1. Miggy Cabrera - 4 batting titles in 5 years. AND he's right handed. AND he's a power hitter. We need to take some deep appreciation of watching this guy play.
2. Clayton Kershaw - 16-7, 2.13, 302 strikeouts. First time 300 has been reached since 2002(?). Likely Cy Young first place votes: zero.
3. Boston quietly did one hell of a job of dousing their tire fire. But by finishing 78-84, they moved out of the bottom 10 and thus would lose a pick on any qualifying FA they sign this winter.
4. I flat-out, in the core of my soul, hate the Co-ards. But damn do I respect them. 100 wins after all of those injuries, especially with the Pirates and Cubs sitting in your division? Damn.
5. I didn't appreciate before this weekend how good AJ Pollock is.
6. If we can get past the damnyankees, I'm much happier facing KC than I would be TOR. I think the Blue Jays are about to Hulksmash everyone on their way to the championship.
