Thank god we have Bob Watson out there, fighting the good fight and protecting the citizens of the U.S. (and Toronto) from the harm caused by this foul, odious danger:

Yes, that's right- it's the NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM. It may look like an officially licensed MLB thermabase sweatshirt, that is issued to every player and coach and readily available for purchase on MLB.com (and that Tito wears because he has a health issue)-- but Bob Watson knows it is really a NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM. And Bob Watson has nothing more important to do with his time than to guard the sanctity of baseball from the noxious danger that is the NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM.

"There's going to be, for lack of a better term, a 'Francona Rule,'" said Bob Watson, Major League Baseball's Vice President of Rules and On-Field Operations. "You can only wear your uniform top or jacket. You can't wear your night-shirt, or whatever it is. You can wear it before games, or after games, but not during games. You have to have your uniform top at all times."

Bob Watson, or as he is sometimes called the "Nightshirt of Doom Slayer", attempted to thwart the growing threat of the NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM back in August at Yankee Stadium when he so bravely sent one of his lackeys in to the Red Sox dugout, and forced Tito to prove he was wearing his uniform top under the NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM. But now he has finally vanquished the threat and outlawed the NIGHTSHIRT OF DOOM completely.

I am so thankful that in these trying times, Bob Watson knows what is really important, and has rightly focused on so crucial an issue. Singling out Francona by labeling this, in public, as the "Francona Rule" is just the classy cherry on the top of Bob Watson's awesome sundae.

I'm going to quote some of the comments from Rob Bradford's blog- because they're absolutely hysterical.

What he should have done was made a rule that no sleeping was allowed in the dugout there for Joe Torre wouldn't have had all of that drool on his chin the last few years!

I hope Tito wears a tuxedo during the first ESPN Sunday Night game.

Bob Watson should be locked in a closet.

The only more meaningless job for Watson would be as a Boston city employee ..... doesn't he have something more important to do, like rearrange his sock drawer?