baseball at it's FINEST!!

wow! what a night for major leage baseball!! four teams playing for the right to move on to the playoffs....two coming from out of nowhere in the last month and two trying to avoid monumental meltdowns. then you get two extra inning games, one decided in the bottom of the ninth and an early winner holding it's breath waiting for a decision in georgia. outstanding!

the best david/goliath story was tampa bay winning the american league wild card with a 41$ million total payroll by catching the $161 million chokin' dog boston red sox. 4 times the payroll and the sox go belly up with a 7-20 september. add to the mix that the rays were down 7-0 in the eighth inning and scored six against the mighty yankees in that inning, then got a pinch-hit, two out, two strikes homer in the ninth to tie the game from a guy hitting under .200 before evan longoria won it by hitting his second home run of the night to end it in the 12th inning.

in the meantime, the red sox take a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th against a baltimore team that finished the year 28 games out of first place and the red sox were 77-0 when leading after the eigth inning. 77 and ZERO. just get three outs and head to the playoffs. put your best closer in...a guy with 31 saves. first two batters strike out swinging and the celebration is set. but double, double and a missed catch 'single' and a bad throw home ends the season for the sox.

people are bitching about jose reyes' method of winning the batting title but i say they're wrong. he goes 1-1 today and then sits out the rest of the game for the fourth place mets. ryan braun needs three hits to catch him but goes 0-4. reyes wins by 5 FULL points, not .005 as some stations reported earlier. they both played all season and the numbers are what they are. braun had ample opportunity on a powerful offensive team but finished second. i think everyone knows who the better ball player is but reyes earned the title in an injury plagued season on a crappy ball club.

let's not forget the chokin' dog II atlanta braves who went 9-18 in september and lost their last 5 games to piss away an 8 1/2 game lead in just 23 days.
chipper jones this.

ozzie is gone and i think it was the right move. wouldn't have bothered me a bit if GM williams had also gotten whacked. maybe terry francona of the red sox would like to switch cities? but it looks like former sox catcher sandy alomar, jr. might have the inside track and that's also ok with me.

adam dun....a .159 average with 177 strikeouts. how's this for a paycheck....with his 66 hits, dunn mad 212,000 dollars PER HIT! that alone should have shanghied kenny williams but wait, i have a better one. every time that piece of crap hit a homer (11) he got paid one and a quarter MILLION dollars!!!!!!

quade gone?

sandberg in?

cooper got an extension as pitching coach. nice move.

greg walker resigns. smart move on his part.

first round winners? brewers, philadelphia, yankees and tampa to upset texas.

i'm tired. more soon.