There's nothing like timing.  Last night, I got in the car right as the Rangers got a hit, followed by another hit, followed by an intentional walk followed by a Sammy Sosa sac fly to win the game 5-4.

Then, I come to find out that the Sox had runners at second and third with one out in the top of the ninth only to have too of the kids, Richar and Owens whiff.

Then, this morning, I read that Ozzie pretty much spoke for any sane human being on the planet.  "They're killing me, they're killing my family, they're killing the fans", Ozzie said after the loss last night.  A couple of callers to Ranger Suckups post game show even pointed out how angry Ozzie looked last night.  Good.

I know what's going to happen.  Ozzie melted down a little bit last night.  Mariotti will go crazy and write some column about how Ozzie should get fired because he is unstable.  Maybe Downey or Morrissey will join in.  And then some national guy, not following the situation most of the year, will pile on.  And then the talk stations.  And this whole train about "Ozzie is crazy, he needs to be fired" will start to pull out of the station.

But Ozzie is absolutely right.  His offense sucked last night.  He's frustrated.  He doesn't go to the ballpark to lose to the Texas Rangers.  He's three games behind Kansas City (not Cleveland, Detroit or Minnesota, KANSAS CITY) in the standings.  And he knows that time after time after time this team beats itself because these guys can't execute.  And he's calling them all out to the school yard to make it clear that he's not happy about it.

I, for one, am glad that somebody has at least noticed.


Lightning Round

• John Danks gets to pitch in front of the home folks tonight as the Sox wrap up what so far is a miserable trip to Texas.
  
• Ben Sheets returns, the Brewers get a big lead, they actually hold it and return to 1½ games behind the Cubs.  Former Brewer great Cecil Cooper helps his old team out by beating the Genius and the Cardinals, so St. Louis remains 2 out and falls to third place.  The rubber game is today at Wrigley.  It's also the final game of the season between the Cubs and the Brewers.
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  The Bears wrap up the pre-season against Cleveland.  To motivate himself, Lance Briggs is going to pretend that he's his car and that Brady Quinn is a light pole.
• A survey shows most fans do not want Michael Vick to play in the NFL ever again.  Ron Artest wants to reach out to Mike Vick.  Boy, when it rains it pours, eh Mike?
• Two quarterbacks who may not play against each other Saturday:Tennessee's Eric Ainge has a broken pinky, but is scheduled to suit up and give it a shot.  California's Kyle Reed will not play, having lost out for a backup role, he's grabbed his toys and left.
  
• Nick Saban will have to go six weeks without his entire Motley crew
• The injury news just keeps getting worse for Houston Nutt.  It's just a matter of time before he's turned into pork rinds by an administration that clearly wants to move on.
• More injury news: One of Florida's most dependable starters may be lost for the year.
• Former college and pro basketball coach Dick Versace may try a run for congress.  "And if I'm elected, I will eliminate the zone defense and every person in this country will have to go man to man!"
  
• Bill Cowher will not be coaching anywhere until at least 2009,  For a guy who coached with so much enthusiasm, you wonder if he'll ever get it back.
• The theme for Sunday night football will now be performed by Faith Hill, or as NBC calls her "The anti-Hank"
  
• The Extrapolater has come up with the 2007 porn name all-stars.  This is absolutely hilarious.
• David Beckham is quickly becoming the Scott Podsednik of soccer.
  
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  A Muncie police officer is going to lose his job for joyriding around three co-eds at high speedand then cracking up his squad car.  Sheriff Taylor was not amused.
• 55 gang members face deportation after a sweep in Waukegan, IL.  Many of them are illegal immigrants.
  
• Fidel Castro thinks a Clinton-Obama ticket is a sure fire winner.  There's an endorsement most people wouldn't want.
  
• Gee whiz.  Even when one of Arthur Blank's employees does the right thing, they get fired.
  
• Today's list: Maxim's list of shows they won't watch this fall TV season.