the memorial weekend update

guy in wrigleyville went out of business over the weekend. seems he opened a store this spring that sold daily 'W' flags and after two months had only sold a dozen or so.

ok, enough frivolity. on to sports as we approach the 1/3 mark of the baseball season, the nfl is having team activities, the nba is down to the semi-finals and hockey starts their big dance this week so let's hand out some awards.

NICK FAIRLEY of the detroit lions wins the "poke the commissioner in the chest" award after being arrested in april for possession of marijuana and then again in may for DUI, fleeing the police, reckless driving and possession of alcohol. upon being booked, he stated, "it's ok, i've got lots of money to take care of this and make it all go away."  i'm thinking nfl commissioner roger goodell disagrees.

the current edition of the CHICAGO CUBS is the worst i have seen in my lifetime and i have seen some real bad ones.  on pace to lose 108 games, they have maybe 5 players on the current roster that should be playing in the big leagues and the rest is all garbage.

even diehard cub fans, who have very limited knowledge of the game, realize how much they suck and have turned away in droves. at a party over the weekend, i listened to three cub fans talk for maybe two minutes about how bad they are and that they don't waste their time watching or listening anymore. i was about to jump into the conversation when one said 'the cubs never should have traded zambrano.' i had to walk away.

look at the bright side. all the cub crap will be half price very soon to clear out store space for the bears stuff.

how often do you think theo epstein pounds his head on his desk?

hey, the BEARS are 9 point favorites for opening day! just saying.

biggest disappointments of the year in baseball?  DETROIT in the american league & MILWAUKEE in the national league.

biggest surprises? the LOS ANGELES DODGERS in the NL & the CHICAGO WHITE SOX in the AL. i picked the sox for last because there was no way that dunn, rios AND peavy were going to rebound. i've never been so happy to be so wrong. adam dunn is a lock for COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

PAUL KONERKO is slamming his way to the door of the hall of fame. book it.

the NHL has a ratings nightmare on their hands this year for the stanley cup finals. a couple of years ago, they had a blockbuster with chicago & philadelphia and set all kinds of ratings records BUT los angeles & new jersey? ouch. a fourth place team vs. a third place team. games in L.A. will start at 5 p.m. their time when people are stuck on the freeways coming home from work.  good luck.

the MIAMI HEAT will lose to the western represenatives in the NBA finals. both san antonion & oklahoma city have too much depth and speed.

hey, my great nephew ZAC DEUTSCHER got his first professional hit on sunday for the RIVER CITY RASCALS in the frontier league and followed that up with a double and had a 2-4 night. his team is in first place and have a showdown coming in SCHAUMBURG the second weekend in june.

ok, i'm done.  bye for now.