BASEBALL & FOOTBALL THOUGHTS

the WHITE SOX are the pride of chicago but i'm still whistling past the graveyard when i look at two things: their finishing schedule AND the detroit tigers. three games apiece against tampa bay and the angels are a little more difficult than the tiger schedule which gives them 12 consecutive games against kansas city and the twins to finish the season for the central division title. the tigers have the MVP and two great starters and a very soft schedule plus the talent to win 8 or 9 in a row. very scary.

P.S.--the loser of the central division DOESN'T make the playoffs.

THE SECOND WILD CARD in baseball was a stroke of genius by commissioner BUD SELIG. there are three teams in the american and four in the national that are duking it out for the wild card spots with two weeks to go in the regular season. good stuff.

why do the PITTSBURGH PIRATES fold every year?

JAY CUTLER is a dickhead and a loser. WHO was it that said that when the bears traded for him in 2009?  oh yeah, me.  he has NEVER won anything....not in high school, college and obviously the nfl.  now he's fractured the locker room which is never a good thing and his best friend on the team is a sociopath wide receiver who's been on three teams in six years and wore out his welcome in both denver & miami. but cutler's contract will probably keep him around thru 2013. i just want to punch him right in that jerkface of his.

the cubs are just miserable. the empty seats make me smile because "cub fans ALWAYS support them, good or bad" but apparently not this bad. and the fact is ..........they will be WORSE in 2013.

what is wrong with the NHL? how mentally challenged are they?  in the past twenty years, there have been FOUR LOCKOUTS or STRIKES, with the last one in 2004-05 costing them an entire season and millions of dollars in lost revenue plus driving the sport into the ground. these selfish pricks have to understand that work stoppages affect everyone from the team trainer  to the peanut vendor and i guarantee you those people can't make up the lost revenue. the owners are wayyyyyyyy too powerful and are just sitting back in their big leather chairs with their arms folded waiting for the players to collapse like they did last time.

the CHICAGO BULLS will come out of hibernation shortly and will provide the fans with gritty and ugly basketball but the team won't quit as they wait for the 'juice' that's normally provided by DERRICK ROSE, who won't be around until february.  the good news is that #1 draft choice MARQUIS TEAGUE will get valuable minutes that normally wouldn't be available if rose was healthy. the 6'2" guard out of kentucky will have time to make mistakes as he goes thru the learning process the every rookie does in the nba but the errors won't hurt as much because the bulls won't be contenders this season.

enjoy the football this weekend.