Red Sox-Royals (August 4, 2005) & Two Notes

The Sox go for the sweep of the lowly (but competitive) Royals today at 1:05 p.m. today on NESN and WEEI with Matt Clement (10-3, 4.43) -- in his first start since being hit by a line drive in Tampa Bay last week -- facing D.J. Carrasco (5-5, 4.37). With a 4.5-game lead over the Yankees in the A.L. East, it's time for the Red Sox to go on a tear that carries them to the playoffs for the third straight year. For those of us who dream to be in Cooperstown, here is the first hand account of Peter Gammons' weekend at the Hall-of-Fame. One day in the future we will all be seeing Manny, Nomar and Pedro enter the hallowed grounds in upstate New York and we will fondly remember a time when the Sox ruled all things baseball. Hey WEEI, are you ready for some competition? ESPN Radio is hitting the Boston market -- slowly at first but they are coming. Quick question, do you want to listen to Dennis & Callahan (and that twat Meter) in the morning or do you want ESPN? I thought so.