You complain about Columbus and then want to go to Washington at the end of July? The temperature and humidity add up to 200 this time of year.
Oh…...you wanted a beer with Barack.
Seriously, Vin would only get the proper send-off if he had taken the Yankees offer in ‘64

I’m not sure I dispute the point, but how do YOU know that the Sox brass are using the media as their instrument or that Dan Shaughnessy has long been a mouthpiece for Sox management?  Given your recent little infatuation with the Red Sox, maybe you aim to take that title?  Hmmm, hmm?  Come to think of it, you’re becoming just as cranky with the Red Sox as CHB…that oughtta scare you. 

I think the epic media beatdown Daisuke receives is due mostly to the slow news time you mentioned, and the fact that most fans, Boston’s included, don’t tolerate “divas” who don’t perform to expectations.

I’m not sure I would call Shaughnessy a mouthpiece for Sox management either because pre-2004 WS he tended to take as many opportunities as possible to rip and/or stir up the waters regarding the Sox. 

If I recall correctly it was his insider information (Lucchino) article regarding the Nomar contract situation that lit the fuse that on that powder keg, resulting in his departure from Boston.  Shaughnessy lost one of his old standby storylines (i.e. Curse of the Bambino) the moment Foulke tossed the ball over to Dougie M ending 86 years of drama. 

Dan made a living writing about the dysfunction of the Red Sox and if he could get inside scoop that aided in the process all the better.  After John Henry forced Theo and Lucchino to kiss and make up and the Red Sox won another WS it was pretty evident that Shaughnessy no longer had the Sox to kick around.

As for Craig’s focus on the Red Sox - it’s kind of like the whole Darth Vader luring Luke over to the Dark Side.  Granted Luchhino called the Yankee’s the Evil Empire but the Red Sox and Yankees are just two sides of the same coin. Larry L was just cloaking himself in goodness as part of his evil and sinister plan to drag Craig into the abyss.

Oswalt’s back is hurt?!

*camera zooms in on necklaces*

NANANANANAAAAAAA!

Wooden—but if they’re taking money that was to be used to service ballpark debt for something else, doesn’t that mean they aren’t servicing ballpark debt?  And doesn’t that, in turn, mean that they have to pay longer, at higher rates, or with some sorts of penalties?

I don’t mean to equate it with consumer credit like that, but generally speaking, if you take your debt payments and apply them elsewhere, doesn’t your outstanding debt increase?  If it didn’t, why bother ever paying off the debt at all?