Here's my thing by postaldog

The Red Sox won again behind another wonderful outing by this kid Masterson. Where the heck did they find him? With a loss by the Rays at Texas, the Sox are 1 1/2 games up in the division. The Rays had an awkward game, with some uncharacteristic stumbles and bumbles in the field, that might be a sign of mental fatigue after their hot start. It will be interesting to see how Joe Maddon works on that to keep the kids on track for the season. No reason why they can't be contending for the division or wild card come September.

re: The brawl the other day -- cool bit of juxtaposition in the local fish wrapper as they put the quote from Coco about guys fighting like girls, next to an image of my boy Jonny Gomes raring back with a haymaker and his quote about how Crisp probably wasn't talking about him. heh heh

Kasey Kahne won at Pocono yesterday with the return of NASCAR to TNT. Which means the return of Kyle Petty to the booth and much fun follows. I was dying during the bit where Montoya's car is in flames, the driver climbs out and walks toward the fire guys who are kind of standing idly by as the car burns. Petty goes, "Mr. Montoya, can I have your autograph?" Laugh out loud funny, and biting at the same time as he and Wally drolly mentioned that the safety workers might want to put the flames out before the car burned to the ground.

The guys came back moments later with the company line about how everyone was doing their proper jobs with video to back it up. But I hope they don't reign these two in -- they're funny and insightful and a bit edgy, and there's nothing wrong with that. And informative as well.

The other bit that caught my eye was the new camera angle in the car, which was cool, and Kyle asking Wally if he noticed that Kyle Busch was downshifting in the corners, an unheard of stunt at large tracks like Pocono. That lead to the revelation, for me anyway, that the guys have the two ignition boxes set at different timing settings, then switch during the race to gain more torque/horses depending on tire wear and so on. Very cool, and exactly what adds something to these telecasts. Two big thumbs up for this broadcast.

And the surround is better also.

Fav golfer Morgan Pressel finished sixth in the LPGA Championship Sunday. Doomed by a first round 73, she finished four shots back and $250,000 behind in prize money. I've said this before, she needs a better caddy. She can't keep battling from behind in these tournaments. A good caddy would help her with a better game plan on the first day. It'll be interesting to see if she makes a change this year if her string of non-competitive rounds continues.