Sox Offer Smoltz Golden Parachute

Things haven't worked out quite the way the Red Sox planned for future Hall of Famer John Smoltz. Coming off major surgery, Smoltz was supposed to be the veteran force who would be leading the Sox into October. Eight starts later he has an 8+ ERA, and has been shelled several times, most recently by the Yankees. Call of the Green Monster has learned that early this morning, Smoltz was flown to Boston in John Henry's private jet for a...