This morning, despite the fact that our fifth sense (a.k.a. ESPN) told us it was already raining, we decided to check Weather.com for the daily forecast. Instead, we found a somewhat entertaining, embarrassingly outdated and completely non weather-related poll:

So who will win the 2007 World Series?

We're thinking the answer might be (e) The Sox sweep, A-Rod waits until the start of Game 4 to announce he's totally screwing the Yankees and the Rockies lose the entire thing faster than you can say "The National League sucks."

But hey, that's just a guess.

"World Series 2007 Ratings Average Second-Lowest In Televised History!" proclaims TVWeek. Which is to say the number of people across the country tuning in to see the Red Sox overtake the Colorado Rockies was the lowest of any World Series ever, with the exception of last year.

Say, anyone else see that amusing piece in The Onion thanking A-Rod for selflessly waiting until the last game of the World Series to announce that he's opted out of his contract with the Yankees, thereby saving devout baseball fans from the humdrum of another yawn-inducing October?

And here we thought that was supposed to be social satire.

Unless your name is Rudy Giuliani, you'll agree it's been a shitty week for Yankees fans. Last night, you watched (or, more likely, consciously didn't watch) the Red Sox easily overtake the Colorado Rockies in a 4-game World Series sweep. And you also may have heard the news that A-Rod has opted out of his contract with the Yanks, presumably to play for a team where the fans don't hate him despite record-breaking seasons and the newspaper don't chronicle his (allegedly) adulterous behavior. So to help ease the pain, here are pictures of baseball hottie Jacoby Ellsbury.

Sure, he plays for the other team—but there''s no harm in fantasizing about what he looks after that heinous uniform comes off, now is there? Besides, haven't you ever heard the term "sleeping with the enemy?"