Monday Ranting

I am glad to see that Nick Cafardo has joined his Globe buddy Gordon Edes in reading TheBostonInsider for ideas on Red Sox columns. First Edes swiped my David Wells for Dave Roberts trade proposal and now it is Cafardo stealing my thoughts. In yesterday's Baseball Notes, Cafardo led with a piece that floated out the theory that the Red Sox may be better served by having one of their younger front office stars, such as Jed Hoyer, work under Larry Lucchino, Bill Lajoie and Jeremy Kapstein in running the day-to-day baseball operations instead of handing the power over to someone like Jim Beattie. It just so happens that on Saturday night I posted pretty much the same idea on TheBostonInsider Daily. Is this coincidence or is their a conspiracy on Morrissey Boulevard to bring me down? As much as I would love to see it happen, I doubt that even the return of Ben Roethlisberger can help the Steelers knock off the 10-0 Colts tonight. Only a steady combination of Jerome Bettis, Willie Parker and Duce Staley could slow down Indianapolis but it is doubtful that the beat-up Bettis will make much of a difference tonight. The Colts will move another step closer to immortality, winning 34-16. Could the Red Sox get free agent reliever Kyle Farnsworth for 2-years and $6-million? I hope so. His 99 m.p.h. fastball would look great in the bullpen with Mike Timlin, Guillermo Mota and Keith Foulke. Hey Mark Blount -- SHUT UP!!! You're not that great a player to begin with and you are barely outrebounding George Mikan ... this year. Hopefully there will be a few more DNP-CD in Mark's Celtic future before he is (again, hopefully) dealt. Do the Bruins know that the strike ended? If Mike O'Connell is listening, it may be time to trade Sergei Samsanov for some defense.