Entries from January 2008

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Reconsidering Namath …

Working on a big Super Bowl post, but for now, here’s a thought about Joe Namath:
One thing I love doing with this blog — heck, there has to be SOME reason I do it — is going through the comments to see where my logic has failed. Maybe it’s just the way I was raised, [...]

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Did I just walk by a franchise QB?

Comparing football players from different generations is fun, I think, but it’s generally pretty pointless. Baseball has changed through the years. But football is a completely different game now that it was thirty and forty years ago. The rules are different. The equipment’s different. The technology’s different. The coaching’s different. The training is different. The [...]

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Royals don’t land Santana …

KANSAS CITY — Royals general manager Dayton Moore did not deny that the Royals finished a very close second in their efforts to acquire two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana on Tuesday.
“Come on,” Moore said. “You’re just being stupid now.”
OK, fine. You know what’s funny? I’m here in Phoenix, living that week of Super [...]

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The Bill in Cleveland

Heading to the Super Bowl on Tuesday, so the posts will probably have a football slant. I am working on a monster baseball draft post, but it might never get done. Meanwhile, here’s a little Belichick because I suspect nobody will be writing about the guy this week.

The interesting thing to me about Bill Belichick’s [...]

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Dad Lessons

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Gee, I’ll bet Joe spent three-plus hours Sunday night putting together the Play Wonder Kitchen Set for his youngest daughter’s birthday.” Yeah, that’s right, I did that … you know, it’s never a good sign when you open up a “some assembly required box,” and the instructions fall [...]