WOW. that's the only way i can explain the first two weeks of the NFL. the CHICAGO BEARS, left for dead after losing to BUFFALO at home, go on the road and survive an early 17-0 deficit and beat the 49ers on the night they dedicated their new stadium. 

the problem is that big wins sometimes carry a big price. can the bears afford to lose PEANUT TILLMAN, JEREMIAH RATLIFF and CHRIS CONTE? none of them saw the end of the game and if tillman's tricep is torn again, you can start planning his retirement party.

TRIPLE PLAY!! a baseball rarity occurred in PITTSBURGH yesterday when the CUBS grounded into the seldon seen occurence on a ball that was hit so hard to third that the batter was out by three steps at the end of the play.

JOSE ABREU of the WHITE SOX just has bad timing. if he had his stats in any other year, he would be a shoo-in for the MVP award but after MIKE TROUT finished as the mvp runner-up in 2012 & 2013, he's the one that has the inside track. the sad part is that abreu's stats are better than trouts but trout has led his team to a division title and the playoffs. trout's numbers are .290-34 homers-107 rbi & obp of .378.    abreu is .322-35-102 & .384. he'll have to be satisfied with ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

i'm one of thos people who believe that everyday players should have seperate awards from pitchers but CLAYTON KERSHAW of the DODGERS has achieved superman status on the mound this season. 19 wins & only 3 losses. an e.r.a. of 1.70 & 219 strikeouts and only 19 walks, a 9-1 ratio for those of you who are mathmatically challenged.  kershaw is also hitting .169 which is pretty good for a pitcher today AND he's ALSO a candidate for a gold glove award.  other than that, this guy sucks. GIVE HIM EVERY AWARD KNOWN TO MAN!

after three weeks in college football, there's only 13 undefeated teams in the big boy division. five, of course, are from the SEC and regular conference play MIGHT yield one undefeated team so for the sake of discussion, let's make it TEXAS A & M. so that's one for the dance but we need four. FLORIDA STATE is the defending champ so let's send an invitation to tallahasee.  i think the OREGON DUCKS are worthy if they can avoid a couple of potholes in the pac 12 so now we need one more.  OKLAHOMA? please. BAYLOR? ARIZONA STATE? or are we better off quality wise with a one loss SEC team?  hmmmmmmmmm.

congrats to the CHICAGO SKY women's team who advanced to the finals and then couldn't even play on their home court because GARTH BROOKS took over the all state arena for a series of concerts and the sky had to play at the UIC pavilion where no one wants to go. FYI---garth brooks outdrew them, 20,000 fans to 1,245. women's basketball is soooooooooooooooooo bad. they have to find a way to end this league. it's as bad as women's 'professional' softball. ugh.

that's it for now.  HAVE A GREAT WEEK!