Meanwhile, the Red Sox have stayed in touch with John Olerud as a possible Doug Mienkiewicz replacement. Olerud is still bothered by the foot injury that knocked him out of the playoffs, and hopes to be ready to start trying to play by May 1.

If he were in for the Yankees instead of Clark, the Sox may be looking at Year 87 of the drought. He'd be a solid upgrade over McCarty, and I like McCarty. That does present an OF problem though

Few 32-year olds could better handle fame than Theo Epstein, who could be a rock star in his home town. But while Theo may love to play his guitar, his persona is closest to his twin brother Paul, a devoted social worker. Every penny that Epstein makes either speaking or doing a donut commercial with Johnny Damon goes to charity.

Who knew?

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