Red Sox Magic Number - 16

With the Red Sox victory over the Orioles last night - the magic number to clinch the AL East is now 16.

The number 16 brings to mind a number of things such as the number of Boston Celtics NBA championships, the uniform number of Bruins Derek Sanderson and Rick Middleton. It is also the uniform number of retired NFL great Joe Montana who is the player I think most resembles Patriots great Tom Brady.

Speaking of the NFL - 16 is also the number of regular season games each team plays. The regular season for the NFL started last night with the Saints getting muckled by the Colts 41-10 (missing the over by a field goal). Since last night was opening night for the NFL - I didn't see much of the Red Sox game after the 5th inning.