As Manny Ramirez sprinted in to join the pile of Red Sox stomping on the curse, I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of playoff share The Idiots were going to vote me. A fourth? An eighth? Surely, I derserve at least an eighth of a share. Sure, I didn’t hit any dramatic home runs ala David Ortiz or throw any pitches on a bloody ankle ala Curt Schilling or even attend a single game for that matter. Details, details…Eighty six years of inexplicable misery have been erased! This is no time for logic. So back to my ... full post »

Watching the Red Sox-Yankees now is like watching Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson back in the day. You know back when Tiger was still dominant and Phil still couldn’t win a major. The Yankees are the old Tiger, so cold-blooded, calculating and professionally ruthless. The Red Sox are the old Phil, much easier to root for then the machine, always doomed to lose in the end. It’s too bad for Red Sox Nation that there’s no scorching Swedish nanny or glory-hound coach to throw in the Yankees path. Who on the Yanks would fall for the nanny? Derek Jeter’s ... full post »