All the Boston teams were off Monday night, so it was 24 hours of waiting for the March to the Grand Slam to continue. (Side note: I heard Queen's "We Are The Champions" on the radio earlier. I vow not to get sick of that song if I hear it 1 billion times over the next six months.) So let's take a minute, shall we, to peruse the MLB standings?

In the AL East we have the Unstoppable Red Sox. Not too shabby. In the AL West, Seattle; no big surprise there. The NL West, as you might expect, is led by the Giants.

Then things get interesting. The NL Central leaders? By 2 games, it's your Pittsburgh Pirates. In the words of legendary coach Pete Carroll, "I'm as shocked as you guys." And straight out of Bud Selig's worst nightmares, the AL Central and NL East leaders, respectively, are North America's teams - the Twins and the Expos. The only acceptable non-Boston-Grand-Slam outcome of the 2002 season involves these two riding their collision course with destiny. And I guarantee that, if it happens, Bud will be AWOL.

If the season started now, the AL matchups would be Sox/Indians (just yell "Pedro!" and you've got a sweep), and Twins/Mariners. In the NL, the Pirates get Arizona and the Giants go north of the border. I like that matchup the best. Barry vs. Vlad. Dusty vs. Robbie. Silicon Valley vs. St. Lawrence Seaway. Garlic fries vs. poutine. Bring it on.