Monday morning quarterbacking (a day late)

Well, it's not Monday. It's late on Tuesday morning. Yesterday was my first day of classes down here in Connecticut at Quinnipiac University, so needless to say, it was a hectic day. So, a day late, here is this week's edition of "Monday Morning Quarterbacking":

• Could this "Last regular season Red Sox-Yankees series at Yankee Stadium" be any more overpublicized? I'm kinda tired of hearing about it, and not only because the Sox are 200 games under .500 at the Stadium. I also love the words "regular season" being thrown into it. So many things would have to happen for these two teams to both make the playoffs, including the Rays imploding, along with the Twins and/or White Sox. It just doesn't seem very likely.
• New York's other team, the Mets, open up a short two game set tonight in Philly. The Phils are only a half-game back of New York, a 7:05 start at Citizens Bank Park. Pedro Martinez goes up against the ageless wonder, Jamie Moyer.
• A.J. Pierzynski's acting job in the 10th inning of Sunday's White Sox-Rays game is up there in my top 10 bush league plays of the decade. Caught in a rundown, Pierzynski stuck his arm out to initiate contact with Tampa Bay's Willie Aybar, and the arm contact somehow knocked the well-built Pierzynski to the ground. After a long discussion, Pierzynski was awarded third (despite being on his way back to second), and scored the winning run later in the inning. There's a reason this guy is one of the least-liked around baseball.
• An Angels win and Mariners loss tonight will eliminate the Mariners from division contention. On August 26th. There goes my pick for the AL West.