Unbelievably, I cannot sleep. Lisa and I watched Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees retire the first 26 Red Sox batters he faced before giving up a two-strike single to that no-good Carl Everett. The home team went down to defeat — for the eighth straight game — but I am still keyed up over the history I almost saw.

Thank god that Lisa is a baseball fan (and a Yankee to boot) or I would have no one to share this with. I so yearn to see a perfect game. Ironically, David Cone, who threw the last perfect game (also for the Yankees two years ago) took a shutout into the 9th for the Sox. Huzzah! What a game!