Blameshifting?

I guess Gary Thorne didn't like the prospect of yet another losing season for the team he announces for, or perhaps his cupboard of stories was getting a bit bare, but honestly Gary? You couldn't do better than that?

To deliberately twist Doug Mirabelli's words into a "scoop" backfired a bit, and now he's there with egg on his face, trying to get out of a hole he dug when claiming that Schilling faked the blood on the famous sock in the 2004 play-offs.

Tish, tish Gary. As David Schoenfield wrote on ESPN's Page 2:

This is a more ridiculous urban myth than the stories about people waking up in bathrooms with their kidneys sliced out. Gary Thorne should be sentenced to broadcasting Orioles games for the rest of the year for further promoting this notion (oh, wait ...).

Bill Simmons also has some interesting views on the decline of the Yankees, including Torre's losing touch and the demise of the once-untouchable Mighty Mo Rivera - there's a new sherriff in town, and his name is Papelbon...

So, after a mini slump at the Blue Jays, The Sox took two against the Orioles who clearly must be suffering from vertigo in the standings - but don't worry, you'll be down in your normal seas level position soon. Then again, with the Yankees in free fall, the AL East could be (note the word could, I know this is still April!) a one horse race.

Ah, the joys of a 162 game season. All to play for still, unless you're the Devil Rays and Royals...