Mighty Mailbag: Presidents Day Edition

Well it's Presidents day which means for many people a day off from work. Or in theory that's what I assume is what used to happen when the Federal government existed beyond hunting down dangerous celebrities. Anyway in honor of President's Day a few pieces of mail from my bag.


Mighty, Who right now is the best NCAA basketball team? Answer me!
-Mel Arky

This year it's nearly impossible to say who is the best. There's lots of good teams and much like lining up a 100 cans of paint that slowly turn from white to black its hard to say what divides the elites from the potential elite. Nonetheless I recommend everyone to tune in Monday night for Pittsburgh v. UConn. UConn had been my #1 team until one of their best (Dyson) went down for the year. The matchup to watch is Dajuan Blair, who is built and plays like Charles Barkley, short thick PF versus Hasheem Thabeet, an Alonzo Mourning esque scorer and shotblocker. The other team I'd put in that category is UNC who has the best player in the NCAA - Ty Lawson.

Mighty - What's Up with the World Baseball Classic?
-Claire D. Ayre

Well 16 countries starting March 6th will do battle until countries eliminated at first via round robin action or via bankrupcy(whichever comes first). Outside of a slew of players pulling out of the WBC the hoopla has been fairly muted (or at least relative to Spring Training). It should be interesting to see how much interest it generates the 2nd time around.

Losers of the WBC have to donate to the IMF

Mighty - You said you'd call but never did, what's up with that?
- Bar Refaeli

This is more of a public statement. Never piss off a super hot model that knows how to kill people.

Mighty - What's your greatest fear?
-Dick Haed

The basement horse mutates into a 50 foot tall killing machine.

Know Fear

Mighty - What's the analogy you'd make to Steve Kerr's reign?
-Joe King

Well the easy one is Matt Millen in that we all know not matter how badly he screws up Kerr will be right back on tv cause apparently TV executives feel Americans love watching horrible failures give out their opinion. Honestly short of Kerr getting arrested for being a crystal meth dealer I can't think of a way he could appear to be a bigger bungler.

Mighty Mailbag

Well with a little down time between sports I figured it was time to sort through ye old fan mailbag thats been sitting in my inbox, mailbox, floor for a few weeks now. So without further ado....its mailtime.


Mighty, you're an adventuresome guy. What sport do you find the most dangerous?
-I.C. Weiner

This is a toughie. Tops on the list is probably great white shark headbutting but thats more of an Australian thing. Of sports played legally in the US I have to go with hockey. Yes there's lots of dangerous thing that happen in football or mixed marshall arts but nothing seems quit as scary as having your throat slashed by a razor sharp blade as what happened to Zednik. Fortunately for him after his teammate accidently got him with an iceskate he had the ability to skate off the ice and into the ICU. Feel better buddy....

Will there be any big NBA trades that shake the landscape?
- Bjorn Liar, JD


Probably not. Jason Kidd, Ron Artest, Mike Miller , anybody on the Knicks/Portland/Redskins could be traded in the next 2 odd weeks before the NBA deadline. However given the difficulty in making the cap work, the conservative nature of most NBA GMs and the fact that most teams are unwilling to sell their stars for pennies on the dollar (ahem Memphis) trades like that rarely happen. I wouldn't be surprised though if smaller names get traded around to bolster some playoff bound teams benches.

Are there any darkhorses your willing to lay your neck out for yet for March Madness?
-Picov Andropov

My neck , no. Its an integral part of my plan for completing my dissertation. Also most nonessential organs, but thats only to pay the rent. Hmm darkhorses now is really putting my neck out but under the radar look out for Purdue, Washington State and UConn. All seem to be peaking at the right time. If they get good draws look for any of them in the Final 4 (and some bookie holding Colonel's money.

Is there any reason to pay attention to Roger Clemens on Capital Hill tomorrow?
-Erasmus B. Dragon

No. This has been another episode in simple answers for simple questions.

What's the craziest thing you've read today?
-Paige Turner

Definitely this. In fact probably of the year. Ah great moments in the blogosphere..