I’m kinda all over the place today, because I’m in that weird place somewhere between the end of the baseball season and the commencement of the “holiday season” and the waiting like a hawk by the phone or radio for any news of the Hot Stove sort. So kindly consider today’s post a brain dump of sorts, clearing out the closets as we make way for Roger Clemens’ return to Boston.
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Timlin and Wakefield are all tied up for next season, so I’ll be looking to refill my Pepto Bismol keg sometime before next April. Meanwhile, Loretta, Gonzo, Mazel Tough and Mirabelli have all filed for free agency. And to everyone not named Alex Gonzalez I say, “Thank you for your services. It’s been a lot of fun.” I hate to see Kapler the Guy go, but I won’t miss seeing Kapler the Player step to the plate with two men on and two out.
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The Future of the Franchise, today’s Globe tells us, has never been brighter.
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Here’s a link to an interesting podcast of an interview with Castig, in which he waxes rhapsodic about his job, the Sox, Barry Bonds and his recent arrest for soliciting a transvestite in Chinatown. I’m kidding about that last one. But man, that would make for a cool interview.
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The 2007 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced: Van Halen, Grandmaster Flash, R.E.M., Chic, Patti Smith, the Dave Clark Five, Joe Tex, the Ronettes, and The Stooges. I’d put in VH if the Hall would automatically discount everything that happened after David Lee Roth left the band. I mean, is Gary Cherone getting his tux out of storage as we speak?
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Speaking of music, just so we can settle this once and for all, which of these bands was The Whitest Band Ever?
Journey…
Toto?
REO Speedwagon…
or Toto?
Yes, I know I said Toto twice. Because I don’t think one mention adequately contains their whiteness.
