Following up on some recent posts,

it should be noted that after helping the boston red sox win their first title in 86 years, pedro martínez turned down a $40.5 million, three-year offer from the sox and instead signed a $53 million, four-year contract with the new york mets. martínez was 117-37 in seven years with boston.

also, a 62-year-old cobb county man was bitten by a rabid coyote sunday while walking in sope creek park near paper mill road with his dog. the man was able to grab the animal by the neck and hold it until an animal control officer arrived in response to a 911 cellphone call. the victim had already started a series of post-exposure rabies shots. signs will be posted in the park, which is part of chattahoochee river national recreation area.