Random Wednesday Thoughts

I'm stunned by the cost of airline tickets right now! Not only are you not flying cheaply to Europe anymore (gone are the days of the $400 flight to Paris), but you can't even really fly cheaply within the US. I just priced a ticket for Christmas from Atlanta to Hartford - it was $450. I may actually explore the Southwest alternative - even though it means a 2 1/2 hour drive to the airport. Ugh.

Now the Boston newspapers are reporting that Theo Epstein might actually return to the Sox. Although if Shaughnessy is advocating that, you know it'll never happen.

Oh, and belated congrats to our Big Papi for winning the AL Players Choice Award last week. I hope that's just a warm-up for the big prize of AL MVP - he deserves it so much more than that Rodriquez character.

I am so hooked on Deadspin. It's an awesome blog - usually has a great spin on some of the big sports stories as well as links to them. They've been all over ESPN lately for these fake news conferences with Steve Phillips (seriously, how low has he and the network sunk?!) - and I love their stories on local icon Peyton Manning. Check it out.

How cool would it be if KimNg is hired as the Dodgers new GM?!!