This is just as good as the one about tossed salad

My AM/FM alarm clock is more or less stuck on ESPN talk radio. So, every morning, I wake up to two guys talking about the Yankees, or, today, the Giants, or, one time, parents who are too competitive about Little League.

I have no special interest in these topics, and most of this information serves the purpose of simply being noisy and waking me up. However, it seems to take awhile for my brain to register ESPN talk radio as a wake-up signal, so I think I probably listen to it for several minutes before getting up to hit the snooze button.

Thus, I suspect that a great deal of ESPN talk radio is being poured directly into my subconscious. This morning I learned that two Mariano Rivera's wife's relatives were electrocuted at Rivera's home in Panama while cleaning the pool. This is tragic, but it also makes me wonder why Rivera couldn't hire someone to clean the pool. He is, of course, very wealthy (and more so in Panama, given the exchange rate). What, does he tell his wife "Okay, honey, I'm the famous baseball player, so you'd better get this pool cleaned right now. Do you have any more relatives? Get them to make me a margarita."

Inappropriate electrocution humor aside, a few days ago (re: Yankees vs. Twins), I woke up to one of the ESPN announcers saying:

Momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher!

This is going to be my new all-purpose phrase. I'm going to say it at every possible opportunity. Every time someone thinks they're doing a nice job at something... momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher!