The Rocket Returns....

Today we found 1.30 in change and 167 bottles and cans.

Red Sox Update – Chock up another win for Curt Schilling. The old master pitched a beauty until he ran out of gas in the 7th. Still, Okajima and Papelbon came on to put out the fire and close the door. Tomorrow is a day off and then we head to Toronto (who always gives us trouble) for a 4-game series.

Clemens joins Yankees – Ok, I’m getting up on the soapbox for this one. While I know the Yankees are desperate for pitching—and that Red Sox really didn’t need him, it would have been a fairy tale ending for the Rocket if he had come to Boston. He could have come full circle, ending his career where he started it, he could have set the all-time mark for career wins in a Boston uniform, and who better to take the place of a hall-of-famer like Cy Young then another soon-to-be hall-of-famer in Roger Clemens. Plus, he’d have the chance to win World Series again. Instead, he chooses to return to Yankees. Yes, the Yankees are a good team, and yes they have personnel to win it all, but why? He has nothing to prove by wearing pinstripes. What’s his reasoning? Greed, plain and simple, it couldn’t be anything else. The almighty dollar has spoken and in Roger we trust.

Mark this down on your calendars folks, because you heard it here first. Years from now when Roger is the hall of fame, a reporter will ask him what his biggest regret was. He’ll tell them that he shouldn’t have taken the 28 million from the Yankees and returned to Boston.

Money Report – We ended the weekend with a great day of coin finding. Michele found 28 cents on her morning walk with Lexi. She found a quarter near Subway, 1 penny at the Depot and 2 pennies at the skateboard park.

The evening walk added another 1.02 to the hometown total. First, at the car wash, we found 70 cents (2 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel, and 5 pennies). The quarters were atop a coin slot ledge in one of the self-serve bays while the rest of the change was found in and around the vacuum island areas. At the Junior High we came up with 12 cents (2 nickels and 2 pennies) that we found in the parking lot, and then heading up Main Street we picked off another 20 cents (1 dime, 1 nickel and 5 pennies).

Over and Out~

Money Totals for 2007 – 75.86
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 398.85

Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 2,020 – 101.00
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 29,617 – 1,480.85