Well that was a nice little release.

That sweep at the hands of the stupid Yankees this weekend really deflated most of the hope I had been holding onto for this season. Granted, 6.5 games isn’t some huge margin that can’t be made up over the course of 130 more to play, but the good writers at USSMariner.com put up some pretty sobering numbers when it comes to what we have to hope for to overtake a very good Angels team. We have to outperform them by a pretty good clip the rest of the way, and let’s face it, there’s nothing to really indicate that we have a better team than them.

With all of that said, dominant performances like tonight are a real pleasure to watch.

Album Review: “Good Time,” Alan Jackson

In 2002, Alan Jackson released his last great album with Drive. The title track, “Drive,” along with “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” dominated the charts…”Work in Progress” was the other great song on this album. He followed that album with one of the best songs of his career, “Remember When.” After that, though, the well seemed to dry up. For almost five years, he didn’t score another #1 single, and the only song I would speak particularly well of from that period is 2004’s “Monday Morning Church.”

I’m happy to report that with his latest release, Good Time…Jackson is very much back, and has shown that he’s still got it. This is his best album in five years, and one of the best of his career. To make it even better, this is the first album that he has penned each and every song on.