Replacing Canadian Club as my fav C.C...

The Yankees rode a superb CC Sabathia start and took advantage of a jittery Anaheim Angels squad and cruised to a not-as-close-as-it-sounded 4-1 win in the series opener. Of concern for the Yanks is that they're not getting a lot of hitting out of guys not named Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez or Jorge Posada, though Johnny Damon showed signs of life last night. But when the pitching is on like that and the defense is air tight, those three can be enough. Game 2 is set for tonight but sounds more likely to be rained out and played tomorrow afternoon.

And there goes that Philadelphia Phillies bullpen, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Phil's were up 1-0 in the bottom of the 8th when the Dodgers rallied for a pair to win the game 2-1 and even the series at a game apiece. No surprise there that their pen blinked really. What was a shock was Pedro Martinez jumping in his DeLorean, cranking up the flux capacitor to 1.21 gigawatts and producing a retro 7 inning, 2 hit no run outing.

The United Football League's opening week last week pulled higher ratings than the NHL did on Versus. Sure, some of that is down to curiosity and football being so huge in the U.S., but really, is that anything other than embarrassing for the NHL and Gary Bettman?

I really can't figure how Toronto FC added Julian De Guzman and Dwayne De Rosario and with two games to play, they're in the same spot as last year largely, fighting for a playoff spot. They host Real Salt Lake today in the curtain closer on the home portion of the regular season. Kickoff is 4pm on CBC. A tribute to Danny Dichio from the fans, funded by the fans, is also planned.

In the NCAA, the Red River Classic goes today with #3 Texas facing #20 Oklahoma. Here's hoping it is more entertaining than last week's Florida win at LSU.

Quebec City is planning to build a new arena with the hopes of luring an NHL team. They do know that Hamilton tried that same thing, right? Like, 25 years ago?

There were over 6,000 unsold tickets at Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the ALCS last night. It must've been either cold and raining, they fans are assuming victory...or they're charging too freakin' much. Mostly the latter, one would assume.

English Premier League action resumes today. Liverpool will be minus Stevie Gerrard and Fernando Torres but should still have plenty enough for Sunderland. Manchester United will welcome back Edwin van der Sar in goal, but are minus Wayne Rooney when they face Bolton today. And the most attractive matchup of today is already in the books, and saw Aston Villa down visiting Chelsea, who likely will no longer be top of the table as a result.

The New York Rangers will be salivating at the thought of facing the woeful Toronto Maple Leafs for the second time in a week. Hardcore Sports Radio's Gabriel Morency figures the Leafs may not break 50 points this year, a huge under from the 87 point over/under total that Vegas had posted. Morency also figures the Leafs will not win in October. Honestly, I'm praying for that kind of trainwreck.

Have a great Saturday.