Steve from Wasting Away In Wrigleyville comes up with a list of things lower than Houston's Brian Moehler's ERA, which checks in at a pretty 37.8 at the moment:

- Number of plays William Shakespeare wrote (37)

- Perfect score on ACT (36)

- Millimeters of film (35)

- Dave Matthews Band Song (#34)

- Jesus’ Age (33)

- Pages of an average comic book (32)

- Flavors of Baskin Robbins (31)

- Pornography slang (XXX)

- Most possible days February can have (29)

- Days Later (28)

- A smooth blend of tobacco (Marlboro Blend No. 27)

- Letters in the alphabet (26)

- Random things no one cared about you on Facebook (25)

- Keifer Sutherland comeback vehicle (24)

- Flavors in Dr. Pepper (23)

- Catches (22)

Read the rest yourself over at WAAW.

ESPN has collected 5 web gems from yesterday's games. Fortunately, unlike video clips from MLB.com, ESPN's videos can be embedded (Hint taken MLB?). So enjoy!

Joel Sherman of the New York Post post another review of the new Yankee Stadium on Foxsport. It's quite different than the other reviews out there, that's for sure.

It just feels like the wrong time in the history of this country and this city to be opening up the George Mahal. ... They will tell you they built this stadium for the everyman, stressing what they consider still affordable pricing and amenities. But this stadium, in actuality, was built for a moneyed class that in many respects does not even exist in this city any longer. ... Those $2,625-per-game Legends tickets behind home plate are selling slowly, and that certainly is because there is a whole class of banking/Wall Street/real estate moguls who would have scooped them up, but has gone the way of flannel uniforms. But also because those seats not long ago would have screamed status, and now speak only to greed. The working world will not look onto those sitting there with envy. They will wish that those seats came with a dunk tank, not waiter service.

The Yanks also want to make you believe that the history and romance could be easily shipped from the old place to the new one simply by recreating dimensions, reconstructing the facade or replanting Monument Park. However, the new Stadium didn't make me think of the place just across the street. It made me think about Vegas or Disney World, since it made me think of a fake place designed to manipulate my emotions and get into my wallet.

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For me, class is out. In truth, sadly, the Yanks have conjured up a building that defines them: cold, corporate, over-privileged. ...

For example, Yankee executives see it as a positive that the players now have underground parking rather than in the old place, where they had to walk 50 feet outdoors from the parking lot to the Stadium. In those 50 feet, fans held back by barricades could scream to their favorite players and — if one of those players indulged — get an autograph or two.

MVP Dustin Pedroia starts the season with a home run right into the monster seats. Probably an easy fly out in every other park, but that little guy sure is something.

Rays pitcher James Shields goes on to load the bases, but pops up Mike Lowell to end the threat. This could be a good one.

Update: Beckett cruises and Shields has a 1-2-3 inning, too.

Update: And the easy living for Beckett ends quickly. He loads the bases with one out.

Update: The Rays tie the score on a sac fly, but do not get more.

Update: The tie did not last long. Shields gives up three more runs in the bottom of the third before he finally gets out of the inning.

Update: Shields finally retires Dustin Pedroia who homered and walked for the second out of the fourth.

Update: The game gets interesting again after the first two Rays in the sixth reach base against Beckett. Longoria is up.

Update: Becket gets out of it without allowing a runner to score. He looks pretty good today with his fastball constantly at 95mph, good break on his offspeed stuff and good control most of the time.

Update: Catcher Jason Varitek hits a home runs just inside Pesky Pole and that chases James Shield. 5-1 Red Sox

Update: Beckett leaves after 7 innings, striking out 10 while walking just 3 and allowing only 2 hits.

Update: The Boston bullpen does not look too good early. Okajima walked and hit a batter and both score after a double steal and a single by Longoria of Masterson.

Update: Carlos Pena strikes out for the forth time for the golden sombrero. Two outs in the eight.

Update: Masterson gets out of it. Papelbon will try to close it out it the ninth.

Update: Papelbon finishes the game 1-2-3, although I say strike three on the last batter was outside. In any way, the Red Sox win 5-3 and are already one game ahead of the Yankees and Rays. :)

While the Mets' spending on bullpen arms paid dividends yesterday when Green, Putz and K-Rod preserved a 2-1 lead after ace Johan Santana had left the game, the Royals Kyle Farnsworth wasted an excellent outing by starter Gil Meche, who went 7 innings, striking out six and walking none while giving up only one run. Farnsworth allowed four hits in his inning of work, including a three-run-bomb by Jim Thome.

The Royals inexcusably gave Farnsworth, who owns a 4.47 career ERA, $9.25 millions for two years this winter when other - better - reliefers signed for a lot less. I'm sure they will have plenty opportunities this season to regret that foolish decision.