Houston got the win in St. Louis that they needed, and the White Sox are going to need to win a game in Anaheim.
The Astros pitching staff does look built for the post-season, no? Depth is something you need to get you through the six months of daily combat, but it's not nearly as big a factor in the post-season. Oswalt, Pettite, Clemens, Wheeler, Lidge - do any of the other teams have a better looking top three starters, closer and set-up guy?
Sam Perlozzo gets the Baltimore job that local observers (apparently Peter Angelos among them) thought he should have had two years ago, before Jim Beattie became enamoured of Lee Mazzilli (something about a really good interview.)
Tom Gordon says he'd like to be a closer again, and I suppose he'd make a good fit for some team that is in no danger of actually playing meaningful October games.
Rocco Baldelii is arbitration eligible, and the Devil Rays are talking about signing him to a long-term deal. Does this make a lot of sense?
The Red Sox have another free agent - a guy named Theo Epstein. Stay tuned.
One game tonight: the White Sox pull an 18 game winner out of a hat somewhere, and give him his first start of the post-season.
Chicago (Garland) at Los Angeles (Lackey) 8:05
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