Amen for a day off.

Just a quick little note to keep things relatively regular. I've begun drafting a series of articles for the next few weeks, which should be pretty good reads. They're quite varied but that's how I do.

I had the day off today, which was good. Just kicked it with Jen, watched some tube and hit the mall. Picked up a copy of Forbes' '400 Richest People in America' which should make for a good read. I also somehow received a copy of a Video Game magazine that I thought should have stopped arriving in September, but I'm not complaining.

Good to see Vlady Guerrero win the AL MVP award today. The man's a damn natural. It's just too bad he had to leave the Expos to 1) gain exposure and 2) be on a talented enough team to contend for a playoff spot, which in turn allowed his consistent ridiculous offense numbers to matter. As for the NL, Barry won it again with Pujols finishing third in voting. Bonds had a monumental season so it was with little surprise that it his to lose. Adrian Beltre finished second in voting and although he also had a monstrous season, after all I've read about him, I'm still not sold on him. I'd like to see another season of similar caliber. Not that it will matter much though: he's a free agent, good timing on his part, so he's very likely going to receive a massive contract. It's too bad teams couldn't enact an "Mulligan" or "fluke" clause when they sign a player based on an anomalous year (See: Esteban Loazia), in respect to the rest of his career. But that's all part of the game, heck that's how BillyBeane makes a living (reading into a player's peripheral numbers and seeing something other teams do not), so it'll never happen.

And there endeth the first of what will be regular baseball rants. I'm gunna go leaf through those mags. Until next time...