Jerry Remy just twittered:

As NESN just announced I will be returning to the booth on Friday-I can't wait-Thanks again to all of you- Jerry

He also says that he's going to ease back into it and may not go on road trips initially.

All in all, though, it's going to be great to have him back with Don Orsillo in the broadcast booth.

Bill Chuck makes the case that the Sox need to wish Tek well and move on.

Jimmy informs us the Sox are getting back Alex Gonzalez, a shortstop who wore the B in 2006.

Sure, it's only one exhibition game, but Bruce Allen was impressed and provides the media roundup on the return of Tom Brady.

Angela explains to CBS why it can take your Sports Hub and cram it up your butts, what with its lineup of Jets fans, Dolphin post-game announcers and Boston haters. She adds:

... What the folks at CBS Radio should have done was throw a boatload of cash at Fitzy and given him a show at some point in the day. That, I would listen to. Maybe they could convince Dennis Eckersley to take a time slot once Jerry Remy returns to the booth. The Barstoolsports guys would be pretty awesome, too. ...

Ian Browne tweets form a long discussion between Jerry Remy and the media; Remy also hopes to return to the booth this year and thanks fans who have reached out to him.

The Globe reports he'll actually make a visit to the NESN booth in the top of the second inning tonight.

Dan Lamothe reminds us of last night's forecast:

... Porcello may not have the headhunter reputation that, say, Joba Chamberlain does, but at some point, it seemed obvious that someone was going to be on the business end of Category 5 Youkilis Firestorm, with an extra chance of helmet. Tonight was that night. ...

Ken Fang reports that former Sox radio announcer Jerry Trupiano will be co-hosting a weekend show on the Sports Hub, the sports-talk station that'll be taking over 98.5 from Mix, which will be eliminating WBCN at 104.1.

Nobody will ever accuse me of not taking sports seriously enough. In fact, the property damage my friends and I may or may not have caused after Boston College lost the 2007 NCAA hockey national championship game is the stuff of legend, and I vividly remember crying myself to sleep as a 15-year-old when the Red Sox were knocked out of the ALCS in 2003.

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