Can the Sox Repeat?

Idiot Reign Over
2005 Sox Will Have More Discipline

In this week's Sports Illustrated: In his story, "Now Comes the Hard Part," SI senior writer Tom Verducci looks beyond the championship and explores the difficult roster decisions ahead and, for once, the challenge to repeat. Verducci writes that re-signing Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe may be the trickiest decisions, and quotes Theo Epstein, "As much as I'd like to bring all the buys back, you have to look at it objectively and make the tough decisions."

Matt Damon Wants You to Get Out and Vote

Decision 2004

Millar Tells Everyone That Players Threw Back Some Jack.
Six Sox Tell Letterman/Leno No Shots Were Fired.
Who's Telling the Truth? You Decide.

"That's the unfortunate thing. This comes off as everybody doing it and that's not what happened in that clubhouse," one Sox player said. "We don't want this to tarnish what we brought home. It hurts the organization, but most of all it hurts the player who said it." -- Boston Herald, Tony Massarotti

"Yeah, I heard a few guys got hit by a few things, but I got hit by a panty."-- Johnny Damon on David Letterman