Three Stories

1. Manny being stupid. A picture has been released from yesterday's game against the Twins, in which Manny Ramirez is seen inside the scoreboard at Fenway, on his cell phone. I'm trying to find a copy of that photo so I can show you. More Manny antics. What a weird person.

***UPDATE***

I found the picture on Deadspin.


2. A player with all star stats is released. That would be Richie Sexson. He's batting only .218, slugging .381 with a mere 11 homers and 30 RBI. That sucks. A lot. Yet here's another stat line: .220 AVG, .360 SLG, 7 HR, 28 RBI. The batting average is only 2 points higher, but otherwise, all the stats are WORSE. But the latter player is not only still on a major-league roster, but is in the all star game. In case I haven't driven the point home enough, Jason Varitek sucks. Flat-out awful. Can't hit for shit. Player worse than Richie fucking Sexson should not be in all star games.

3. The reunion tour continues. The Devils signed Brian Rolston and Bobby Holik for a second go-around, and rumors about other former Devils (Jason Smith and Brendan Shanahan) have been floating around for a while. Smith signed elsewhere, and Shanahan has apparently received no calls from New Jersey, but we did manage to bring back another second-timer: Scott Clemmenson. He played his entire career with the Devils until spending last year with Toronto, and now he's back home. He was a champ at BC with Brian Gionta, also currently on the Devils, but rumored not to be for long. Clem will probably begin the year at Lowell (because my boy Jordan Parise appears to be out), although he could be with the big boys if we manage to dump Weekes.