David Ortiz at his press conference:

I definitely was a little bit careless back in those days when I was buying supplements and vitamins over the counter, legal supplements and vitamins over the counter, but I never [bought] steroids, I never used steroids.

Says union confirmed he was on the 2003 list but NOT that that meant he took steroids.

MLBPA statement.

It was on a Friday, so most of us could sleep in.

Teddy sums it up in one word.

Red wonders where the offense went:

That was the best game and the worst loss of the season. Crushing not just because it ate up over 5 and a half hours of valuable drinkin' time, but also because it was an epic squander of a positively super-human performance by Josh Beckett ...

The John Smoltz Experiment has officially fizzled. The future Hall-o'-Famer has been designated for assignment, meaning that in the next 10 days he'll be claimed on waivers, sent down or released. Says the Globe:

Soxaholix channels its inner Gordon Lightfoot:

The legend lives on from ol' Mattapan on down of the mistake Theo made with John Smoltzy.

One mistake it is said, isn't too much to dread, unless compounded by Lugo and Penny.

With thoughts of a ring more, this team we came to adore, but the tales of October were a bit early. ...

Here's a recap.

Red: What is it about stepping into the Trop that turns the Sox from Spider-Man to Peter Parker?

Also: Sox re-sign last year's version of Brad Penny.

The Globe Spotlight team reports.

My time here has been wonderful, may we meet again.

Via Sox and Dawgs.