I don't know about the rest of you, but far too often I find myself day-dreaming about how different my life could have turned out had I been able to run a 4.3 40 or throw a 98 MPH fastball.  The massive amounts of money I'd have.  The garage full of exotic sports cars.  The mansions strategically located across the globe.  Getting to play a game infront of thousands of adoring fans night after night, year after year.  Ah, to dream...

Sometimes it's nice to imagine what these superstars' lives are like and wonder if they're truly as great as they are in my mind.  And sometimes Clay Buchholz dad will come out and say his son is dating the Penthouse  Pet of the Year Erica Ellyson and you realize that not only is their life as good as you imagined, it's far far far better.

“I know he’s met her, gone out with her, but I don’t know if you consider that dating . . . but hey, a boy could do worse,” Skip Buchholz told ’ZLX’s Karlson & McKenzie yesterday.

Apparently Erica also spilled the beans - somewhat - to Howard Stern the other morning, telling the satellite shock jock that she was sleeping with someone on the Sox.

Yes, you have to deal with the fact that thousands of guys have already seen your girlfriend naked (and those that haven't are frantically googling her as I write this).  And yes, during the aforementioned Howard Stern interview she stripped and made out with another model (which everyone now knows about).  And on her myspace page she lists "spanking" as her interests.  But, sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad.

So, here's to you Clay Buchholz... you cold-blooded killer on (and off) the field.  Embrace the good fortune that befalls a young man blessed with a golden arm.  Live the high life and enjoy all the fringe benefits you deserve.  I just have one request -- please use your left hand for all that spanking.  We don't need another pitcher on the DL.