The math is so easy, even Phil Rogers can figure it out. But he thinks it doesn’t matter if the Sox win the wild card or the division. He’s only right if he thinks it doesn’t matter because they’re a playoff non-factor either way. This team is dead in the water, even if it floats to the playoffs.

For one glorious day, at least, the Bears could do no wrong.

Apparently the Cubs are still playing. That’s so cute. Looks like they got to witness the Cardinals win the Central in person and will get to see the Astros win the wild card, too. What a fine season for Dusty and his boys. Way to go. You should be so proud. As for the thing with Chris Carpenter and Dusty Baker? If only they could have battled to their simultaneous deaths.

Charlie Weis says the MSU loss was his fault. It was a great game, either way. I hope he realizes this is the only season where he can lose these kinds of games and not have burning dog poo all over his front yard.

Big deal. The Knicks want Eddy Curry. They have nothing to trade for him, and no cap room to go after him in the offseason. Other than that, this is a huge story. Whatever.

Mariotti puts down the doughnut to get cautiously giddy about the Bears.

Look, I like Greg Maddux, but does anybody really care about this streak of consecutive 15-win seasons? Isn’t 15 just kind of an ambiguously important number anyway? I think the fact he’s won 28 games since coming back to play for the hapless Cubs is impressive on it’s own.

Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback.

To me, the thing that’s been the most fun about watching the Indians’ surge is that for whatever reason for about six weeks straight their games have started almost every day, before the Sox game has. So the Sox sit and watch as the Indians throw another win up day after day. In Cleveland, they’re finally getting excited about what they might actually pull off.

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