alex rodriguez, super genius

"Rumors appeared after the game that left Rodriguez looking like a genius. Word was that Rodriguez apparently mouthed 'line drive, base hit' to home plate ump Tim McClelland while the Blue Jays catcher went out to the mound to meet with the pitcher Jason Frasor."

so that's why he didn't round first and head for second. it all makes sense now, self-fulfilling prophecy and all.

in other news, dumb internet. before its inception, or rather, before i was addicted to aware of it, i'd have seen a 4 1/2 game lead and thought, "so?" now it's all too easy for normally pollyanna me to feel the lure of the waves of chicken little-itis.