If I ever catch up with you, I’m gonna love you for the rest of your life.  All I need is a miracle.  All I need is you.  -Mike & the Mechanics

Public Service Announcement:  Don’t look now but, here come the Red Sox!  This is the never say die Red Sox.  The never can say good-bye Red Sox.  This is the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie Red Sox.  That’s amore!  What’s not to amore?  Here is a team decimated by injuries.  A big hot messimated by injuries.  A team in real distressimated by injuries.  Here is a team who stood up.  A team that stood up against the scum, the dogs, the filth, the shit, the Yankees.  Here is a team who stood up.                    Read More »

He’s making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty and nice.  -Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Just a quick one.  A lickety-split one.  A run and stick one.  Make that a run and measuring stick one.  Last night, Javier Vazquez earned his 10th win of the season while striking out seven.  For those of you keeping score at home, that marks the 10th consecutive season in which Vazquez has had at least 10 wins and at least 150 strikeouts.  Sweet sassy molassy!  So sweet only nine other pitchers, including seven Hall-of-Famers, have done such a thing.  Here they are:

• Walter Johnson (11 straight years) HOF
• Jim Bunning (11) HOF
• Don Drysdale (10) HOF
• Gaylord Perry (10) HOF
• Don Sutton (13) HOF
• Tom Seaver (12) HOF
• Steve Carlton (18) HOF
• Roger Clemens (10)
• Mickey Lolich (11)

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!