Gee, Chris, now you won't have Gino to kick around anymore. One the nicest, most gentlemanly broadcasters this town has ever produced. The man that Chris Finn chose to rip, when he was in his seventies and just a few days before Christmas, when all of Gino's extended family was in town, so they could see Grandpa, belittled, in vain, I might add in Finn's excuse for a column. There seems to be no lengths this baseball first paper will go to attack the Patriots' family. In my many years as a Globe subscriber, I have never been so dissapointed in the Globe and Joe Sullivan for allowing an venemous and agenda driven article like the one Finn wrote to appear in the paper. Bye the way, Joe, since two Globe reporters, I was told were following up on the Brady car crash to see if he was using a charity vehicle, maybe you can tell us how many of your people are following up on David Ortiz's press conference where he stated unequivically that he would get back to the media with a followup to clear his name from the Mitchell report. I'm sure it's legions of your very best people. Very Best.

It's always been "Gil and Gino" since I was a kid and, while I know it's probably time for him to retire, I'll miss him. Congratulations on a great career, Gino. And I hope he finally gets elected to the Hall of Fame. It's LONG overdue.