Wednesday Links

It's hump day, and it's also the first day of school for my 8 year old son. Hallelujah!

• The Sea Dogs knocked off the Mets behind a strong pitching performance from Felix Doubront.The Sea Dogs are now 4.5 games behind New Britain for the final playoff spot.
  
• The Red Sox once again beat the White Sox, and Jacoby Ellsbury finally beat Tommy Harper's single season stolen base record.
• Billy Wagner was acquired yesterday, I took a look yesterday at who might be going down (or going away) to make room.
  
• Kevin Youkilis just made some waves in an article by Dan Shaughnessy, his biggest quote being “When people ask me, ‘What do you love about Boston?’ I say, ‘From 7 o’clock until the last pitch is thrown.’ That’s the best time in the world. I love it. I love playing on the field." He then added,"I see negative stuff all the time, that bothers me. If I don’t comment, people are going to get mad at me. But I’m just going to ‘no comment’ about certain things. If people don’t like it, they don’t like it. People know me. I have good intentions, I do good things in the community. But I’ve heard more and more crap from people, [they] talk to my wife and talk to my people and say stuff, and I’m like, ‘You know what? I’m sick of it.’ ’