Yes yes yes yes yes.
 

Oh, I want it to be close. I want the Sox to win the East, to be sure, but I want it to be close. When it comes to any truly evil sports adversary, one against which we fight - and will always fight - "the good fight," I wish not only for the Yankees to lose; I want them to lose only by the hair on their chinny chin chins (better yet, by the lack thereof).

A blowout is no so sweet as a last-minute, victory-from-defeat, character-breaking finish. That's what made the 2004 comeback so sweet to the taste, like bottled freedom. I relish the slow turning of the knife.

Let it be close. Look 'em in the eye.
 

I was there at Game 7 in 2004; am now permanently traumatized.
 

The Yankees will make it to the post season, no doubt. But it's hard to believe that with their pitching they do very well, even given the Moneyball truism that the post season is all luck. Who knows? The last few years when they had really good teams and good pitching, they fell short. Maybe since they have mediocre pitching this year, they'll do well. Stranger things have happened.

Meanwhile, it's a dark day for baseball. Barry Bonds. Yuck. How can anyone think that's a good thing?
 

Hey RB, just wondering, what is your view about players who are on the juice, such as BB and Roger? Does this call into question their talents, position in the game, etc.?
 

Hard to answer that question without incriminating Roger...but I'm not a fan of the juice. And certainly no admirer of Barry Bonds.
 

I'd say they're as primitive as any consumer of Chinese herbal medicine, what say you RB?
 

The Sox are back to six ahead as of Thursday, August 9 -- and the Yankees are about to start playing teams with real clout. They have had a very easy schedule in recent weeks.
 

Yup. This will be a bigger test.
 

And to the poster who says that consuming steroids is as "primitive" as consuming Chinese "medicine," I'd say, no, not hardly. For one thing, no steroids user is killing snow leopards and slaughtering sharks to take their potions. For another, steroids actually *work.*