Coyne's Clippings

Shaughnessy - Red Sox enter playoffs with seasoned performers C.H.B. with a recap of the Sox season-to-date.

And Bob Ryan with a list of bullet points, all baseball related from Saturday's paper. I don't get this one though...

You know what would be cool? Should the Yankees show up here for the ALCS, why not give Bernie Williams a standing O the first time he comes to the plate? If you have to ask why, you wouldn't understand, anyway.

I mean Bernie has been a good player. He's getting at the end of his career, and seems to be a class act. But with around 2100 career hits including just 263 homeruns and a .301 lifetime batting average, its not like he's a Hall of Fame candidate or anything... He does hold a couple of post season records, hits, HRs and RBI I think, but the Yankees have also played a million post season games... so I don't understand. Jeter would be another story... Click here for Bernie Williams' career stats.