Back to reality

Believe it or not, I hadn't looked at anything baseball related since Thursday evening. I pretty much shut down once I saw Derek Lowe's box score versus the Mets and we were throwing David's birthday party yesterday (on Friday) and we had relatives coming in town Friday night.

So this afternoon, I finally sneaked a peek at the website and saw that the Shorts' slide had continued...now tied for 3rd with the defending champion, Lou Evil Sluggers (Erik, is there something I can link to?) and only half a point ahead of the surging Prowlers.

Then I looked at news for my players and I see that Takashi Saito's shoulder is bothering him again, that Dmitri Young's heel is flaring up and that Dontrelle Willis' pitching coach is looking at old tapes from 2003 to figure out why he's been so bad. I knew this was inevitable; that the Shorts' run had been too hot for too long and now it's time to see how far we fall before bottoming out...

By the way, congrats to Albert's daughter, Amanda, who finished 2nd today in her first competition (figure skating) at a higher level...I don't quite understand figure skating but Albert can tell you more than you (or he) would ever want to know.