Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Random Thoughts and Important Questions
I have nothing coherent here, but since I don't remember our radio show being completely coherent either, I thought I'd run with it. So here goes some random thoughts for discussion:
1. How many Bengals can get arrested in one year? This has been my favorite story of the offseason. Is anyone watching over these guys? Are they trying to imitate the 1990s Cowboys but without the Super Bowl rings? Will this affect their season in a very competitive NFC North (remember, this team, not the Steelers, won the North last year)?
2. Any premature NFL Playoff picks? With very little research I'll go Cowboys, Vikings, Panthers and Seahawks, with the Falcons and Redskins taking the wild cards in the NFC. In the AFC, let's say Pats, Steelers, Colts and Broncos (I know, very risky picks) with the Chargers and Bengals as the wild cards.
3. The Jets are gonna be bad. I mean, really bad. I'm setting myself up for a painfully long season.
4. In baseball thoughts, the Cy Young races are downright wacky. No one in the NL is making a stong push, and the likely leader right now -- Brandon Webb -- is injured. In the AL the top three contenders (or at least three of the top four if you include Roy Halladay) are rookies: Justin Verlander of the Tigers, Liriano with the Twins (also injured) and Papelbon with the Red Sox. It'll be interesting to see if the Tigers desire to keep Verlander's innings down will affect the race going forward.
5. Nice to see Mets fans cheering Piazza and Cameron last night. I doubt Phillies fans would have done the same.
1. How many Bengals can get arrested in one year? This has been my favorite story of the offseason. Is anyone watching over these guys? Are they trying to imitate the 1990s Cowboys but without the Super Bowl rings? Will this affect their season in a very competitive NFC North (remember, this team, not the Steelers, won the North last year)?
2. Any premature NFL Playoff picks? With very little research I'll go Cowboys, Vikings, Panthers and Seahawks, with the Falcons and Redskins taking the wild cards in the NFC. In the AFC, let's say Pats, Steelers, Colts and Broncos (I know, very risky picks) with the Chargers and Bengals as the wild cards.
3. The Jets are gonna be bad. I mean, really bad. I'm setting myself up for a painfully long season.
4. In baseball thoughts, the Cy Young races are downright wacky. No one in the NL is making a stong push, and the likely leader right now -- Brandon Webb -- is injured. In the AL the top three contenders (or at least three of the top four if you include Roy Halladay) are rookies: Justin Verlander of the Tigers, Liriano with the Twins (also injured) and Papelbon with the Red Sox. It'll be interesting to see if the Tigers desire to keep Verlander's innings down will affect the race going forward.
5. Nice to see Mets fans cheering Piazza and Cameron last night. I doubt Phillies fans would have done the same.
# posted by EJ @ 12:44 PM 
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Wow, lots to respond to, so I'll go in order.
1. The bengals are unbelievable, but could it be that it has something to do with Ohio, what with the recent Clarett news and the infamous Mike Cooper/Carl Monday saga (if unfamiliar, search for it on deadspin.com).
2. I was going to propose that we all make NFL picks. We have a while to wait, however. Let's plan on putting them up the week before the season?
3. Agreed.
4. Agreed.
5. Agreed. Piazza was a great Met. I loved watching him play and always felt that he gave maximum effort and that he was heterosexual. I was on a mets blog yesterday that did a good write-up on his last game as a met:
http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/
blog/_archives/2006/8/8/2208824.html
(you have to paste the above two lines together - not sure how to post a link and don't feel like figuring it out right now).
1. The bengals are unbelievable, but could it be that it has something to do with Ohio, what with the recent Clarett news and the infamous Mike Cooper/Carl Monday saga (if unfamiliar, search for it on deadspin.com).
2. I was going to propose that we all make NFL picks. We have a while to wait, however. Let's plan on putting them up the week before the season?
3. Agreed.
4. Agreed.
5. Agreed. Piazza was a great Met. I loved watching him play and always felt that he gave maximum effort and that he was heterosexual. I was on a mets blog yesterday that did a good write-up on his last game as a met:
http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/
blog/_archives/2006/8/8/2208824.html
(you have to paste the above two lines together - not sure how to post a link and don't feel like figuring it out right now).
Speaking of Clarett, did you see the write-up on his arrest?
First, a quote from Sgt. Michael Woods: "It took several officers to get him handcuffed," Woods said. "Even after he was placed in the paddy wagon, he was still kicking at the doors and being a problem for the officers."
It's one thing to get arrested, another to get tossed in a "paddy wagon." I didn't know those even existed any more. Hell, they even got school buses for the Bucknell riot.
Anyway, Clarett's car turned up four loaded guns, a half-full bottle of vodka and a "CD of children's songs recorded by Ohio prison inmates that the state distributed last month to prisoners and their families."
I'm speechless.
First, a quote from Sgt. Michael Woods: "It took several officers to get him handcuffed," Woods said. "Even after he was placed in the paddy wagon, he was still kicking at the doors and being a problem for the officers."
It's one thing to get arrested, another to get tossed in a "paddy wagon." I didn't know those even existed any more. Hell, they even got school buses for the Bucknell riot.
Anyway, Clarett's car turned up four loaded guns, a half-full bottle of vodka and a "CD of children's songs recorded by Ohio prison inmates that the state distributed last month to prisoners and their families."
I'm speechless.
Four loaded guns, a half-full bottle of vodka and a CD of children's songs.
I have nothing to add. Just needed to repeat that.
I have nothing to add. Just needed to repeat that.
Four loaded guns, a half-full bottle of vodka and a CD of children's songs.
EJ has a wedding coming up and I think I just figured out what I'm getting him.
EJ has a wedding coming up and I think I just figured out what I'm getting him.
Don't forget that Santonio Holmes is an Ohioan criminal. You can throw Reuben Droughns on there as well. I'm starting to think that Ohio is the sports crime capitol of the world.
The Clarett saga has gotten to the point where the "official" take of the sports world is that it is no longer funny. And frankly, it may not be. This guy is clearly just out of his gourd. But don't ask me to feel sorry for him. Everything that is happening is a direct result of his actions. Ohio State didn't let him down. The Broncos didn't let him down. Agents, trainers . . . nobody let him down but himself.
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The Clarett saga has gotten to the point where the "official" take of the sports world is that it is no longer funny. And frankly, it may not be. This guy is clearly just out of his gourd. But don't ask me to feel sorry for him. Everything that is happening is a direct result of his actions. Ohio State didn't let him down. The Broncos didn't let him down. Agents, trainers . . . nobody let him down but himself.
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