Random Thoughts (April 14, 2008)

The calendar may in fact say that we are in the third week of April but any time you can take 2-of-3 from the New York Yankees, it is a great weekend... Maybe, for his own sake, Mike Timlin should have retired after last season. Timlin has earned my respect and admiration -- along with Keith Foulke, who should never hear anything negative from a true Red Sox fan, and Jonathan Papelbon, no relief pitcher has been better for the Sox when it counted -- but I think that No. 50 is just about finished... Clay Buchholz has a lot to prove, starting Wednesday night in the Bronx, but his performance on Friday night showed Boston (and New York) that this kid has the goods... Big Papi is struggling but Manny Ramirez is carrying the load. Wait until they both get hot at the same time... Yooooooouuuuuuuuuukkkkkkk... I know the Sox don't like to make long-term, big money investments in older players but they must extend Jason Varitek's contract. 'Tek isn't worth Posada money (4-years/$52-million ... actually, Posada isn't worth Posada money either) but they have to keep him for at least three more years. Hopefully something along the lines of 3-years/$36-million with some option years will do the trick... Nice to see A-Rod is already in October form... Wait a minute, yes, that was the Bruins finally beating the Montreal Canadiens last night at the Garden in Game 3 of their opening round playoff series. It felt like they hadn't beaten the Canadiens all year. Oh yeah, that's right, they hadn't done that n 2007-08. At least it won't be a sweep... Jerry York shows America that BC can win national championships. Just make sure less than 30% of the nation doesn't play that sport and BC is a true contender... I'm waiting intently for Kevin Garnett to come up with something along the lines of "Fo, Fo, Fo" to predict what the C's are going to unleash on the NBA in the playoffs. This team has that feel to it, this is a special group... The annual NFL mock draft will be up any day now... Sorry for the cheapshot earlier at the BC hockey team. It's not their fault that the football and basketball team never even get to play in the big game, let alone win a championship. The Eagles had a great 2008, winning the Beanpot, Hockey East playoff and then the national championship... Enjoy Jon Lester tonight...