Miscellaneous Thoughts

Happy belated birthday to Tim Wakefield who turned 38 yesterday... The Red Sox are currently playing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays - do you realize that if Nomar Garciappara played his career with Tampa Bay instead of Boston he would be their career leader in every statistical category?... Happy birthday to Rod Beck. Today Shooter turns 36. Is it just me or does it seem like Beck should be older than Wakefield? Must be all that clean living... OK what was the gayest band name in history? The Backstreet Boys or the Petshop Boys? I would have voted for Wham! if they kept their original name of Wham! My Ass Hurts... Good news for Harry Potter fans! JK Rowling plans to write eight books - not seven as she had previously announced. That's great JK - and now go finish the sixth book already!.. The Hardball Times has updated their Win Shares Stats (always a banner day for me when this happens)...