Politics and the Sox

In an absolutely shocking moment today, Republican candidate for president, John McCain picked up the endorsement of Nancy Reagan.

Why is this shocking?

Well. It's not. But the amount of press that this endorsement has received is quite entertaining.

Did the general public expect anything different? Was Reagan going to endorse the dreamy Barry Obama? How about the cyborg, Hillary Clinton? Ron Paul? Dr. Mark Klein?

Of course not, Nancy Reagan was going to endorse the settled Republican candidate, and that is just what she did. The coverage of this endorsement just is part of the ridiculousness that has invaded American Politics. There's a highly interesting and well fought primary going on, and there will be a well fought and entertaining general election fought, yet we focus not on issues, or differences....but a former first lady's endorsement of a candidate from her own party. SHOCKING stuff.

Sox in Japan

I will have a more fleshed out preview/thoughts on the upcoming season. What I will say for now, is that the Sox are not even close to as good as they were last year, but that may be enough to win the East, which is seeing the boogeymen of years past take a step back, with other teams making a step forward.