Contemplating Thoughts of Mortality

Heading down to our nation's capital with a four-game lead courtesy of lights-out pitching by Revolver Beckett Saturday night and Sunday's walk-off by Nick Green.

Maybe the latter will shut up Suzy Waldmann -- a certain Connecticut broadcaster, too, who sarcastically referred to our shortstop as "The Immortal" Nick Green in a recent telecast.

"The Immortal."
I like that. A better nickname than, say, "Greenie," performance enhancers of choice back in the now seemingly innocent 70s and 80s
And I like how, on the same afternoon, the Immortal hit a walk-off home run and Derek Jeter grounded out to end a game.
That's OK, though. Maybe the Yankees will still get that Sunday win courtesy of their protest.

Other than that, brethren, the necessary and the obvious has finally taken place. After Friday's disaster, management knew it had to do what we knew had to be done all along: Get Dice out of the way.
Dice: Whose 18-3 record of 2008 must go down as the eighth wonder of the world.

Perhaps he can be reclaimed. Let's hope so. $100-million-plus is an awful lot to eat, even when you're selling out 500-plus times in a row.
For now, however, we've got too many options (Smoltz, Masterson, Buchholz) to continue wasting a start.

Actually, we could say Dice's starts have also been Masterson's, seeing how Masterson usually enters the game in the fourth or fifth inning.

Looking for another strong start tonight by Penny. You've got to like a guy who takes a line drive off the chest and doesn't flinch.
How durable, how immortal.