You Can Take the Pitcher Out of Seoul...

...and apparently, you can take the soul out of the pitcher. What's more, you can take the pitcher out of the picture.

The Red Sox will be facing off against the New York Yankees sans Byung-Hyun Kim. The Korean submarine pitcher got beaten by the Yanks twice in the 2001 World Series as Arizona's closer, and he has been sucked dry of all confidence - by his manager, by the fans (whom he flipped off on TV), and by his own lousy pitching. If Kim could handle being a middle reliever, he'd be a good one. However, right now it's just not safe to give him the ball. So Grady made the right decision by replacing BK with Todd Jones, "a vocal leader in the bullpen" who has "experience and mental toughness."

COWBOY UP!