Liverpool announced yesterday they will play an exhibition tour of North America this summer, and one of the dates announed will be a match at Fenway on July 25th against Roma of Italy.
It will be Liverpool's first appearance in the United States since 2004.
Here's more from ESPN Boston.
The sewer that is the collectibles industry seems to be a bottomless pit, and Pete Nash at Hauls of Shame has another story about a so-called Walter Johnson-autographed ball that eBay's Fraud Team pulled off eBay because of "authenticity issues." And the seller wanted $80,000 for it. The scams never end.
And speaking of scams, it appears the Chris Carpenter the Red Sox picked up from the Cubs as compensation for Theo Epstein will have elbow surgery today. He's having a bone spur removed. Very curious...