Buried in Dan Shaughnessy's article about the Red Sox flight over to Japan, we all learned something very important about Kyle Snyder: he knows how to work a celery suit.

It took more than an hour to load the aircraft with assorted bags, bats, balls, a car-seat for 5-month old Manny Delcarmen Jr., eight cases of Red Bull (four regular and four sugar free), and the Wally the Green Monster suit.

"We have the costume, but we don't have Wally yet," said Sox executive Meg Vaillancourt. "Any volunteers?"

"I did that once already," said Kyle Snyder. "When I pitched in Wilmington, I was Mr. Celery for one game. It was hot in there."

Now it all makes so much sense why Mr. Celery lists Kyle as his "Favorite Person in Baseball".