Thirteen

That's now the not-so-magic number for the Yankees in both the AL East and the Wild Card.

A question for my Boston readers: Is Alan Embree still playing for the Red Sox, despite the appearance of pinstripes on his home uniform?

A message to Joe Torre: With a left handed batter at the plate, a mediocre left handed pitcher is not a better option than a superior right hander.

A quick trip around the majors with two weeks left to play:

The Red Sox finally have to play some games away from the happy confines of Fenway Park this week.

In the AL Central, the White Sox are staring in the face of the worse collapse in decades*. Will they be able to stop the Native Americans? As a Yankee fan, you almost have to hope that one team sweeps the other.

In the AL West, Oakland finished a tough road trip and is still in the thick of it, two games behind the LAAofAs.

In the National League...who cares? Okay, just this: How can San Francisco be in second place? And will anyone outside of Baghdad by the Bay even notice when Bonds passes Ruth's HR total for second all-time?

*UPDATE: My bad...worst collapse ever.