Boston voodoo

Red Sox fans were probably starting to erect shrines to Brian Daubach last night, as Daubach's slide into third-base in last night's game against the Yankees deflected a ball thrown by Hideki Matsui in left-field right into A-Rod's face, forcing A-Rod to leave the game. It turns out that A-Rod has 'merely' a bruised left cheekbone, and is listed as day-to-day, so the Yankee machine continues to roll on towards Opening Day.

Whilst on the subject of A-Rod, MLB.com has a Q&A session with the Yankee third baseman. Those who wish to read something into his very Yankee-like, extremely neutral and uncontroversial toeing of the party line (MLB.com: "You have said many times that you are a great fan of the game. Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" A-Rod: "I think it's a very tough decision for whomever has to make it. I think it's in the hands of the right people, so I hope they evaluate all of the facts and make the right choice for the game.") might be amused to see that his favourite (non-baseball) movie of all time is Wall Street, which, as you know, contains the following quote by Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas):

"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works."

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