a) His roommate, Pedie, is always hooking him up. 

b) He won’t get killed by the king Nutter himself. 

Paps will be fine for $12 Million reasons because: 

a) if he sucks, no one will ever pay him anything near that money.

b) He sees the writing on the wall. 

c) And if he does suck, Jenks will kick his ass and steal his girl. 

Young TV reporter: “With the new additions this year, what are the chances of actually getting a championship.”
Francona: “Are you from Vegas? … How do I know?”

hahahaaaaaa (from the Globe)

http://danny-knobler.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8590096/27145591

Here’s some more on that subject from player development director Mike Hazen:
“We’re not going to make any hard line predictions on a time frame when he’s actually going to play in a game. We’ll take it day by day. We’re seeing steady progress. It’s still going to take a little while to get him back to where he was.

“If you’re betting on any one person to get back and make it to that place, it’s him. You’d be amazed at the amount of drive. It’s inspiring is what it is. You just hope that he’s going to be able to take the field again one day because you know how bad he wants it.”

At the time of the surgery, the hope for Westmoreland was that he could lead some manner of normal life. That he is playing baseball and could actually return to competition is way beyond any expectations.