Cheers and Jeers: Irish Car Bomb Edition

Irish Car Bomb

-1 shot Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1/2 glass of Guiness
-Note: Drop and Chug


Well its getting close to the Madness. We've reached Conference Tourney time which means the winners will be cheered, the losers jeered until Hart's throat is sore. Oh Yes, there is a lot of cheering and jeering to do so bring out a special Monday edition of cheers and jeers.

Jeers: The Dookies. David Noel (pictured left) and the rest of Tar Heels went into Cameron and beat Duke like a rented government mule. Sheldon Williams, a poor man's Jerome James, couldn't get off the bench because of foul trouble. JJ Redick, who pranced around after hitting a three early on, was limited to 7 points over the last 35 minutes. Meanwhile Diaper Dandy Tyler Hansborough controlled the middle for the Tar Heels. The real boys in blue have now won 10 out their last 11 games and seem primed for another tournament run. Roy Williams get that acceptance speech ready for coach of the year. ESPN, please, please don't show Duke fans again. They are stupid and ugly and nobody likes them.

Cheers: To the Dominican Republic.You know I have a lot of problems with the World Baseball Classic but there is something laudable about team Dominican Republic. The players generally seem to care about their country and giving back their island nation. They really don't have a chance to do it for the Olympics (well I heard David Ortiz will start training for the 500 m hurdles). So we here in America place our cities before our country (as manufactured as this event may be) but if I lived in the DR I'd be pretty excited for my team. Of course if I lived in the Dominican Republic I'd be happy that we produced baseball players while the Bahamas only produced Limbo Champions.

Jeers: The NFL. This labor strife stuff is getting old. Personally I put the blame squarely where it belongs: you the readers. Umm, wait no that's my blame for allowing Crash to win the Oscars. No I still blame rich owners that who turned these negotations into three dimensional moving Chess boards (those that do game theory would realize that elementary Chaos Theory tells us that Daniel Snyder will eventually turn against his players and run amok in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving).

Cheers: Spring Training. One of my favorite things about spring training is checking out how the prospects look. Different from football where the youngsters are fighting for their lives, young players for baseball (or some of them) will evantually make it to the majors. With the WBC going on there are a lot more youngters getting their shot to show off their stuff. In Cleveland land , once heralded prospect Brandon Phillips (he was touted as better than Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee when traded for) is on his last chance to make the club as utility infielder. Just goes to show their is no such thing are a guarenteed prospect.