"Next up on their Brandon Tierney Show, Spike Lee!"

Click.  Every time I get annoyed seeing Affleck in the stands at Fenway I should >remember this and be thankful . . .

My Yankee fan friends have been fairly under control.  Most just smile, shrug, and nod when it's suggested that they bought the championship.  Considering that none of the players raised through their system in the past 5 years really contributed at all in the playoffs, it's tough to dispute that.  There's a fascinating article by the great Joe Posnanski about the way the Yankees spend here.  His point that even though the Yankees outspend every team by around 50+ million or so every year it's just become part of the landscape is interesting, to say the least.  Also that with their advantages it's astounding that they'd gone so long without a championship. 

Again, why is Cashman revered?  I just don't get it.

Sox get Jeremy Hermida.  I'm so excited I might keel over sideways and fall asleep.  I really hope they resign Bay as opposed to Holliday, but neither one excites me in the field.  Will Theo pull off a trade and get the Padres' first baseman?  That would be nice.