Close finish

Hi folks, Jax here, just chillin' today.

Watching the Angels slug it out in 12 innings Sunday night was worth it, and I'm glad they came through to silence Fenway Park. Turning Jared Weaver into a closer was a stroke of genius, Mike Scioscia (right-credit mlb.com). Occasionally, Angels Manager Scioscia takes off his cap in the dugout and you can see he's losing his hair. I would too if I had the best players in baseball and they're getting waxed by the Red Sox (with an injured ace).

Which brings us to our loyalties. So, the Giants are done for the year, and some fans here want to root for the National League West team still in it. OK, that means the Dodgers, which doesn't, um, exactly sit well with Giants fans who are used to chanting "Beat L.A." at the mere sight of a Dodgers cap in the ballpark.

KNBR-AM 680 host extraordinaire Gary Radnich went so far as to say he was rooting for the Dodgers(!) in their series against the Cubs, in part to show that the NL West was stronger than everyone had thought. Radnich's phone lines lit up like a slot machine at Harrah's. "How could you?" they asked ...

If it's a Dodgers/Red Sox World Series, that would be a helluva series and it would be funny since so many "experts" wrote off the NL West for months. That doesn't mean I'm worshipping Vin Scully and wearing Dodger Blue or anything.

We have Game 4 of Angels vs. Red Sox tonight, and White Sox vs. Rays has already started in Chicago. The Phillies and Dodgers play Thursday for the National League Pennant. Go Phillies.

Speaking of Phillies, Stephen and I were cleaning up the yard Sunday when I showed him where I've been crapping for the last few weeks, over on the far end of our property. There were 20 or so presents for him there, and he saw them and patted me on the neck. You're ... welcome? I think he was just happy they were all in one place so he could dispose of them. Or something. I don't get it.

All I know is that I'm never going potty in the fenced-in area by my doghouse. That's just gross.

Live it up,

Jax