Breaking news!

Red Sox fans are idiots! Wait, that's not the breaking news. Everyone knows that. Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox just threw a perfect game, either the 16th or 17th in Major League history, depending on which page of ESPN.com you happen to be looking at. This is Buehrle's second no-hitter, apparently. I called a friend who is a Red Sox fan whose comment was, "Wow, I guess you don't have to be very good to throw a no-hitter." Interesting, looking at his stats it looks like he's been pretty good for a pretty long time. "Well, yeah, but he'd be the #3 starter on the Red Sox." Wait, behind John Lester? The guy whose numbers are about the same but a little worse in every way except strikeouts? "I guess I'm a little biased because Lester's the better fantasy pitcher." That's right, that's the guy you want starting game 2 of a playoff series, the guy with better fantasy stats. That's why all the best GMs in baseball are fantasy nerds. Personally, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Buehrle due to his tendency to eat babies straight from the mother's womb.