GOOOOOOOO RED SOX!

I'm not much of a fan when it comes to professional baseball, but you can bet your ass that I'll be watching tonight's Game 7 between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Last night the Red Sox became the first team in Major League Baseball history to come back to tie a best-of-seven-games series after being down three games to none, and if the Bo Sox win tonight, well, let's just say that my faith may be on rebound where pro baseball is concerned.

Bottom line here...I'm sick and tired of the New York Yankees. They've appeared in six out of the last eight World Series, and their 2004 payroll of $184,193,950.00 is $56,895,450.00 higher than their closest rival (the Red Sox), and a whopping $156,665,450.00 more than the Milwaukee Brewers.

Tonight's other game features the National League's Houston Astros (payroll of $75,397,000.00) and St. Louis Cardinals ($83,228,333.00). I'm a bit torn on this one...I went to college in Houston, where I still have many many dear friends, but I also have good friends and work-related colleagues who live in St. Louis. Bottom line here...I can live with either the Astros or the Cards winning the National League Championship Series, and if Bo Sox beats the Yanks in the ALCS, I'll likely end up watching parts, if not all, of each of this year's World Series games. If the Yankees win, I could really care less, unless of course they go down in a ball of flames.