25 down, 8 more to go...

Take off the gloves! Take off the gloves!

The Sox beat the Orioles last night by a score of 3-1. Buchholz started for the Sox, and even though he wasn't as dominant as his previous few starts, he still held the lowly Orioles to 1 run over 6 innings. The bullpen took over from there. Coming into the night, the magic number was 11 to clinch a playoff berth. With the Sox win and the Texas loss, the magic number is down to 9. So for any of you who don't know what the magic number means, it means that any combination of Red Sox wins and Texas losses (totaling 9) will get the Red Sox in the playoffs. Giddy up.

By the way, tonight is the Mayweather-Marquez fight. I am a huge Mayweather fan and he looked ridiculous in yesterday's weigh-in. Marquez better be ready because Money May looks sharp!