Greetings from Newport Beach, California! Deep in the heart of this blue state, I’m here on business and, because of my schedule over the next two days, blogging will be light.

Looks like I’ll miss the Red Sox victory parade on NESN, but that’s OK. I think these kinds of things are kinda overdone – I mean, it’s great the Sox are world champions, but I have to think the amount of $ the parade and such will cost could be far better spent elsewhere. Why not just open up Fenway Park for a victory rally and have people donate to the Jimmy Fund?

The Sox going this deep into the fall means a shorter off-season. I’ll miss Tina Cervasio, but I sure won’t miss those probing questions asked during “Terry’s Take”.

If I’m the Sox, I keep Curt Schilling for one last go-round. Just having him around is like having another pitching coach, and with current pitching coach John Farrell up for consideration for the Pirates managerial gig, it might not be bad to have the old fella around to teach kids like Bucholz and Lester a thing or two.

…And I definitely keep Mike Lowell. Offer him two years with a club option for two more based on incentives, and I think it gets the job done.

…And I keep Mike Timlin if the price is right. Can’t have too many good arms in a bullpen.

Who goes? I’m not a Manny Delcarmen fan – the guy just doesn’t throw strikes consistent enough for me. But he still has potential, so we’ll see. Coco is trade bait, and I won’t miss Javier Lopez. Please, God they send that pantload Mirabelli packing.

…and don’t even THINK of A-Rod – the “Ebola virus” of major league baseball players.

Hard to believe the baseball season is over, but I’m already looking forward to next spring and having my DirectTV and their “MLB Extra Innings” baseball package. It was missed this year – while the mlb.tv subscription was good enough, watching baseball on a computer monitor left a lot to be desired. The video quality was pretty good, but the technology still has a ways to go.