Da, the Red Sox vin it all

The Cold War is truly over folks: for the first time, the World Series will be broadcast in Russia.

ESPN Page 2 has an interesting take...

It's 42 degrees and raining lightly in Chicago with a stiff wind blowing off the lake, temperatures dipping into the 30s and snow flurries possible by the seventh inning. Or what we call in Moscow, a beautiful night for baseball... ...move on to the bottom of the third and the Aeroflot 'Fly, Fly Away' Inning! If a batter hits a home run this inning, a lucky fan will win a one-way flight to lovely Lake Baikal from Russia's national airline... Russians, we know about budget limitations. Leningrad during the 900-day siege, that is a small market, my friend. My family lived on one kilo of meat and one loaf of bread a month -- and that was when we have ration book. We lose ration book and then we have nothing. NOTHING! All there is to eat is wallpaper paste! I tell you, my friend, after another month, wallpaper paste begins to taste good! And Billy Beane talk about his limited budget. I spit on Billy Beane!"