Coyne's Clippings

C.H.B - Unrelenting rivalry moves into lion's den Shaughnessy's all fired up... and includes rumor in his story..

Varitek has been vilified in New York since the brawl. The episode even inspired an urban legend that held Varitek taunted Rodriguez by telling him, "We don't bother hitting .260 hitters."

"I never said that," a chuckling Varitek said while standing in front of his locker before the Sox' 11-4 win over Tampa Bay last night. "It's like when some New York guy wrote that [Curt] Schilling and I had a problem. Probably the same guy. Let's just play baseball and let the teams get the job done on the field."

Bob Ryan is all a tizzy over Colin Montgomerie... it just doesn't do it for me though.

And the Providence Journal has a little piece on Ryan Gomes helping out his younger teammates.