Spanning the Web


Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

1191353129Leave the Wakefield shirts at home for the ALDS: Tim Wakefield won’t pitch in the ALDS. Terry Francona left him off the roster to allow time for the cortisone shot in his back to settle down. [Boston.com]

How about “none of the above”? Who is sexier: Ann Romney or Bill Clinton? Playboy readers voted Bill Clinton sexier than the former First Lady of Massachusetts. Um, duh. [Bostonist]

Breaking up is hard to do, Part II: It must have been pretty quiet on the Patriots plane after someone queued up The Recruit, an Al Pacino movie that stars Tom Brady’s ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan. Awkward. [WBZ]

Take up smoking and eat candy to save jobs: Schweitzer-Mauduit International, a manufacturer of cigarette paper and candy wrappers, will close its facilities in Lee and Lenox to save the company money. At least 170 employees will lose their jobs. [WHDH]