Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Nice work by Tennessee Titan Keith Bullock in showing the cameras his squads perfect record, except, well, he got it backward. But thanks to being able to flip a picture, Bullock's now got it right, other than his jersey of course...the Washington Redskins have yet to turn over the ball this year. That's incredible...quick, who thought the Miami Dolphins would beat the AFC Championship teams from last season in consecutive games? Me neither...a great list of ten things to avoid saying to Chicago Cubs fans...the Tampa Bay Rays are off to the ALCS after closing off the Chicago White Sox. Incredibly, they're listed as an underdog for the series so I've already sprinkled some on them at +117 as they face Boston, who closed out Anaheim. The Rays are rolling, have loads of arms, don't have a soft spot in the order, and are witches with the leather...also got in on the LA Dodgers at +101. You can get in too with the fine folks at Pinnacle..a rare deadline deal the benefited both teams big time: Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay's moves...if A-Rod plays out his contract, he'll have career earnings of $445 million in 24 years, not counting endorsements...finally got around to watching the PVR'd Toronto FC game from Saturday, a 3-1 win over New York Red Bull. Question: where the hell has that kind of performance been the last three months? Chad Barrett is a keeper...I'm generally not a fan of homer hankies, white outs and so on, but that black out the ChiSox fans were rocking looked great. One final ChiSox note: 47% of their runs scored this year came by way of the home run. That's way too bomb dependant...that EA Sports ad for NHL 09 isn't very realistic. If it were, Kyle Welwood wouldn't be dishing out hits in the corner...the Toronto Raptors start their NBA pre-season games today in Cleveland. Word out of camp so far is that Andrea Bargnani is looking real impressive. A big year from Bargnani and the Raptors could be a top four side in the suddenly deep East...CC Sabathia is a need for the Yankees, and he may be interested in them, but after 513 innings the last two years, I'm real worried about his arm falling off. Given the choice of one, my money goes to Mark Teixera who is young, selective at the plate, has a solid OBP, power, and a great glove at first. That said, I'd wager the Yanks get both. And a side of AJ Burnett...the Detroit Lions could still go 12-4, says Roy Williams. Reason enough for Jerry Jones and Dallas to not trade for Williams, who wants out of The D, and is delusional...I'm going to keep saying it until it comes true: Rod Marinelli will be fired in Detroit today...have a great Tuesday.