Validation

A few things to discuss:

A) Validation. #8 and #9, but especially #8. Now, how about firing them?

B) Boy was I wrong about the women's final. It was like....well, a massacre. Incredibly boring to watch, and if the Federer/Nadal match goes like that I will be awfully mad.

C) Good old Kevin Millar has been informed that he's not going to be returning to the Orioles...which means I no longer like anyone on the Orioles (well...maybe Mora. But that's it). Here's what he had to say, "Yeah, the bottom line is, obviously, they want to go in a different direction. Now, what that means, I don't know. Are they going to win games this year? No. Obviously we know that going in. You've got to be realistic.

"I told Dave Trembley a month and a half ago, 'Listen, I'm 37 years old. I'm ready to make that transition and do whatever I can do to help the young guys. If that means playing against left-handers, coming off the bench, whatever.' I told him I'm ready to do whatever I need to do. They decided to go in a different direction, which is surprising to me. I'm not talking about this to sell myself. I'm low risk. I'm a one-year deal. I haven't been on the disabled list in awhile. I get along with everybody."

He is right, they won't win games, but I think that's less to do with the fact that Millar won't be there and more to do with the fact that they kinda suck. Plus they have Boston, Tampa Bay, and New York to contend with.