Well, last night was a satisfying release; the dam hath burst and the rain shall pour forth on the parched sands . . . a team does need to whomp somebody now and then, and if it gets a win for Jay Seo and some work for Jason Middlebrook, all the better.

One thing I noticed on the radio broadcast last night: they were mentioning how Mo Vaughn just totally owns Julian Tavarez, before Mo cruched a bases-clearing double against him . . . is it just me, or are there an unusual number of pitchers Mo has unreal numbers against (David Wells being the extreme example)? Makes you wonder if his streaks and slumps are almost pre-determined: a week of famine, three days of feast.