Well, another exciting humdrum World Series comes to a close, with the mighty Boston Red Sox sweeping it again. Gosh, one of these years it’d be nice to see another team win a couple of games so the boys can bring it all home in Fenway.

I noticed someone was a bit snarky about the Sox win.

The Yankee fan in me wonders if the entire season — including the Red Sox championship — has an asterisk because of Barry Bonds. But the raw baseball fan in me is forced to salute another fantastic postseason performance, first a great comeback, then sweeping what had been the team with the hottest of hot streaks. Enjoy it, Red Sox nation. Just know you’re forced to share your victory with Rudy Giuliani.

To answer your question… no, there’s no asterisk, unless you want to put one down to note that the Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs.

As for the Rockies, I have a soft spot for them. Back in my days of doing a sports talk show, we had OSU baseball coach Tom Holliday on quite a bit, and this was about the time his son was trying to decide between going to college as a quarterback or playing professional baseball. I’d say Matt made the right decision, though he needs to watch those long leads at first.

So Jim… whatcha think of A-Rod leaving the Yankees?

Jim: I’m in an odd, conflicted state towards the Yankees right now. Torre was treated badly by management, no two ways about it. When a guy wins year in, year out, collects a slew of rings, etc., the way he has, he manages until he doesn’t want to anymore. (In football, I’d offer that setup for Belichek, Dungy, Shanahan and Billick.) Perhaps he was getting tired of it all, but it ought to have been his choice - not turning down a smaller one-year contract. And then, if he turns down the offer, you give him a send-off with all the bells and whistles, saluting him as one of the all-time great leaders in Yankee history.

Having said that, Girardi seems like a nice choice.

Rodriguez put up monster numbers, but let’s face it, his tenure with the Yankees was always surrounded by drama and controversy. After a couple of years being stuck in only moderate excellence (making the postseason, getting bounced early) I can’t help but wonder if the organization would be wise to stop trying to assemble the All-Star team every year and just put together a good group of hardworking guys who put the team first. Oh yeah, and get all the pitching you can.

In the world of sports, I’m more irked that it took the Jets a 1-7 record before they made a change I recommended at 1-3. The decision-making of Jets coach Eric Mangini has been maddening this year.