Okay, I promise not to turn this into a sports rant, but I’ve just watched Eric Gagne lose yet another game for the Boston Red Sox. This guy may have been a solid pitcher at one point in his career, but either his age or his head has interfered with his ability to throw the ball. Tonight, he took a one-run lead into the bottom of the 8th and quickly got two out. After that, however, he walked three (being completely unable to find the strike zone after going up 0-2 on the third batter of the inning), gave up two hits, and allowed three runs to score. Three runs after two outs and no one on. And for that, he gets paid some pretty Big Bucks.

The Yankees, meanwhile, are on a tear, having one 11 out of 15 games in September. Boston’s lead in the division is down to 2 1/2 games, with 10 games left in the season (New York has 11). At one point it was 14 games. They lead the division by 12 games at the All Star break.

Cripes, I hate sports.