1 Week Down

Well the first week of baseball is in the books and we've learned absolutely nothing. Nonetheless a few thoughts, thinkings, musings on the past, present, future and Hart's choice in clothing.


1) What is about New York and forgetting about bullpens? The Yanks lynchpin in the form of Rivera has been rocked this week. Its unclear if he has a lot of rust, the mileage is finally catching up or Boston just has his number. Nonetheless for Yanks fans its troubling. That other New York Team seems to have blackhole instead of a bullpen. They might have a lead going in but once the bullpen takes over hope vanishes into the abyss. I, for one, think they should call up Mr. Met and put him in. Could he really do a worse job?

2) Parity? At one point that I'm writing this in the AL there is currently only one team thats two games under .500 (Boston). Thats pretty crazy. Did someone send out the memo confusing football with baseball? I'm not sure what this means and I doubt we'll have the same parity in July as we do in week 1 but remember this: a pennant is not won in April and May but it can be lost. The chances of winning the pennant when one has a losing record in the first few months is slightly lower than Hart wearing matching socks.

3) The Baby Bulls have been annointed by Bill Walton, which means they will obviously lose, possibly to the AEPi B team. However I wouldn't discount some upsets going on out West. Denver has been a tear since George Karl taught the kiddies how to play as a team and nobody wants to play them. While the NBA is typically has the most boring of the professional sport's playoffs, I'm looking foward to seeing how the run and gun offenses of Seattle, Phoenix and I'm told Boston do.

4) The NFL draft is coming up and if you can name who will be taken in the top ten slots you win a free hot dog (note hot dog will only be served with mustard and relish if you are in Chicago). It should be interesting as wheeling, dealing and the most importantly the Minnesota Vikings will all be present. Will Minnesota remember to draft someone? Will Mike Tice scalp his tickets to the draft in exchange for a 6 pack of Budweiser and a coupon for a free Big Mac? Most importantly one of our star contributors, Mo, will be on location at the draft providing riveting commentary, a running blog and possibly serving donuts to Bill Belichek (he loves those donuts).