Decisions need to be made. Routines have to be set. Time is running out. As the Herald's John Tomase suggests, today may be the day that Red Sox make the tough call to move on from two iconic players*—Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield. No matter how this is handled, it will be traumatic. As the days pass, the likelihood of either player hooking on somewhere else fades. Thus, the inevitable "cut" by Boston looms. There is just no playing time available for Tek and Wake on the 2012 squad. Let's hope the NOG handles this with dignity and grace.* Not to be confused with Mayor Menino's reference to "ionic" players like Varitek, the player he vividly recalls "splitting the uprights" in Super Bowl XXXVI.