Byung-Hyun Kim and Adrian Brown have been left off the Boston roster for the ALCS in favor of Jeff Suppan and Todd Jones. They must have a lot of confidence in Damon coming back to leave Brown off.

The Sox say Kim is hurt, but I wonder how much his past troubles at Yankee stadium and giving the finger to Boston fans had to do with this.

Meanwhile, the Yankees are going with 15 batters and 10 pitchers, as they drop Chris Hammond for Erick Almonte. Since they don't plan on using anyone but the starters and Rivera, this is a good move.