Yale philosophy major sinks O's

In truth, the O's were sunk quite a while ago but let's ignore that for now.

To sum it up: pre-season, the O's manager made the observation that the red sox take all this credit for success related to 'Moneyball' methodology but in fact spend a ton of money. This rankled the fragile sox and the O's manager was forced into a pseudo-apology. The season started and the sox fell flat on their faces; much hand-wringing took place, but they eventually righted their ship and went on a tear. Red sox nation spent July and August planning for October baseball. Then, the sox fell on their faces again, going 7-19 (so far) in September, putting them on the brink of statistically the worst falling-out-of-the-playoffs collapse in the history of a 138 year old sport.

Last night, on the shoulders of only the 3rd Yale-drafted professional player since 1965 and certainly the only Yale philosophy major to ever play professional baseball, the sox beat the O's 8-7 to stay in the playoff race. Rather than ponder his navel, rookie catcher Lavarnway hit 2 home runs and caught the swift Adam Jones stealing.

So it all comes down to tonight! (unless the sox and rays both win, in which case it all comes down to a 1-game playoff btw sox/rays). September O's' baseball: Catch the Magic!