What does a 2-0 lead in the World Series mean?

This series is over.

Matt Cain's dominant pitching performance in Game 2 for San Fran, and Cliff Lee's rare appearance as a human for the Rangers in Game 1 has given the Giants a 2-0 lead and it's hard to come back from that.

The last seven teams with a 2-0 lead in the World Series have won it, and 13 of the last 14 teams with the 2-0 lead have also won rings.

It's not like San Fran is squeaking by. Their pitching looks better, they're hitting looks better. They just look utterly dominant while the Texas Rangers haven't gotten off the bus.

Unless somebody runs out  there with a bloody with a blood sock or Dave Roberts materializes on the Rangers' roster, I'm gonna say it's over.

Football fans... you apparently like baseball

I wouldn't normally talk about TV ratings, but I've heard meathead football fan say that baseball sucks and that the World Series doesn't matter so many times in the past seven days that I'm just about to ask them to recite the depth chart of their favorite team and watch their head implode after the name the quarterback and can't think of anyone else.

So meat head football fans, here are the ratings of last night's World Series game between the Yankees and Phillies.

The World Series brought a big audience to FOX Wednesday night -- no surprise for a matchup of teams from two of the 10 biggest TV markets in the country.

Game 1 of the Philadelphia Phillies-New York Yankees series drew 17.8 million viewers and a 10.9 rating/17 share in households for FOX.

Meanwhile, they're sending free Rams jerseys to anyone that watches St. Louis games. Apparently they've sent thirty out already.

Things that bug me about Seattle sports fans...

1. Winning is not life or death - There's a general "gee whiz, we're glad to be here" feeling from Seattle fans with their major professional teams (Mariners, Seahawks, Sonics... oh, oh wait). In Boston or New York, any sign of weakness is treated with a general outcry and an increase in the suicide rate. Seattle fans are just happy to have teams and talk about things like "how much they just love coming out to the ballpark" and "it's just great to root on the team."

In other words, it's a cheap owner's dream.

2. Fans are not critical of their teams - Now granted fans of Boston and New York can go way overboard with this, and I would dare say that the intense media pressure put on the Red Sox went a long way in the so-called curse. But in Seattle you can't say anything negative about the hometown teams unless they're in last place of their division. Take the Griffey signing... it hasn't exactly panned out, but you wont hear a peep about it. Now if you switch the tables and look at David Ortiz in Boston and fans are wondering when they're going to move him down in the lineup or out of it altogether. Nothing personal, Ortiz did a lot for the Red Sox, but you can't have the third batter in the lineup be hitting .220 with no home runs.

3. Fans expect bad things to happen, but dont complain about them - Fans knew the 2001 Seattle Mariners weren't winning the World Series. They won 116 games and yet everyone was reserved to the fact that they wouldn't make it through the post-season. And it wasn't as if they were dreading it either, they were just grateful the team had won 116 games. That's great loyalty, but what does it say for your franchise when a team finishes a season with the most wins in the history of baseball and their fans still can't get excited for the postseason?

And it's different from Boston pre-2004 - when fans sat shell-shocked in Fenway Park, expecting the world to come crashing down. It weighed above them emotionally.

Meanwhile in Seattle, everyone just shrugged their shoulders and went hiking.

So what bugs you about Seattle fans?

Epic Photo: 3-D.....ave Bush

Meet Dave Bush of somebody's Milwaukee Brewers. This is a picture of him in action yesterday when he took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the reigning World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. Even though Bush lost the no-hitter and the shutout on a Matt Stairs solo home run, the Brewers still won the game 6-1.

What would give GMs an instant heart attack

Strangely, Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge suffered a minor heart attack the same day that it was announced that Kevin Garnett will not be playing for the Celts in the postseason.

Coincidence? Yeah probably.

However, it does bring up an interesting question, what sports disaster would be big enough to cause a GM to have a heart attack?

1. "Congrats! Isiah Thomas is now the coach of your basketball team. (Sorry Florida International)"

2. "Stephon Marbury will be playing for your already cohesive team despite his prior track record of being a selfish ball-hog. (Wait, this already happen to Ainge)"

3. "The team has been sold to George Steinbrenner and he's decided to keep you on as GM. But if you don't win a World Series, he's killing you and your family."

4. "Guess what? We're moving the team to Salt Lake City!"

5. "We actually traded your draft picks for the rights to a Broadway Musical. Something called "Disney's High School Musical."

6. "Hope you like Latrell Spreewell"

7. "Well, I was kind of hoping to cut payroll below what he Kansas City Royals are spending on their team."

8. "Hmmm, well lets just say last night was bad. It involved a mirror, A-Rod, some questionably attractive Canadian Mounties and a lightbulb. Have fun with that in the media."

9. "So what's it like being the GM of the Oakland Raiders?"

10. "Meet our new PR guy, Jose Conseco!"