"In 1974, the Sox had a seven-game lead on Aug. 23, but somehow finished in third place, seven games behind Baltimore."                                    

 And 27 years later things were still pretty much the same.                                                                        

     Condolences to Raven player Torrey Smith and his family.

Smith's younger brother, Tevin Smith, died in a motorcycle accident early Sunday morning.

What a lazy, warmed over, recycled piece of garbage this column was.  Boston Globe, this is your star columnist!  No wonder why you're giving away the online paper now.

Please don't forget the prominant statue that greets fans at the North Eutaw Street Entrace to Camden Yards of a baseball player who began and ended his careeer in Boston (but for whom there is no comparable memorial in Boston) called "Babe's Dream."