I’m sure you’re very conscientious, but this is just a friendly reminder to make sure the rumor lands on both McPhail and Angelos’s desk.

Nevertheless, I do recognize that other, less important things are happening in the world. For example, there was the very last time I had to watch bozo deliver the State of the Union and that’s a pretty darn happy thing. And other stuff has happened too, some mess in the Middle East and poor Africa. That continent breaks my heart. But I ask, is there really any point in listening to the news? Last week, I was all excited about the market crashing, thinking, “finally, there will be some buy opportunities.” Did it crash though? Did it even end down over the week? Why get all depressed by world events, when I have the Orioles to bring me down and beat the cheer out of me, day after bloody day?