My wife tells me that I haven't been in the greatest of moods lately. Odd, I hadn't noticed.

"I'm tired," I told her, which in retrospect was the wrong thing to say, since she lies awake nightly feeding and changing the new one.

I tried a different approach..."Maybe the stress of building a house is finally getting to me. Or perhaps I'm suffering from season affective disorder - it is fall afterall."

Then I finally admitted, "The season is over."

"It's not the end of the world," she tried to reassure me.

And well she's right. But the admission still hurt.

To come so far right in the thick of it to then fall about these last four weeks has been quite the blow.

Yankees fans in these parts, and there are quite a few, have made a point to give me that precious little smile only they can deliver.

Their joy only twists the dagger.

In the midst of the latest six-game losing streak, the media has been trying desperately to make the news. The latest is a building controversy surrounding David Ortiz.

Once my pick for MVP, Ortiz, apparently has been misquoted or at the very least taken out of context.

The New York media specifically has taken Ortiz words about the MVP race and basically stated that Ortiz "dissed" Jeter.

Harsh words indeed.

Ortiz has tried to make things right by addressing the media and apologizing to Derek Jeter.

Jeter by all rights is indeed in the middle of this race, but Ortiz wasn't completely wrong saying that writers look at offensive stats. The truth is Jeter is still a longshot. The one thing he has going for him is that oh so helpful New York media.

There are two facts, Ortiz propelled the Sox to the top this year - single-handedly winning some key games. Fact 2: the Sox, much to my dismay, are no longer in the race.

You need to at least make the playoffs to get my vote, as if I get one. So right now all things being equal, I tip my hat to Justin Morneau. While the Twins have not made the playoffs, I truly believe they will. And one of the main reasons is Morneau.

So tonight, I again will sit in front of my team and watch my Sox. With nothing on the line, it's still pretty fun. Besides Tim Wakefield returns.

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