Buried way down below today's latest MLB sleaze is even more important news about woof-daddy Jason Varitek. The elbow he broke on June 7 is "feeling really good", and he plans to start competing as soon as spring training opens. Let's hope he has a repeat of the great season he had started last year.
Plus it's great to hear that Mike Stanley might come back to Boston in the role of bench coach. He always had a calming, stabilizing effect on the team, which heaven knows they could use after this winter's full-tilt fiasco.