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Interesting article. I realize this is just Schilling yapping, but he is closer to these things than any of us. I think it gives us cause to be optimistic about an aggressive off-season team to rebuild this team to compete in '07. The quote from JH is also encouraging. This off-season will should give us a good indication of whether there is still some fan left in Theo or whether he is just a FO suit with Ivy league credentials. I prefer to think he is a fan at his core. I'll never forget his expression and demeanor after the 2003 ALCS. He looked like a disappointed fan more so than a businessman. I remember I called my son after watching Theo's post-game interview, and I told him that I though if Theo could have fired Little right then and there he would. I believe Little was gone the next day after the WS was over. That showed me just how serious he was about winning and how much he hated losing to the Yankees. I'm hoping to see some of that fire in his off-season approach. http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=157629

I'd prefer a split so we don't have to watch them celebrate, but if we get annihilated in embarrassing fashion in the other two games it could be just as motivational for the FO.

If Nixon doesn't come back as the 4th OF, Gonzalez would certainly fill the bill, and as we have learned, the 4th OF on the Red Sox usually gets a lot of PT. The only question would be his price.

Although this would make me wretch and vomit for the next two days, the upside is that it would throw the huliation of 9 losses in a row to the Yankees would throw the FO into crises mode. By next spring we'd have all sorts of new studs on the team as the FO would likely loosen the purse strings to turn things around. They can't afford to go into 2007 with a team that the Yankees can mop up like this.

Spread Category Date & Time...... Favorite............. Spread.................. Underdog 9/17 1:00 ET At Baltimore ..................-11....................... Oakland 9/17 1:00 ET At Indianapolis............... -13....................... Houston 9/17 1:00 ET At Cincinnati................. -10.5................... Cleveland 9/17 1:00 ET At Miami .........................-7......................... Buffalo 9/17 1:00 ET At Chicago..................... -8.5 ........................Detroit 9/17 1:00 ET Carolina ..........................-3................. At Minnesota 9/17 1:00 ET At Philadelphia .................-3 ......................NY Giants 9/17 1:00 ET At Atlanta ......................-5.5................... Tampa Bay 9/17 1:00 ET New Orleans.................... -2 .................At Green Bay 9/17 4:05 ET St. Louis.......................... -3 ............At San Francisco 9/17 4:05 ET At Seattle........................ -7 .........................Arizona 9/17 4:15 ET New England ....................-6 .....................At NY Jets 9/17 4:15 ET At San Diego.................. -12 ....................Tennessee 9/17 4:15 ET At Denver ....................-10.5................... Kansas City 9/17 8:15 ET At Dallas .......................-5.5 ...................Washington Monday Night Football Point Spread 9/18 8:30 ET At Jacksonville ..................-1...................... Pittsburgh Straight Category : Date & Time....... Favorite.........................Underdog 9/17 1:00 ET At Baltimore ...............................Oakland 9/17 1:00 ET At Indianapolis ............................Houston 9/17 1:00 ET At Cincinnati .............................Cleveland 9/17 1:00 ET At Miami ......................................Buffalo 9/17 1:00 ET At Chicago ...................................Detroit 9/17 1:00 ET Carolina ..............................At Minnesota 9/17 1:00 ET At Philadelphia ..........................NY Giants 9/17 1:00 ET At Atlanta ...............................Tampa Bay 9/17 1:00 ET New Orleans ........................At Green Bay 9/17 4:05 ET St. Louis .........................At San Francisco 9/17 4:05 ET At Seattle ....................................Arizona 9/17 4:15 ET New England ............................At NY Jets 9/17 4:15 ET At San Diego ...........................Tennessee 9/17 4:15 ET At Denver ...............................Kansas City 9/17 8:15 ET At Dallas ................................Washington Monday Night Football 9/18 8:30 ET At Jacksonville ...........................Pittsburgh Monday Night Football Total Points Scored..............___38____

No, he was a bad guy, because he was a bad guy. He never says anything other than pointless platitudes. These so-called special qualities are nothing more than manifestations of a popularity contest. They should not be considerations in determining Hall membership.

More of the same with Timlin. He gives up a leadoff double to Mora. He's blown 7 of 11 save opportunities. This guy doesn't want to retire, but I don't think anyone will want him. He gets a DP ball to end the game.

DFA knocks in the go-ahead run in the 9th. Unless Pedroia show some ability to hit consistently at this level, the Sox should consider bringing back Loretta.

Where has this Keith Foulke been for two years?

DiNardo is never going to amount to anything. He should be put out with a lot of other garbage at the end of the season.

I'm still watching this crap. It should be easier to get tickets next year.

Millar has been hitting us pretty well.

I did n't notice anything in particular, but Leiter constantly whines excuses for Yankee players even when they are winning.

Good points

The Sox need to bring new blood into the top of the rotation. They don't have anyone in the organization that can fill that role next year.

Do some research. The Yankee Clipper's son that died about a year after the Clipper was destitute and living in a junk yard. He was much different from his carefully crafted public image, but you wouldn't know that because you never read real accounts of the man's life. He was a prick to Mantle when he came up as a rookie. He didn't even talk to the kid. His pettiness continued well into his retirement. Did you know that at Old Timers Day, as a condition of him attending he had to be introduced as "The Greatest Living Yankee" and he had to be introduced last. I believe that even on Mickey Mantle Day, he would only agree to being introduced at the same time as Mantle so as not to be upstaged. He was a great guy and a wonderful man. Research his life, and not just the old sports pages.

It would be a unanimous vote.

It's a slow night and I'm just breaking your balls. Of course, you never break my balls.

Who cares what kind of people these guys are? They are not my neighbors or my friends. The only character they have to have as far as I am concerned is whether they can come up big for the team in a big spot, and no one does that better than Ortiz. That's enough character for me.

I wonder if more guys on the Sea Dogs end up as major league regulars, High School baseball coaches, or gas station attendants. My money is on High School baseball coaches.

Didn't Kingman hit the longest tape measure homer on record? He used to hit balls 420 over CF wall in Shea one-handed and leaning over the plate off-balance. Did you see him play? I did. He could hit the ball as far as anyone I have ever seen.