Monday hodgepodge

I'll be posting some of the best stuff from Red Sox playoff coverage here but I recomend going to www.bostonsportsmedia.com where you'll find just about all of it over the next couple weeks.

That said, Dan Shaughnessy looks at the season's big picture as the postseason arrives.

St. Paul's Tom Powers on the Twins heading to New York.

Whitlock hammers a few people about Jamal Lewis.

Dan LeBetard chastises the NFL for being too stringent with its rules that require uniform uniformity and not letting players were Pat Tillman's number on their helmets. I agree with his premise wholeheartedly. I do wish he'd stop the silly digs back and forth with fellow Herald columnist Greg Cote. If it works with Wilbon and Kornheiser, it barely does. It certainly doesn't work with these two.

I liked Plaschke's Dodger column.

Jerry Izenberg has fantastic touch on boxing stories.

Trade Sosa? Jay Mariotti says its time to.

More Windy City misery from Philly's Phil Sheridan.

Who thought it was a good idea to let Mitch Albom write about sex? This column feels too much like your Dad wrote it. I think Mitch can be one of the best in the business, but at times the most exasperating. When he hunts for good topics, he can be brilliant and captivating. When he writes about Paris Hilton videotaping herself, I feel like he's stealing the Detroit Free Press' money.