I was right!

I was dead on. The Red Sox win the ALCS in 7 games!!

Now they can go on to be beaten by the Rockies in the World Series. GO ROCKIES!!!

Predictions, part three

If you'll remember, I said

The Red Sox will beat the Indians but it'll take them the full seven games to do it (or at least six).

Assuming the Red Sox win tomorrow, I'll have been perfectly correct there. I'll have to admit, I'm kind of rooting for the Red Sox now. They seem to really want it bad, unlike the Indians, who seem to have fallen apart.

We'll see. Check back for news between 11pm and 12am

Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts

I'm not quite sure what to think on this episode. On the one hand, it has a powerful message: if we had the power of telepathy, we wouldn't so much like the world we're living in. Everyone always says, oh, I wish I had the power to read people's thoughts--Torchwood takes it a step forward and really examines it, says, what if this wasn't such a good thing? It's just like with the episode "Small Worlds"-- what if fairies weren't happy and dancing and cute? On the other hand, I think it was pulled off a bit awkwardly. It was clunky. They were trying too hard with the sexual bit again, with Gwen and Owen. Talking about things I don't want to know, and the audience probably doesn't either.

I do love Jack more and more each episode. He's so much darker, but he's fiercer, too--he protects his friends at all costs, he's there to pick them up after they fall, and he's there to give them tough love rather than platitudes. It's like he's trying to make them better people. I'm hoping he'll give Gwen and Owen the same serious, deep treatment he's already given Tosh and Ianto. In some way he's been giving it to Gwen since the first episode, like when he made her say the words, "Brought a person back to life." But Owen certainly needs...something. I do like him and Gwen, but he's rather a git. And Gwen and the affair...I don't know what to think of that. It's kind of like how I'm totally cool with the Rose/Jack/Nine threesome thing. I don't mind it and I feel like I should.

Maybe that's the point. We are supposed like Gwen, she's our link into the world of Torchwood (sometimes to a fault when the writers try too hard, ie the end of Countrycide). And she is pretty likeable. And then she goes and has this affair, but it's after she's been severely traumatized, when she can't talk about it with her boyfriend. Maybe she could just go...you know...TALK to Owen or Jack, but I think she needed to feel that human connection. She needed to be grounded, and Owen was the only one who could do that for her. It's a situation most of us will never, ever be in--she's not having an affair because she's bored, because Owen was more interesting than Rhys. She's having an affair because she's been deeply affected by this new, terrifying world that she can't talk about--although how long the affair lasts vs. how long she needs that connection is the difference between a normal affair and what she originally needed. She asks herself in the episode, is it a thing when you do it two times? Probably.

We'll see how this progresses. I read somewhere she tells Rhys and then retcons him, so she will feel guilty in the future. I don't know. I feel like I should dislike her for doing this, but another part of me wonders what I'd do in her situation.

Also, I've never even had one guy, much less two at the same time. So...

Dumbledore is gay!!

I think that is the most fantastic thing JK Rowling has ever done, outing Dumbledore. Yes, some people will totally go OMG!! HATE MORE!! but at least one gay kid or adult is going to go hey, Dumbledore is like me. And it's okay. And that's worth it.

So go JK Rowling. And go Dumbledore!!

Joe Torre

Go to the Yankees website today, and check out the top SEVEN articles--Joe Torre's time with the Yankees is over, just like George Steinbrenner promised it would be.

Being a New Yorker, though a firm Mets fan, this leaves me feeling very sad. Joe Torre was the Yankees. He was the manager for 12 years. He was a part of New York culture. Fred Claire says that

Torre decided to walk away from a job he loved. He decided to say goodbye to a city that loved him in return.

We really did love him. Even Mets fans didn't mind him so much (or at least, I didn't). The only thing that might bother his fans is the fact that he was offered a one-year contract, though with a salary cut of 2.5 million. If the Yankees made it to the post season (as they have for the past 12 years), he would've made 1 million for each round, and gotten 8 million for 2009 if the Yankees made it to the World Series. But Mike Bauman says it best.

His record deserved more than the 2 1/2 weeks of uncertainty regarding Torre's job status that followed the end of this regular season. Up or down, in or out, a simple "yes" or "no" shortly after the end of the season was in order.

More than that, Torre has persistently conducted himself with the dignity and class that the Yankees believe epitomizes their organization.

They didn't treat him right at the end of this year--and they gave him a stipulation that no other manager in baseball has (as far as I know). That isn't fair to Joe Torre.

So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a 12-year legacy. Joe Torre, you will be missed.

And if the Yankees don't even make it to the post-season next year, I hope the world gives George Steinbrenner a huge "I told you so."

Of course

Of course the Yankees haven't decided whether or not to fire Joe Torre. On the one hand, the owner made a really clear statement and the Yankees haven't made it past the first playoff game in the past three years. On the other hand, it's Joe Torre and you have a lot of people who are saying they'll only stay if Joe stays. Still, two days in? You gotta give us a hint, here.

Also, it seems like my second prediction may be off as well. Indians are up 3-1, and I have to say, I'd like a Rockies-Indians World Series. Maybe it's because I just saw Major League and I'm feeling particularly fond of the Indians. Or maybe it's because they play "Cleveland Rocks!" every time the Indians do something good and it amuses me.

Not that I don't still want the Rockies to win. Go Colorado!!

That's one prediction off

Congratulations to the Rockies for winning the NLCS. Now go on and win the World Series!!!!!