The Red Sox have opted out of an agreement struck last year in which Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which controls online ticket sales for all 30 MLB teams, agreed to have StubHub become the official ticket reseller for Major League Baseball. StubHub says it has already signed up the Yankees, the Mets, and the Cubs, and it expects most of the teams to participate.

-- It's a hot summer day, we're feeling good, and the Sox were winning the last time I checked, so N4N'll go out on a limb: they're going all the way in October.

-- The Boston Globe's Kevin Cullen has a poignant and spot-on column today about former Sox second baseman Bobby Doerr, 89, who's making his last visit to Fenway Park.