if Minny can pull together a 32 and 8 stretch... i certainly can hope for the sans-pluto cosmic alignment that allows a 23 and 6 run. may it begin tonight. all i thought about today was signing maddux. coletti has big brass ones. to make the moves he did in last fudgin place. this team needs a "reggie-white-deciding-to-play-in-green-bay-because-god-spoke-to-him" type of waiver wire pick-up / minor league call-up to make this a special team. the current recipe is too bland. nobody goes out to a three star restaurant and orders the tuna casserole. i mean, i like tuna casserole, but it's not going to win anything. not even this wildcard which when push comes to shove is going to stoke some marginal fire in some marginal club. the sandlot marlins have that fire and nothing to lose. rickie. the lynchpin loss. the line-up would be so dynamic with rickie. prince would still be having fun and elevating his game competing with his friend. all those times where rickie and prince seem to homer in the same game aren't so coincidental. maybe i'm making stuff up. trade for maddux, let bush stabilize in the pen. no, it's over. we're out of gas. tired, watered down and non-threatening, fish in a barrel. the first genuine - wait until next year -moment, but september last year felt like this too. draft well z, spend some money, do your investment banker thing mark... talk to bobby & go to mexico ned, experience a personal tragedy that gives you an edgy personality, make the ligaments heal rog, find another team besides texas to trade with doug... take ownership of the team robin, come on up frank k. wait. wait.. edit: i guess i need a fact checker, and another round