SHERIFF SULLY RESPONDED

• I really doubt Shaughnessy was there or it would’ve been reported already.

• Henry is a strange man, but always attempts to be honest. I also love how he returns emails to the media and fans. But he’s a business man first and foremost.

• Guess I was wrong on Mazz, my bad. I can’t believe he’s 10 years older than me. He belongs somewhere better than the Herald.

• Reading between the lines, there’s no doubt Theo should be with the Dodgers within two weeks. Let’s say four years for $8-9 million.

• You know that was always my biggest issue as a reporter, the privacy. Sports isn’t nearly as bad as news. I spent almost a year as a news reporter and had some nasty arguments with my editor over what I was willing to do. From calling family members hours after someone died to having to cover a funeral of kid killed in Iraq. That one was awful, at some Funeral home in Quincy and luckily, the Globe, Herald and ProJo were there, too, and I just kind of followed the pack. Ted Kennedy was there and wow, in person, the guy is huge.

• Over my three decades on this planet, I’ve never had a sip of coffee or watched a soap opera for longer than two seconds. I plan on leaving this planet some day with both those facts in tact so the Sheriff will pass on Amanda and her panties. Wait, that didn’t sound right.

• One aspect of this that should have Sox fans nervous is what Theo did with the Minor League system. If fans can really stomach 80 wins this season and 85-88 in 2007, kind of like the Indians the last few years, Boston could have a solid core for 10 or so years. Thing is, Henry and company wouldn’t lose any money as the seats are going to sell out either way.

• Michael Holley, who I’m a fan of as a person, isn’t any great shakes on the radio. That’s the first I’ve listened to him, having caught the last 20 minutes of the Halberstam interview.

More to come. . .