Congratulations are in order to Red Sox general manager and his wife Marie, as their first child, Jack, was welcomed to the world yesterday.
With the impending Mitchell Report due out at 2 PM today, Curt Schilling gave his thoughts about it on his weekly appearance on WEEI yesterday and also at an event for the Shade Foundation.
“The hope, I think, for most people is that there will be some closure sometime soon and we move on,” Schilling said. “I would imagine there will be a lot of shock, a lot of surprise, but I think as a sport, as an industry we’re hopefully going to be held accountable for what’s happened, from players to coaches to front office to ownership.”
“There was a period of time when people turned a blind eye to it and now we’re being called on the carpet for it and I guess that’s what’s supposed to happen,” he said of baseball’s investigation into alleged steroids and HGH use by its players.
I am sure we all hope there won’t be any players from the Red Sox on the list but according to the AP, the list will reveal names of All-Stars and MVP’s.
Brendan Donnelly was the only player not tendered a contract for next season but he still might be a member of the club next year.
Hopefully the expected snowfall that’s coming into Connecticut today holds off long enough for me to make the short ride to downtown New Haven to check out the 2007 World Series trophy. For Red Sox Nation in Maine, the trophy will be on display at Hadlock Field in Portland on Friday.
Epstein’s wife gives birth to baby boy [Boston Globe]
Schilling vocal about Mitchell Report [redsox.com]
Sox players aren’t safe [Boston Herald]
Sources: Mitchell report to name names [AP Via Yahoo! Sports]
David Ortiz: Putting the D.R. on the map [redsox.com]
Donnelly not tendered but club still talking deal [Boston Herald]
Series trophy to visit Portland [Extra Bases]
