Random political crap:

Sadly, da Coach isn't gonna run. Not totally surprised, as most of this was all media hype anyway...but it sure would have made for an interesting race.

So does this open the door for my guy John Borling? Borling was the guy I backed most of the way through the primaries. He was horribly underfunded and his campaign was being run by maverick jackass Rod McCullough--whose only redeeming quality was that he was the first guy to get a hold of the Jack! divorce papers.

Borling is sort of a poor man's McCain-socially moderate and fiscally conservative, tough on defense and has an unbelievable grasp of foreign policy. He's pro-choice, which turns a lot of the far right off, but helps him with the female vote. In fact, Kris the Democrat said he was her favorite candidate on both sides during the primaries. So we'll see.

Alert reader Southside Mike sends us a couple tidbits:

Does Mrs. Lurch have something to hide?

And you all know I love to bitch about Bush spending money like a drunken sailor...but it looks like Kerry's plans don't make much sense either.

Sox start the second half in O-town tonight. I can't remember the last time we won a game there. They're facing Billy Beane wunderkind Rich Harden tonight, who's not quite the stud he was last year, but there's just something about that big green coliseum that brings out the worst in us.

On the upside though, here's some numbers that give credence to my "Jon Garland's Gonna Be One Helluva Ballplayer Someday" theory:

Batting averages against:

Shingo: .160
Marte: .183
Garcia: .240
Cotts: .241
Politte: .244
Garland: .255
Schoenweis: .276
Loiaza: .283
Jackson: .283
Buerhle: .285
Adkins: .294

WHIP (walks+hits/innings pitched):

Shingo: .081
Marte: .097
Garcia: 1.18
Garland: 1.30
Buerhle: 1.32
Jackson: 1.38
Politte: 1.40
Loaiza: 1.41
Cotts: 1.45
Schoenweis: 1.48
Adkins: 1.63