half of that year, his first with the Sox, Everett hasn’t played well since – which makes him that much more of a liability to Boston.

5. Whoever buys the team doesn’t want to renovate Fenway

This team needs a new stadium badly. Renovating the old park would cost so much that it makes sense to find a new site and build a new park that plays off the historical elegance of Fenway.

With the team’s sale likely to happen around Christmas time, this could either be a dream or a nightmare before the holiday. The team, city, and fans would all benefit from a new ballpark and it is about time that the best fans in baseball got what they deserved.

6. Sox resign Hideo Nomo and add Chan Ho Park

Nomo was the only dependable hurler for the Sox throughout the 2001 season. After his no-hit debut in Baltimore on the second day of the season, Nomo firmly established himself as the No. 2 starter behind ace Martinez. The Japanese fireballer led the team in innings pitched (198) and wins (13). Nomo also led the A.L. in strikeouts with 220.

Chan Ho Park, a free agent who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers last year, would be a solid starter for the Red Sox. His addition would give Boston three very good starting pitchers (assuming the team signs Nomo) and would add significant help to that squad’s ability to eat up innings. Park, who pitched much better in Dodger Stadium last year than away from his home park (nearly a 2.50 difference in earned run average), ate up a ton of innings for his team last year. His 234 innings, 15 wins, and 218 strikeouts all led the Dodgers in 2001.

7. That the sale of the team happens soon enough to fire Duquette

I was a Dan Duquette apologist for years, but it is time to get him out of Boston. He is awful at dealing with players that would like to re-sign with the club (see Nomo), he isn’t respected within the clubhouse (see Nomar’s reaction after pitching coach John Cumberland was fired), he has depleted the farm system (see any scout’s comments about the Boston’s odds of using prospects for trade bait), he has made just one quality trade near the trade deadline since coming here (Ugueth Urbina in 2001), he is always on the wrong side of controversy (siding with Everett in Everett vs. Williams in 2000 and then Pedro’s elbow last season) and he knows nothing about clubhouse chemistry.

There would be so many quality prospects that would love a chance to be the GM to finally bring a championship to Boston and it is time to give one of them a chance to do so.

8. That no one will ever riot over the Yankees ever again

No real fans were rioting after the World Series. Real Red Sox fans reacted to the Diamondbacks in just one way: A quick smile and a big sigh of relief. How anyone can feel justified chanting “Yankees suck!” when the team has been consistently whipping your team’s ass is beyond me. Let’s be a little intelligent next time and not make a bad name for all the real Red Sox fans here in Amherst.

9. The Godfather DVD Collection

Okay, so this has nothing to do with the Red Sox or sports in general, but the Godfather is the greatest movie of all time and its sequel is the second greatest movie of all time. You get both in this set (along with the third installment which I will never, ever sit through again) and I need to add to my DVD collection. What better way to do so than with my favorite two movies of all time?

So there you have it. My holiday wish list is officially finished. If anyone can help make some of these happen, I would greatly appreciate it.