It won't be the end of the world if the Red Sox game is rained out tonight. We can bask in the warm glow of Thursday night's victory over the Yankees for one more day. Just in case NESN doesn't air excerpts from Remdawg Unleashed during the potential rain delay, here is some vital reading material:

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The New York Times reports on Pedro Martinez and his passion for petunias and daffodils:

"For two hours on the days Pedro is scheduled to pitch at Shea Stadium, he is alone with his pale yellow daffodils, his purple petunias, his cotton-candy-colored hyacinths...He is planting. He is pruning. He is talking to his tulips. "What about you, beauty?" he will ask in language rarely, if ever, heard on a baseball field. "Aren't you going to grow up to be so pretty?"

I never would have pegged Pedro for the "talking to tulips" type. (Hat tip to Tim for the link.)

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The USS Mariner pointed out this page of Northern League Transactions. Scroll down to May 1 where you will notice that there was a player transaction involving a pallet of beer:

"Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer."

If Nigel Thatch ever makes it to the Major Leagues, he will be the subject of a great Aflac Trivia question: "What Major League pitcher was once traded for a pallet of Budweiser?"

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The Onion reports on a "breakthrough study" by Louisiana State University researchers which concluded that "Alligators are Dangerous No Matter How Drunk You Are". You never know when you might need this information.

(Thanks for the link Boston Dan. You are keeping us all safe.)

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