I haven't said much on the Boston-NY series because I am nearly ill with heart and stomach trouble from watching these games. Every day is a thrill or a torture. And so it comes down to Game 7 tonight in the Bronx, as it had to. Pedro versus Roger, as it had to.

Even the colleges are affected by the baseball buzz. The last several days, most of the profs disappear by 330pm, heading home for the 4pm games, while those of us evening toilers have to get by with computer/web updates and quizzing passing students with Boston hats, "hey, what's the score?"

8:18 tonight. Oh my. May have to double up on the bp medicine.