I saw one of my favorite writers David Halberstam, at the Brookline Booksmith on Thursday night. He's written a number of my favorite books, including The Teammates, Summer of '49, The Best and the Brightest, and October, 1964. His latest book, Education of a Coach is about how New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick became the most successful coach in the NFL. I'm looking forward to reading it and I'll post a review here when I'm done.

The Brookline Booksmith is a great place, too. It is one of the few remaining independent booksellers that has managed to survive the onslaught of Barnes & Noble and Borders. The place drips with character, and is a fun place to browse the shelves for a bit. If you are ever in the Coolidge Corner area of Brookline, make sure you stop in.

Laugh of the week, thanks to the Brockton Rox. In the wake of Theo Epsteins sudden unemployment, the Rox offered him their general managers job. It would be kind of interesting to see Theo manage the Rox $87,500 salary capped payroll, as compared to the $120 million he had to work with for the Sox this year. If nothing else, the press release was good for a few yuks, and generated a ton of publicity for the Rox.