In honor of Bob Stanley...

... the "Steamer" being possibly my LEAST favorite Red Sox of all time...

All is forgiven.

The Magic Number is now your number...

46!

How am I doing on my vow?

Back in May, I vowed to write at least one entry about each team, to prevent this from being just another blog by a Red Sox fan bitching and moaning about the Sox and Yankees.

Let's see how I've been doing.

Of course I've talked about the Red Sox and Yankees to death.

I've also written a lot about the Giants, especially warning them not to become the Orioles.

I've asked the Orioles to go back to their smiling bird caps.

I've "celebrated" the greatest moments in Devil Rays history.

I've questioned if the A's actually play in a major league city.

I urged the Astros to cut bait with Brad Lidge.

I begged the Reds to deal Ken Griffey Jr.

Neither team listened to me.

I praised the fans of the Mariners for welcoming home Ken Griffey Jr.

I praised the Padres for picking up punching bag Michael Barrett.

I was confused and in awe of the Diamondbacks rebuilding process.

I was stunned that the Nationals didn't realize they needed to rebuild.

I encouraged the Pirates to go all in and then was confused that they waited until August to make their move.

And I went back to wonder what would have happened if the 1996 Rangers had a decent bullpen.

14 teams down... 16 to go.
Man, I thought I was more than half way through this.
And I haven't even TOUCHED the AL Central!

Better get writing.
I may want to get that Kansas City Royals entry out of the way NOW!

In honor of Bruce Hurst...

the man who WOULD have won the 1986 World Series MVP...

THE MAGIC NUMBER IS BRUCE HURST'S OLD NUMBER
47!

Sign Bobby Doerr!

Come on! At least as a coach! Johnny Pesky got a ring in 2004... why not put Doerr in uniform this year?

And Rice, Yaz, Tiant and Fisk while we're at it!

And thaw out Ted's head!

Why not?

I am feeling more and more confident this year.
If Doug Mirabelli can make up for a baserunning blunder with a home run and a game winning single, then good things are happening.

If the Yankees can continue to win 2 out of every 3 and yet DROP in the standings every week... then things are looking up.

So come on! Put Bobby in a uniform!
How could he be a bigger waste than Willy Mo Pena?

Ass waxing on Vice TV

NUMBERS

Well Hideki Okajima's ERA soared to above 1.00.

Maybe it's a good thing we got Gagne.
There's one number that got smaller...

MAGIC NUMBER IS 49!

Theo Epstein has outdone himself!

Not only did he steal Eric Gagne so the Yankees couldn't get him...

But now he evidently acquired Kevin Garnett!

He's a boy genius!!!!