Coyne's Clippings

New York Daily News with a cool piece on the state of Red Sox Nation. I think the best line, found below, is something I've been thinking, not many people are talking about it. This afternoon on WEEI they had a Dominican Montage where random voiceovers were intersperced with Pedro's quote about sitting under a mango tree, and Shaughnessy touches on it in his column today. Personally, I think it's the most bizarre thing Pedro has said since he's been in Boston. Here's a snippet from the Daily News...

It gets worse - around here, it always does. Millions of mouths dropped simultaneously late Wednesday night, when Pedro reflected in a strange glow of those "Who's your Daddy?" chants at the Stadium. The more he spoke about mango trees and grabbing the attention of all of New York, the more he sounded as if he were auditioning for a role with Steinbrenner, Inc. At least that's the lasting impression for a Nation raised to expect the worst.

Followed by what Shaughnessy wrote...

Meanwhile, Pedro's bizarre behavior continues. There's the hair, the "daddy" quote, the 28-inch mascot pal, and the strange midnight confession after Game 2 when he talked about sitting under the mango tree and threw his teammates under the bus ("I can't do anything if we don't score runs") even when he didn't have enough money for the bus.

And here's an interesting article from the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times Union about the state of our society that condems vile acts of prostitution more heavilly than the abuse of alochol. The link is now active.