Friday, July 11, 2003
The Red Sox Manager, Grady Little (a.k.a. Shady Chicken Little), sits in the visiting manager’s office at the Skydome in Toronto.
It is around 3pm yesterday and the phone rings.
SCL: Hello.
Theo Epstein: Grady, I have been trying to get a hold of you since I heard you may not start Pedro against the Yankees after the break. Where have you been?
SCL: I shut off my cell phone right after last night’s game. I needed a nap before the bus ride to the hotel. Theo, you know I need at least 12 hours of sleep a night without my rest I am a worthless fool.
TE: Okay. Okay. Your plans for the rotation need to change. Pedro has to pitch versus the Yankees. Those games are worth two in the standings.
SCL: Huh?
TE: I do not have time to explain. I will have an intern fax out a memo explaining the concept. It will be just like the one about Trot’s trouble with southpaws. Just tell the media before tonight’s game about the change.
SCL: Yes, Theo. How about extending my contract?
Silence
The phone clicks while SCL still has the phone to his ear.
SCL: I guess Theo had to go or is it me?
It is around 3pm yesterday and the phone rings.
SCL: Hello.
Theo Epstein: Grady, I have been trying to get a hold of you since I heard you may not start Pedro against the Yankees after the break. Where have you been?
SCL: I shut off my cell phone right after last night’s game. I needed a nap before the bus ride to the hotel. Theo, you know I need at least 12 hours of sleep a night without my rest I am a worthless fool.
TE: Okay. Okay. Your plans for the rotation need to change. Pedro has to pitch versus the Yankees. Those games are worth two in the standings.
SCL: Huh?
TE: I do not have time to explain. I will have an intern fax out a memo explaining the concept. It will be just like the one about Trot’s trouble with southpaws. Just tell the media before tonight’s game about the change.
SCL: Yes, Theo. How about extending my contract?
Silence
The phone clicks while SCL still has the phone to his ear.
SCL: I guess Theo had to go or is it me?
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