Pammy being Pammy

A few thoughts...

• I'm really excited to read this. We had the author, Seth Mnookin, on "Sports Pulse" last night and he was a really interesting guy. Kind of ironic that the team gave him fairly unrestricted access to all things Red Sox (including his own desk in the clubhouse) and now reports are coming out that the front office is less than pleased with the book's material. Come on. What did they expect? Any idiot could see without being directly told that Theo and Lucchino's relationship was, er, strained, that Dan Shaughnessy is a douche that may have swayed Theo to not renew his contract, and that Nomar wasn't exactly happy in Boston anymore. Now someone is telling us that. The most intriguing part of reading this book will be to see if my Why Did Theo Leave theory is actually correct.
• So we all hate Rudy Seanez. We all cringe when he emerges from the bullpen and cross our fingers that he only gives up a run or two. And it seems that we weren't totally out of line in bashing the guy because check out this statistic: Seanez has allowed a .519 batting average (.548 OBP) to the first batters he has faced. That is disgusting. Sure, the BA drops to .227 and the OBP to .309 after that. But still. Ew.
• I can't believe the Globe published an article about kids sneaking into Fenway Park. And I can't believe those kids agreed to be the subject of the article. Are they so mentally incompetent to think the story could make the front page of the sports section, give them their 15 minutes of fame, and then STILL be able to sneak into the park? Nice one, guys. Security will almost certainly be bumped up in areas that can be breached and now you'll have to pay full price for tickets (if you can even get tickets) just like everyone else.
• If Manny is really injured with a torn meniscus (this happened to my mom and it is not a fun thing), I hope Bud Selig and everyone in the media who criticized him for skipping out on the All-Star game feel terrible and apologize in some way. I mean, I know it won't happen but it would be nice. You hear that, Mr. Olney? Get off your high ESPN.com horse and stop being so dramatic.
• I bought my Papelbon shirt about a month ago and have received one of three remarks in regards to it. 1) "That is AWESOME. 2) "I didn't know they were making those shirts!" 3) "Who's that?" (Trust me, it's been very difficult to take any baseball fan seriously after they say that last thing. Same goes for people wanting to know who Joe Mauer is. Uh, hello?)