odds and ends 12/20/06

Quiet day so far in the local media concerning the Sox.

Gordon Edes in the Globe looks at how Daisuke Matsuzaka must adjust to the challenge of MLB baseball compared to playing in Japan. In the Herald Jeff Horrigan has an update on the J.D. Drew contract. The subway Metro has a story by Joe Haggerty on Wily Mo Peña

Stopped by the park and the 2007 pocket schedules are out with the cover boy being Wally in a Santa hat which will raise eyebrows when I pull it out of my wallet in July

Glancing at the message boards a poster named "Dewey Rice" asks on Royal Rooters what the catch is with the new high price membership for Red Sox Nation that allows people for $199 to purchase "Green Monster Tickets"