Hip - Hip - Victor!!!

Yoshi: "Lackey is like Ringo Starr from the Beatles. You know what I mean?"

Me: "Not really..."

And I didn't. I didn't know what Yoshi was talking about. So I thought about it.

Here's what I know about Ringo Starr:

My friend's band shares a Manager with George Harrison's son. George Harrison's son is responsible for helping put together Cirque du Soleil's "Love" show in Vegas. If you've never seen it, it's amazing. I hate Vegas. I think it should die. Not the people. The place -- Vegas. But that show is unreal. Creative. Beautiful. Riveting-ly entertaining. That's what George Harrison's son did with his family name. Ringo Starr's son? He fell off a Garage. Seriously. He did. One night, Ringo's son was dining at the restaurant I work at. He was walking with a serious limp. I overheard him explaining to his friends that he'd jumped off the garage after he'd locked himself out of the house he was renting and couldn't manage to open the upstairs window. I don't know, maybe that doesn't make him a huge loser. But I just thought it was funny when I pictured him telling his dad, Ringo Starr, the story. Would Ringo even give shit?

That's when I realized what Yoshi was referring to. Lackey had a good thing going with the Angels. But he won a Word Series Ring his rookie year! What more did he need to accomplish with the Angels? Or with life for that matter? Suddenly, Ringo Starr steps into the picture. Just as Ringo's family means nothing to his legacy, Lackey's career record with the Angels means nothing to his pay check. Dude won the deciding game of the World Series. Otherwise know as: money in the bank. Remember when Ringo was in the Tom Petty video for "I won't back down". He didn't even play the drums on the recording, but he was like, "Sure, whatever, I'll play air drums in a Tom Petty video - I might look like a jackass (and did), but it'll probably be fun." Well, Lackey thinks it might be fun to play baseball in Boston. And what does that mean for Boston? It means we got a guy who's willing to risk looking like a jackass in exchange for the opportunity to drive the most storied franchise in sports history.

It scares me how complex things are so obvious to to Yoshi.

Oh, and it Turns out that Yoshi has dated an ex-girlfriend. Twice. But he's not sure if it was the "ex" part or the "dating them at the same time" part accompanied by the "and them finding out about each other" part that ruined it. Whatever it was - and Yoshi could give two whiskers about it (side note: Yoshi is an animal lover because he loves whiskers not because he loves wild life. (double side note: Yoshi hates wild life because it makes him feel old fashioned. What? Exactly, that's what I said.)) - it ruined ex's for Yoshi. That's why he's up on Victor Martinez. Not Pedro, as I'd interpreted. My bad Yoshi. And my apologies.

Yoshi on Victor Martinez: "He could well be our Posada for the next few years."

Right? Blew my mind too. Posada is 83 years old and putting dents in JP's Pole. Show some respect for thou's elders! And Vic's got that respect. He's calm and cool. Supposedly dude's mamma set him straight early on. Maybe if Manny's had done the same - instead of teaching him about small size soft drinks and free refills - Jacoby would still be playing his god given position.

Tomorrow, Yoshi explains the physics behind Tim Wakefield's knuckle ball.