Posted by Timm Davis on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 12:20 pm

…Weather could play a role in the 2008 World Series. According to Mike Fitzpatrick of the Associated Press, there is a 70% chance of rain on Saturday in Philly. If Game 3 does get rained out it’ll be pushed back to Sunday and they would lose the scheduled off day between games 5 and 6 if they’re necessary. [Yahoo]

…Luis Alicea is the odd man out on the Boston Red Sox coaching staff. He was informed that he will not be returning to the BoSox as a member of the coaching staff in 2009. The rest of the coaching staff will return for manager Terry Francona. [Yahoo]

…The St. Pete police department ejected 41 and arrested 8 last night during Game 1 of the World Series. Two men were being held in temporary cells at the Trop last night as the game let out. One appeared to be a Rays fan, the other a Phillys fan. [The Heater]

…Once again it seems that Curt Schilling couldn’t keep his mouth shut, as he lashes out at Manny Ramirez on his blog 38 pitches. The only thing is, shortly after it was post it was taken down, but Evan of “Fire Brand Of the American League” was able to preserve some of the juicy tid bits of Schilling’s latest rambling. [Fire Brand]

Here’s a little bit from Schilling.

No, by saying PLAY I mean exactly that. The issue got to the point where everyone finally took him at his word, there was no choice. A guy refusing to get on a team plane, having to be literally coaxed on, by people with pride and people that love the game, because meeting the obligations of a 20 million dollar contract were not even close to enough to get him going???? If he did not get traded he was going to need “time off” to rest his injured knee, and it got to the point where he made it clear time off could mean the rest of the season.

…Dan Bickley of the Arizona Republic is reporting that outfielder Luis Gonzalez would like to end his career with the Diamondbacks and that money isn’t a concern. [AZ Central]

Here’s Gonzo on the possibility of returning to the DBacks.

“This is an organization that has been good to me, and I’d love to finish my career here,” Gonzalez said.

…San Diego Padres rookie right hander Josh Geer has been diagnosed with a frayed ulner collateral ligament that could require Tommy John surgery which would shut him down for the entire 2009 season. [MLB]

Quoth Kevin Towers:

“It doesn’t look real good,” Towers said. “There’s some fraying there, though it might have already been there. We’re going to shut him down for two or three weeks before getting him on a mound to throw again. If it’s fine, he’ll go to Spring Training.

“If it’s not, then we might be looking at Tommy John [ligament-replacement surgery].”

…Current Cubs broadcaster and former Diamondbacks Manager Bob Brenly is most likely the final candidate to interview for the open managerial spot in Milwaukee according to General Manager Doug Melvin. They’ve already interviewed former A’s manager Ken Macha and former Mets manager Willie Randolph. [MLB]

“I have some other names of people I probably won’t interview, because they have resumes and they have backgrounds,” Melvin said. “I’m not going to interview them if I don’t think they fit the criteria of what we’re looking for.”