okay...I'm an abysmal failure of a fan this year...haven't paid a lick of attention to anything except I was hopin' the Mariners could make the series. It has been a bit depressing for a "trying to be tried and true" Royals fan the past decade, but BASEBALL RULES!!!! Glad to see someone still discusses the sport with fervor...football sort of eclipses everything this time of year in Kansas! You guys keep commenting, I'll keep reading:-)!