This Week's Signs of the Upcoming Apocalypse

Apologies to "Sports Illustrated" for the title.

Sign #1: Both the Red Sox and the Cubs won their series, and each will play for their respective League pennant. If the Sox beat the Yankees and the Cubs beat the Marlins (so much for the Braves and Giants, the best teams in the NL), they'll play in the World Series. And as we've already discussed, that would mean the end of the world as we know it.

Sign #2: Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy dynasty, is married to the Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the front-runners in the California recall later today. A Kennedy kin could wind up the First Lady of a Republican administration.