The Naughty or Nice List

Happy Festichristmahanukwanzaakus everyone! Or is it merry Festichristmahanukwanzaakus?

Anyway, it's that time of year for the fat man from the North Pole to decipher who's been naughty, and who has been nice in baseball this year.

The Nice List

Jon Lester
How was he not the comeback player of the year again? In 2007, Lester beat cancer, and he pitched 5 shutout innings of the clinching game of the World Series for the Red Sox. He worked hard all year, defying the odds of coming back to make any kind of meaningful impact on the baseball diamond, and was very patient while he worked in AAA waiting for a callup.
Present: A World Series ring coming in April.

George Mitchell
You had no subpoena power, anyone could decide not to talk to you, and yet your report thus far looks pretty good and accurate. Your suggestions seem reasonable and obvious, and even some of the more ridiculous sounding accusations (Brian Roberts), now seem pretty accurate. Best of all, you've seemingly nailed Roger Clemens, who for too long had escaped the public eye in terms of being a possible PED user. The report isn't perfect, but given the resources that you had, the effort I'd say paid dividends.
Present: Respect from the general public. People will remember who you were.

Barry Bonds
What? Really? Yes folks, the fact of the matter was that in 2007, Barry made his resurgence onto the nice list. I for one was extremely impressed by Bonds' attitude toward breaking the all-time home run record. He handled the moment with grace and reverence for the game, his father, and the fans who had supported him... all these things of which I didn't think Bonds capable of doing. But the fact of the matter is that he really handled breaking the record with a lot of class.
Present: Tips from Martha Stewart on how to liven up Federal prison life (2008 edition)

The Naughty List

Roger Clemens
It's been a tough year for the Rocket ("I wanna pitch!")... first he had a mediocre season on the diamond, then he became the focal point of the Mitchell Report, as his former personal trainer told investigators about numerous occassions where Roger took HGH and anabolic steroids. To make things worse, training buddy/best friend Andy Pettite corroborated McNamee's testimony, giving credibility to the embattled trainer.
Present: The infamy of now being known as "The greatest pitcher of his generation*"

Red Sox Nation
You've had an improbable run after those 86 years Red Sox nation. You were the darlings, the underdogs, a team in which nobody hated because of your tortured past. People respected the fans that stood by your team through it all... and it only took 4 years to turn all that goodwill into unbridaled hatred. Sox fans now tend to whine even when their team is winning, still have an unhealthy Yankee-phobia, and now outnumber and outobnoxious Yankee fans during most road games. The funny thing is, other than Curt Schilling, none of the Red Sox players are really that hateable, right?
Present: The archvillain status of the Yankees. You may win, but everyone hates you now.

Hank Steinbrenner
Wow, just when everyone felt a little sorry for old King George, his son comes along carrying the apparently dominant "asshole owner" gene. For most of 2007, no one knew you, but in two short months since the season ended, you've gained notoriety by making bold (and rather ridiculous) claims through the media. In two short months, you've already lost all credibility (we don't want A-Rod), and in all likelihood should be facing tampering charges (openly talking about Johan Santana).
Present: Making sure that everyone still hates the Yankees a lot. And in all likelihood another year or two of inferiority to the rival Red Sox.

Carl Pohlad:
This billionaire owner of the Twins refuses to pay up for any of his star players. Forcing the taxpayers to chip in for a new stadium, and then basically refusing to re-sign Torii Hunter and in all likelihood Johan Santana and Joe Nathan? Santa doesn't appreciate being cheap, especially by a billionaire.
Present: You lost one of the best GMs in baseball (granted he's still in your front office, but still). Now though, you've entered the coveted "owners hated by their own fans club" (Peter Angelos, acting president).

Miguel Tejada
I can't think of any player who went so quickly from being a guy that everyone would want on their team, to a guy who became a club distraction and overhyped diva. Tejada's consecutive games streak came to an end in 2007, after an embarrassing attempt by the Orioles to keep it going, and eventually Tejada got traded to the Astros for no more than 2 decent pitching prospects. Not to mention, you're actually a few years older than you claim to be (trust Santa on this), and you're also breaking down physically to the point where you just aren't that good. Oh yeah, there's also that Mitchell Report stuff?
Present: You get to show the fans in Houston just how far you've fallen, and then fade into Bolivian.

Carlos Delgado, Andruw Jones, Travis Hafner, Chris Capuano, and Julio Lugo
You guys brought down one of my fantasy teams in a league where I went from first to 8th. That's an unforgiveable sin.
Present: No one trusting you for fantasy baseball ever again.

Who should have been on this list that I missed? Who shouldn't have been? Discuss...

Happy/Merry Festichristmahanukwanzaakus everyone!