Luis Perez flirted with perfection through 5 innings and only gave up 1 hit through his 6 innings. I've taken notice of Perez because of his stellar work out of the bullpen and for the little Dominican faux hawk he's been working. When asked if he was expecting near perfection for his start on Sunday, Perez said, “All I was thinking about was attacking the hitters and keeping the ball down, nothing else.”

José Bautista hit a homer at a time where it felt like no one was ever going to get another run. Ever. I like to imagine that Bautista heard that Curtis Granderson had tied him for most home runs, and it focused his attention. I think they should just start lying to him. Yeah, José. Curtis hit 2 today. Off you go!!

The MVP race debate had heated up once again. Keith Law and I have totally made up, after a fight he had no idea even happened. Law has been overwhelmingly pro-Bautista as MVP.

Some New York fan took exception to me calling him an idiot over Twitter for tweeting to Keith Law that he didn't see the value of Bautista. He tweeted me back and said I was blocked, for name calling. He accepts discourse and "healthy criticism."

I'm sorry, being called an idiot after undervaluing Bautista is healthy criticism. It's a freaking public service because it serves the greater good. People need to know when they are being idiotic.

Law really attracts the prime tweeters, as evidenced by some little Boston punk who was trying to convince Law that Bautista was horrible, because he had answered one of his tweets, calling the young Masshole a douche. Well, a little research showed that it was richly earned, as the little punk called Bautista something that rhymes with maggot. Which is way more offensive. The kid also wrote "aloud" when he meant "allowed." And was told, by someone whose second language is English, to learn to spell. Oh José.

AJ Burnett is a flake. Extremely talented in the stuff department, not that talented in the brain department. I really don't know why he is pitching as he is, but I have long suspected he is best served by pitching on 1 year contracts. His best year ever was his last one with the Jays because he was focused on working hard and getting a new contract. Focus is everything.

The speculation here is just really funny. "Let's check the words here." This is what I think it is. I think AJ thinks he struck Mauer out. He probably says something along the lines of "I got him." It really doesn't look like "Shove this ball, Joe." And both went up the tunnel to check the pitch on video. AJ maybe be a fool, but he knows to go sit back in the dugout.

This is not the classic "@&#! you, John." Which is really a classic in the Great Moments in Skipper/Pitcher Discourse archives.

Between the Yankee pitching woes and the ridiculous dismissal of José Bautista as a viable MVP candidate, I am overwhelmed. It all invites more ridicule than I will ever have time to provide.