Poop Taking Care of Business Week - Day 3

10:00 - Wake up. Chase was tired from the previous day of not sleeping so he slept until 8, which allowed me to sleep until 10.

12:00 - One of Mrs. Poop's friends came by for a visit.

12:30 - Diesel and I take a walk for about an hour and a half. We walk an extra 15 minutes to hear Mike Tirico's interview with Les Miles. No mention of his parents poor grammar.

2:00 - Lunch at Panera Bread. I had the baked potato soup in the bread bowl. And since it was before the mid-afternoon rush, they still had the bread bowls.

4:00 - Started playing some online poker. I finished second in a super satellite, qualifying me to play again later tonight. More on that later.

5:30 - Mrs. Poop feeds Chase and goes for a mani/pedi.

6:00 - Take a crying Chase for a walk to stall him until Mommy comes home with the milk.

10:05 - Start Round 2 of my poker tournament. 2244 players. I was short stacked early but I won 2 big hands, first with ace-king vs. king-5, then 2 hands later I hit a set with pockets 4s. I started doing really well through the first 100 hands but I went completely card dead when the blinds went up. I went all in with A-J vs. 8-7 after a Q-8-3 flop. I caught an ace on the turn to stay alive. I went all in with Q-4 from the big blind on a Q-J-3 flop. I got called by pocket aces and hit a 4 on the river to win the pot. But later I got rivered, I had K-J with J-6-5 flop, vs A-Q and an ace came on the river. I got back in it with pocket aces when my opponent hit runner-runner straight he put me all in and I doubled up. I just couldn't get ahead though. I lost about 12,000 with A-6 against A-7. Finally busted out in 38th place after playing for 3 and a half hours. After making about 6 of these tournaments and not being able to play in them I was glad to get the chance to at least play.

It's Been a Year But It Seems Like Yesterday

Dennis Green's famous "Crown Their Ass" speech is a year old. But I say it never gets old. I'm glad Coors Light finally started using it in their ad campaign.

Song of The Week

"Lover" - Devendra Banhart and the Spiritual Boner
From the looks of these guys I would never think they would sing a song like this, and they definitely don't look like a group I would like.
But the style of music is very contrary to their appearance.
The song sounds like a cross between a 1950s doo-wop song and a Hawaiian island jam.
The lyrics are a little indistinct and I can't find them on the internet so I'm not sure if the parts about the milk and the pear tree are sexual metaphors. But even if they're not, I still like the song.

Poop Taking Care of Business Week - Day 2

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Poop Taking Care of Business Week - Day 1

You may remember back in August I took a week off from work to get the house ready for Chase, who at the time was known as Baby Poop. Instead of cleaning out my closet like I was supposed to, I wrote this post. The next morning Chase was born and we got almost nothing accomplished. Well, now's the time to make up for that. I have the next two weeks off and a lot of things to do. Not on that list is writing this blog. So I probably won't have that many posts but I'll try to update you on my daily activities so you at least have something to read.

Note: Times not exact

9:00 - Regis and Kelly discuss aubergine, a fancy word for eggplant.

9:30 - Regis and Kelly have on the winners of the cat show.

11:15 - Arrive in Staten Island for my dentist's appointment. Still no cavities, but I am encountering a problem with my gums. But my new regimen of daily flossing and a special mouthwash will once again give me perfect dentition.

12:30 - Lunch at Bario's. The food was good. The people were typical Staten Island.

1:00 - Decide to make Chase wait to eat until we get to Target back in New Jersey.

1:30 - Stop for gas.

1:31 - Chase cries.

1:40 - Finally get to Target after Chase and Mrs. Poop nearly meltdown.

2:15 - Sitting in the car feeding Chase. A woman a row over has a Toyota Sienna with an automatic rear door. But she has too much shit in the back. The door slowly goes down, she's in the car, but the door can't close. So it opens again. She gets out, moves some stuff around, tries to shut the door and gets back in the car. The door opens again, but she starts driving away. She sees the door is open, stops her car gets out, does a major restructuring and finally creates enough room for the door to close.

2:30 - Target popcorn!

4:00 - Costco parking lot is a complete mess and no one has the patience to let a couple cars go to clear it out. So everyone just pulls as close as they can to get the car in front of them, and backs up when someone in a spot needs to get out.

5:00 - Finally get home, unload all our stuff. Diesel knocked over our salmon, thankfully it didn't open.

6:00 - Take the kids for a walk.

7:15 - Finally come home as a worried Mrs. Poop is looking out the door to see if we got lost. Chase was being good so I just decided to give Mrs. Poop sometime to relax in the house without her 3 boys bothering her.

7:30 - Salmon for dinner. Mrs. Poop makes sauteed squash. Disgusting.

8:30 - Watch How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement.

10:00 - Watch Monday Night Football, ALCS, NLCS.

Drunk TON

See more pictures from Ton and Special K's visit on Chase's blog.

Weekly Picks

My New England strategy worked for the second straight week, this time, just barely. But it was good enough to salvage an otherwise mediocre week.

CLEVELAND -5 miami
The Browns are actually a pretty decent team. They could be 3-2 right now with losses only to the Steelers and Patriots if not for the bullshit time out that cost them the Raiders game. Even so, they play tough and put points n the board. The Dolphins are horrible.

houston +6 1/2 JACKSONVILLE
I haven't been picking enough underdogs this season, but so far my record when picking road dogs is terrible. I actually believe in the Texans even though their last two weeks were a loss to the Falcons and a near-loss to the Dolphins. But this is a pretty big spread for a Jacksonville team that doesn't score a lot of points.

new york giants -3 ATLANTA
The Giants are playing good football right now. Their defense has turned around a lot since two embarassing performances in the first two weeks. They are running the ball pretty well, and they are playing against the horrible Atlanta Falcons.

CHICAGO -5 minnesota
The Bears had a nice bounceback week against the Packers. They should be able to keep it going against a turnover prone Minnesota team. The Vikings can defend the run, but not the pass, so I hope Griese can move the ball around without throwing the interceptions that ended the tenure of his predecessor.

new england -5 DALLAS
Even if I weren't picking New England every week blind, I would love this game. The Cowboys are so overrated that this spread should be about 10. The Patriots are on a different level right now. I don't expect them to have a letdown in what is billed as the game of the year.

Last week: 2-3 (3 points)
Season so far: 12-13 (13 points)
Best bet: 1-0 (3-2)
Home favorites: 2-2 (5-4)
Home underdogs: 0-0 (2-0)
Road favorites: 0-1 (4-6)
Road underdogs: 0-0 (1-3)

Smooth Soul Jams

Anyone wishing to make a baby this weekend should enjoy this post. Some good R&B songs have come out in the past few months. I didn't want to make them song of the week because I like to mix up genres in SOTW and I already have choices selected for the next 6 weeks. So enjoy these songs, and if you're bold enough to listen to all 6 (I'm sure Billy and JLeary will even though they've probably heard them all before), tell me what you think in the comments section. Just don't say "this song is on a CD that came out last year." Because unlike Gay TON I don't buy Justin Timberlake CDs, I only hear his songs when they get radio airplay.


"Crying Out for Me" - Mario



"How Do I Breathe?" - Mario



"Bed" - J. Holiday



"Please Don't Go" - Tank



"Til The End of Time" - Justin Timberlake



"When I See You" - Fantasia

Baseball is Poop

Postseason Awards
NL MVP - Matt Holliday
This was a tough one but right off the bat I eliminated anyone on the Mets because they all choked down the stretch. There was no offensive player on the Diamondbacks or Cubs who merited consideration. So I looked at the Rockies against the Phillies. Each had 5 players who had huge offensive seasons (OPS of .838 or higher). And this is where it got hard. How much value (the key part of most valuable player) does a player have when his team has four other great guys. I chose Holliday because I think the Rockies would have lost more without him, than the Phillies would have lost without Rollins or Howard (but they are my 2nd and 3rd choices).



AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez
This one was much easier. A logical reasonable debate can't be made for anyone else. Not only did A-Rod have stats far superior to anyone else, he didn't have as much help this year as the Yankees usually have. Plus he got a lot of big hits this year for a change, including 2 off Jon Papelbon that spurred the Yankees' late season resurgence. Any voter who doesn't put him first should have his voting privileges revoked.

NL Cy Young - Jake Peavy
He won the pitcher's triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts). His ERA was half a run better than second place. He was first in innings, first in WHIP, every reasonable measure of pitchers you can find, Peavy led the NL.

AL Cy Young - CC Sabathia
This will be a very tight race between Sabathia and Josh Beckett, but a better case could be made for Fausto Carmona and maybe even John Lackey over Sabathia. Beckett gets headline attention because of the wins, but the two extra wins are a product of his team. It's really hard to argue based on stats over a group of guys this closely bunched, but what set CC apart for me was his 241 innings.

NL Rookie of the Year - Ryan Braun
This is a no brainer. He had one of the best rookie seasons ever. 34 homers, 97 RBI and an OPS of 1.004. And he missed a almost two months. With a full season his stats would have been expected to be at the minimum, 40 and 115.

AL Rookie of the Year - Brian Bannister
This was a very tough choice. He only pitched 38 innings with the Mets in 2006 so he's still considered a rookie. He went 12-9 with a 3.87 ERA for an awful Kansas City Royals team. But I was most impressed with his consistency. He had a couple bad starts but for one 9 start stretch he was 7-1 (on the Kansas City Royals), he never allowed more than three runs and had an ERA of 2.17.

NL Manager of the Year - Lou Piniella
A close call here because his team did have the 5th best record in the National League, while playing in the worst division. But I chose him because the Cubs got off to such a bad start, and their reversal seemed to be linked to his antics which presumably got the team fired up.

AL Manager of the Year - John McLaren
Another iconoclastic choice. He took over a mediocre team in the middle of the season and got them on an incredible tear. They sank like a stone late in the season but that doesn't diminish what he accomplished as an interim manager.

NL Comeback Player of the Year - Dmitri Young
After a tough year in 2006 with legal, personal and health problems, Young bonced back hitting .320 with 13 homers and 74 RBI.

AL Comeback Player of the Year - Carlos Pena
The most amazing season in baseball in a long time. After being almost completely written off he had MVP type numbers: 46 homers (2nd), 121 RBI (4th), 103 walks (3rd) and a 1.038 OPS (3rd).

The Whole World is Caught Up In It

Fat turd Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for making a movie full of lies and scaring people.
Just to be clear, I think there is such a thing as global warming. I think a lot of the things we are doing (factories, SUVs) make it worse.
But it's unclear how much of the global warming is caused by us, and how much of it is natural.
Remember, there used to be an Ice Age on Earth. The place where you are right now was covered in ice. We didn't have factories and SUVs contributing to that climate change.
Here's what I think Al Gore did. He took a problem, a problem he thinks is serious, but a problem that has no real answer. He wanted to get people's attention so in his movie he used only the most dire forecasts and analysis.
More importantly, how does he get a Nobel Peace Prize for this? What does any of this have to do with peace? In fact, his global warming push has probably caused more discord.

Staten Island Justice

The kids at IS 49 in Stapleton play (or at least they used to play) a game called "quiet." Everyone is quiet, and the first one to speak loses. The loser gets pelted with text books.
Chaz Carvalho was playing with his class when he said something and the textbooks flew.
He avoided some of them but one hit him in the side. He was on the floor in pain when the substitute teacher told him to get back in his seat.
Turns out the book ruptured his spleen and needed a splenectomy like Chris Simms.

NLCS Game 1 In Pictures

Alyssa Milano was covering the game for TBS.



The Diamondbacks did not sell out Chase Field for this one. They called it a sellout but there were a lot of empty seats.



Kaz Matsui once again played a key role in this one, his RBI single in the 3rd inning gave the Rockies the lead for good. He now has 7 RBI (including a grand slam) in 4 playoff games.



Eric Byrnes was called safe on this play, Helton has the ball but his foot is off the bag.



The game took an ugly turn in the 7th when the Diamondbacks were poised for a comeback with 1st and 2nd and none out. Justin Upton slid hard into second base taking out Kaz Matsui. He was called for interference resulting in a double play. It was the right call. Like the fateful Marlon Anderson play, Upton used his arm to obliterate the fielder.





The Arizona fans who did show up disagreed with the call and threw bottles and other shit onto the field. Rockies manager Clint Hurdle pulled his team off the field. The game was delayed about 8 to 12 minutes before the game resumed.




The Rockies won 5-1, to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The Rockies have won 18 of their last 19 games.

Halloween at the Cincinnati Zoo

The Cincinnati Zoo decorates its gorilla exhibit for Halloween. Both the pumpkin and the ghost were filled with healthy treats. Gorillas hate peanut brittle.

Soccer Players Are Pussies

AC Milan goalkeeper Dida was suspended for 2 games for faking an injury after being "attacked" by a fan of the other team. After he allowed a goal a fan savagely brutalized him. Check out his reaction, he ran two steps, then collapsed in a heap and was carried off on a stretcher, hysterical.

He Had the Runs Again

Joe Paterno, was probably running to the bathroom again, when he got into a traffic dispute last week.
Paterno explained on his radio show that he saw a woman run a stop sign. After she stopped he “pulled up beside her because there was nothing coming the other way,” Paterno said. He added that he pointed at her and said, “Boy, you went through that sign.”
He also told her that he had taken down her plate number, when he really hadn't.
Then the woman's husband got out of the car, knocked on Paterno's window and said "that's my wife."
To which Paterno replied "Boy, that's your problem."
Internet reports took the story and ran with it, with one account saying Paterno cut the car off, then got out and starting yelling, cursing and giving the couple the middle finger.
The truth, as always, lies somewhere in between these two stories.

I Hope He Can Find a Baggy Enough Orange Jumpsuit

Snoop Dogg will spend 160 hours picking up trash at an Orange County park as part of his sentence for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year.
The rapper, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., will do "everything from raking leaves to painting benches" in order to meet the 160 hours of community service he was ordered to perform.
"He's glad to make a contribution to Orange County."
Dogg chose the park site from a list of probation-approved community service sites and will be supervised by a park ranger.
Officials declined to release the name of the park, citing concerns that media and fans might interfere with the work.
"He feels 'whatever it takes' to get this behind him. His goal is to make music, not court appearances," his lawyer said.
The 35-year-old rapper pleaded guilty last month to one count of felony possession of a dangerous weapon. He was arrested Sept. 27, 2006, after the discovery of a collapsible baton in his computer bag at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
Authorities said the baton was a dangerous weapon. Snoop Dogg said it was a prop for a video he was filming in New York.
The rapper asked to perform his community service by working with children.
However, the court and prosecutors did not want him involved with children, gangs or football.
The rapper already has his own non-profit youth football league.
"The purpose of a sentence is punishment and we don't consider it to be punishment for a person to participate in activities that are already part of their daily routine."

What Do You Give Me For? Rockefeller Butts and Suge Knight

Kevin Michael Richardson aka Rockefeller Butts and Marion Knight aka Suge Knight

SU Professor Steps In It

Syracuse University Professor Boyce Watkins, in his haste to say something more condemming than the next guy spoke to CNN about the Bill O'Reilly Sylvia's incident. Please remember that O'Reilly said nothing remotely racist, but his comments were taken grossly out of context. Watkins in an interview with CNN called O'Reilly a racist and twice called Juan Williams (who was discussing the Sylvia's dinner with O'Reilly), a "happy negro."
Thankfully, new SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor didn't condone Watkins's ridiculous comments.

The NFL is Poop - Week 5

Stay Down Mother Fucker
Miami Dolphins quarterback Trent Green attempted to throw a block on Houston Texans defensive lineman Travis Johnson on a play in which Green fumbled. Green went low on Johnson and Johnson nailed Green in the head with his knee. Johnson was initially furious because he thought Green was taking a cheap shot at his knees to injure him. Johnson got up and yelled at Trent Green as he lay motionless on the turf. Green had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. That should have made Johnson regret his actions, but instead after the game he was still mad saying "he like the scarecrow, he want to get courage." I don't know what's more embarrassing, taunting a seriously injured guy or not knowing who needed what in the Wizard of Oz.




Oh My!
Prescient call by Dick Enberg during the Jets-Giants game. After Jets center Nick Mangold left the game with an injury, Enberg pointed out his replacement and the potential danger of a bad snap due to his inexperience with Chad Pennington. Sure enough, on the very first play the ball got snapped right into Pennington's chest when he wasn't looking.

They Are Who We Thought They Were
The San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears had huge bounceback wins this week. The Chargers pasted the Broncos 41-3 showing that their offense is back. The Chargers haven't proven themselves to me yet, but they are tied for second (and last) in the AFC West at 2-3 with the Broncos and Chiefs, only half a game behind the Raiders. I expect them in the playoffs this year. As for the Bears, their defense dominated by forcing turnovers and they knocked off the previously undefeated Packers. They still trail the Packers by two games, and they still have a terrible offense, but they made great strides.

Miraculous Cover
The New England - Cleveland game was a perfect example of why gambling keeps people interested in NFL games. New England was favored by 16 1/2 and took an early 20-0 lead. That closed to 20-3, then 20-10, but New England scored again to get back into covering territory at 27-10. But with 6 minutes left the Browns scored to take the spread back. The Patriots then marched down the field on a long drive that ended at the 4 yard line. But they went for it on 4th down (the right move, not an effort to run up the score) but they missed, and all seemed lost. But on the next play Kellen Winslow fumbled and Randall Gay returned it for a touchdown. So it seemed like a cover for New England. But with 37 seconds left the Browns moved the ball 48 yards in 3 plays. But with 3 tries from the 10 yard line the Patriots held on and covered the spread.



Game of the Week
Dallas Cowboys 25 Buffalo Bills 24
The Bills seemed ready to knock off the Cowboys with a little help from Tony Romo. 5 interceptions, 2 returned for touchdowns. Add a kickoff return TD and the Bills offense did nothing. But the Cowboys got a late TD, then in 20 seconds got an onside kick and threw two passes to set up a field goal. This is where awful coaching came in. From the 43 yard line with 7 seconds left the Cowboys needed to go for another short pass. The Bills played off the receivers allowing Crayton to catch the ball and run right out of bounds with two seconds left. If they play tighter coverage it would have taken longer to get open, or they could have made the tackle inbounds, or worst case, the Cowboys catch a deeper pass, as long as they don't score a touchdown they'll likely run out of time. Why were they protecting against the deep ball that couldn't hurt them? Terrible call. The Cowboys completed an 8 yard pass to cut the field goal down to 53 yards. Nick Folk made the kick...but wait, Dick Jauron did the ridiculous last second timeout gambit and Folk had to kick it again. He did, and he made it again.

Game of Next Week
New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys
Two of the last 3 undefeated teams facing other. The two teams that were once America's Team and are now probably the most hated franchises in the league. They score an average of 70 points combined. I actually think the scoring in this game will be way down but it should be a great game.

A Brief Rant About the Redskins
Great game by Jason Campbell, his best as a Redskin. I think the Lions just weren't very good because every play, running or passing was gaining 5 or 6 yards. They also played great defense and although they didn't force a lot of turnovers (they got two, late in the game leading to the last ten points) but they played good solid defense and won he battle of field position. The most disappointing aspect is that they should be 4-0 if they hadn't folded against the Giants.

Cheerleader of the Week
Jessica D. of the Buffalo Jills
The Buffalo Jills have by far the worst website of any cheerleading squad in the NFL. Each girl only gets one picture, a wide shot and you can barely see their faces.
I like Jessica because her favorite things about Buffalo are the wings and the Bills. Her music choice is the typical "everything" but she specifically mentioned the Goo Goo Dolls. That seemed weird, until I remembered the Goo Goo Dolls are from Buffalo. Jessica is afraid of "CLOWNS!" Hysterical.



If the Super Bowl Were Played Today
It's actually going to be played on Sunday so at least I'll be able to pick a new team depending on the result. But right now I'm sticking with New England Patriots 38 Dallas Cowboys 21.

Getting More Attention By Not Talking

T.O. says he doesn't want to talk about this week's game against the Patriots. So he hung this note in his locker knowing full well it would get him even more attention. But I will get my popcorn ready.

Not a Mitzvah

This cartoon appeared in the student paper at the University of Arizona, "The Daily Wildcat." While I don't mind making jokes about certain groups of people, I don't even know if this is a joke, or just an outright insult. It certainly isn't funny. I've always said people need to relax a little bit more about stuff like this. But as it pertains to Jews in particular, my objection to this is, the Holocaust started based on thinking exactly like this. That makes it a little dangerous from my perspective.

Song of the Week

"Young Folks" - Peter, Bjorn & John
Mrs. Poop has been whistling this for a whole week

Spoken Like a True Staten Islander

New York City Councilman James Oddo who represents Staten Island sat down for an interview with who he thought was a Norwegian journalist. Turns out she was from a comedy show. After the second ridiculous question he went Staten Island on her ass.

A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words

Does Anyone Else Want to Kill Ron Jaworski?

I try watching Monday Night Football and his segments on PTI but Jaws drives me up the wall. I hate his inflection.
His voice goes up at the end of every sentence. He ends every statement as if he's a television anchor tossing to a package on tape.

Willie and Omar Try To Explain

Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya got spoofed on Saturday Night Live this weekend. I don't think this is funny at all, but decided to share it anyway.

The George Stone Quandary

Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge finds himself confronting a situation I refer to as "The George Stone Quandary."

In 1973 the New York Mets continued their epic comeback from last place in August and took their 82-79 regular season record into the World Series against the heavily favored Oakland A's. After losing 2 of the first 3 games the Mets took games 4 and 5 to take a 3 games to 2 series lead heading back to Oakland.

Manager Yogi Berra decided to bring back Tom Seaver and Jon Matlack on 3 days rest to start games 6 and 7 respectively. His other option was to pitch George Stone in Game 6 and Seaver in 7. Stone was 12-3 with a 2.80 ERA in 1973. Matlack was 14-16 with a 3.20 ERA. Stone had pitched one inning in Game 2 of the World Series, so he had plenty of rest. Complicating matters was the fact that Matlack had pitched 2 great games in the series against the A's. In Games 1 and 4 he allowed 0 earned runs (3 unearned) and only 6 hits in 14 innings, while going 1-1.

Berra obviously thought his best chance to take one game was to pitch his better pitchers. As it turned out Seaver pitched well in Game 6 but the Mets got nothing off Catfish Hunter, and Matlack got bombed (4 runs in 2 2/3) in Game 7 costing the Mets the series.

Eric Wedge must decide whether to pitch Paul Byrd in Game 4 and give himself only one shot with one of his two best pitchers, or bring back Sabathia and Carmona on short rest (correction: Carmona would be on regular rest). In this day and age pitchers, even the best pitchers, have done poorly coming back on 3 days rest in the playoffs, probably because they do it so infrequently.

I would go with Byrd in Game 4 and give myself the best chance to win a Game 5 with a fresh Sabathia.

Windy City Heat

The Chicago Marathon was run in 80 degree heat. That is way too hot for a marathon. One guy passed out on mile 18 and died on the course. Hundreds of other runners suffered heat related illnesses. After 3 hours, race organizers shortened the race, cutting off people at mile 21 and encouraging everybody else to quit.

I hope the temperature is no higher than 50 degrees when Reissberg hits the road for the NYC Marathon on November 4.

Disturbing Trend

An alarming amount of athletes and coaches are using the term "strap it on." And I'm not even quite sure what they mean.

"It makes it tough to come to work, strap it on and fight another day." - kicker John Carney said about the 1-15 season he experienced as a member of the Sna Diego Chargers in 2000.

"As a team, we didn't strap it on like we were supposed to." - Mavericks forward Josh Howard on the team's first round exit in last year's playoffs.

"It'll be good to get a few days off, then strap it on and go to work." - Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain about getting ready for the playoffs.

"I pretty much have the old-school mentality where you just strap it on and go play." - Dodgers catcher Russell Martin on the rigors of his position.

"I'm sure they're saying we have some guys down, but we're going to strap it on." - Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell about playing despite several injuries.

The Post-Virginia Tech World

Current SU student Greco got this e-mail about a security incident on Friday:

"Late this morning, DPS responded immediately to a Link Hall computer cluster following a report that a student may have been in possession of a gun. Officers identified and questioned the individual and others present, and searched the area. No weapon was found. The student cooperated fully and was released.

It was determined that the student had entered the computer cluster while wearing headphones and listening to music, and recited out loud lyrics from a song to which the student was listening that referenced holding a gun. A staff member and students nearby heard this and contacted DPS. This matter has been resolved, and this incident posed no threat to the campus."

What's Bugging the Yankees?

Game 2 of the Yankees Indians series will go down as one of the most memorable playoff games ever thanks to a swarm of bugs that descended on the field during the 8th inning.
Joba Chamberlain may have let the bugs bug him as he blew the lead and the Yankees eventually lost the game.
But the big loser was the manufacturer of Off bug spray. That stuff does not work. They emptied the entire can on Joba and 15 seconds later the bugs were camped out on his neck again.

Grieving Mets Fans

Weekly Picks

The new strategy unveiled last week helped me rebound with another good week. Through two weeks I've had 2 weeks of 4-1 (5 points) and 2 weeks of 1-4 (0 points). That makes me 10-10 overall and 2-2 on best bets. In gambling you can't break even by breaking even. We need two good weeks in a row to get this thing headed in the right direction. Lots of home favorites this week.

TENNESSEE -8 atlanta
I still think the Falcons suck, and they are coming off a big win last week. I definitely think the Falcons will lose this game, the question is by how much. 8 can be a tricky number. The Titans don't score a ton of points so they will probably need to keep the Falcons to 14 points or fewer. Tough call but I believe in Vince Young.

GREEN BAY -3 1/2 chicago
Four weeks is enough time. It's time to start believing what we see, instead of what we thought we knew. The Bears are a bad team with no running game and a bad quarterback. They also have a banged up defense. The Packers have a great defense and a great QB. My only fear is that this will be the game that the Bears defense comes after Favre and harrasses him into becoming that old gunslinger. But division game, at Lambeau on Sunday night, you'd think Favre would bring his A game for that one.

NEW YORK GIANTS -3 new york jets
How did they figure out home field advantage for this one? If it's usually worth 3 points does that mean the Jets would be favored by 3 if they were the home team? Is there no home field because they share the Stadium? But don't the fans make up most of they call the homefield advantage? What's the advantage of the actual field, especially if the road team stays in their homes, uses their lockers, etc? Anyway, the quality of these two teams isn't even close. My only fear is that the Giants are coming off a huge win...and the Jets off a terrible loss.

dallas -10 BUFFALO
Dallas has scored more points than New England. No way the Bills win this game so I'm betting on a blowout versus a close game. I'll take that bet.

BEST BET
NEW ENGLAND -16 1/2 cleveland
I know this seems like a lot of points but I think you are actually getting a great deal on the Pats right now. They have won every game by 21+ points. They're at least 20 points better than the Browns. But if the spread were 20 the "smart" action, the guys with the money, would take the Browns, and make the action uneven. So in order to keep the dollars wagered even on both sides, you take New England and you give a couple points fewer than you really should.

Last week: 4-1 (5 points)
Season so far: 10-10 (10 points)
Best bet: 1-0 (2-2)
Home favorites: 1-0 (3-2)
Home underdogs: 1-0 (2-0)
Road favorites: 2-1 (4-5)
Road underdogs: 0-0 (1-3)

This Isn't Going to Help His Money Problems or His Baby Mama Drama

Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry who leads the NFL in kids, baby's mamas and rushing yards could be suspended for a year after violating the league's substance abuse policy for at least the third time, and the second time within two years.

Run Reissberg Run

In one month, Reissberg will be running 26.2 miles, urinating and defacating on himself all for charity. I've posted about this before but I just wanted to remind you all to donate to Reissberg's cause.

George Likes His Chili Sauce Spicy

Super spicy chili sauce sparked road closures and evacuations in central London after passers-by complained that a chemical emanating from a Thai restaurant was burning their throats.
Reports of a strong smell wafting from a restaurant in the heart of London's bustling Soho district prompted the London Fire Brigade to send a chemical response team.
Firefighters closed off roads, sealed buildings and donned special breathing masks to ferret out the source of the acrid smell as onlookers coughed.
Smashing down the door of the suspected source - the Thai Cottage restaurant - they seized the culprit: extra-hot bird's eye chilies that had been left dry-frying.
They were being prepared for a batch of "nam prik pao," a spicy Thai sauce, restaurant owner Sue Wasboonma said.
"The smoke didn't go up into the sky because of the rain and the heavy air," she told the Times. "It's the hottest thing we make."
No one was arrested, the police spokesman said, declining to give his name in line with force policy. "As far as I'm aware, it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili."

Why I Never Want to Be a Doctor

Although I would love to use my superior intelligence to help people and to cure diseases I don't think I could ever be a doctor or anyone whose mistakes could literally be life and death.
Darrie Eason of Long Island was told she had invasive lobular carcinoma and underwent a double mastectomy.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, for Eason four months later, she was told that her tissue sample was mixed up with another patient's. She did not have breast cancer.
But even worse, the other patient, who thought she was fine, has cancer, and missed four months of treatment.

Eva Longoria Sex Tape

Eva Longoria was mad about rumors of her making a sex tape so she did a spoof on Will Ferrell's Funny or Die site. The actor playing Perry Hilton is Eric Christen Olsen who ruined Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer.

Doesn't Look As Good As The Original

The trailer for Harold and Kumar 2.
This time Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are directing as well as writing.
The good parts are that Dave Krumholtz is back in his role as The Concierge - I mean Goldstein, and NPH aka Barney Stinson is back as well. And Josh Heald has a role in this one as well.

A Look Into My Future

Mrs. Poop loves skeeball. And I am a stickler for rules. I can totally envision Chase doing this and me saying exactly what this guy said.

The NFL is Poop - Week 4

There's No Justice, There's Just Osi
Giants defensive lineman Osi Umeniyora abused poor Eagles offensive lineman Winston Justice en route to 6 sacks of Donovan McNabb. That's one short of the individual record for one game, but in all the Giants got to McNabb 12 times, tying an NFL record.
Without Westbrook the Eagles have no offense. Without William Thomas, the Eagles have no offensive line. And it appears that Donovan McNabb lost his mobility.

Survive If I Let You
Tough week for survivor/eliminator/knockout pools. Five of the top 6 choices in ESPN's pool all lost. That would be the Chargers (to the Chiefs), Steelers (to the Cardinals), Bears (to the Lions), Texans (to the Falcons) and Ravens (to the Browns). The only game that got more than 5% that won, was Dallas Cowboys over the Rams.

We're Not Going By Last Year's Stats
I think it's time to face the facts that the Chargers, Bears and Saints suck this season. The Saints have no defense and their offense sucks, so I could see them going 4-12. The Bears defense is banged up and tired from being on the field all the time. They gave up 34 points to the Lions in the fourth quarter. It wasn't all their fault but still, 34 points to the Lions in one quarter. But I still can't figure out the Chargers. No major injuries, no major personnel changes. Only one thing is different between last year and this year. I know Norv Turner is a bad coach, but this bad?

Game of the Week
Arizona Cardinals 21 Pittsburgh Steelers 14
Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm got a little revenge on the team that passed over them. Usually when a bad team gets down to a good team early they can't come back but the Cardinals got some huge plays. First they took Matt Leinart out and brought in Kurt Warner. It should be interesting to see how that platoon works out. Then after a Warner fumble the Steelers took over at the Cardinals 4 yard line but got no points when Ben Roethlisberger threw an INT in the endzone. After a Cardinals punt the Steelers had to punt and that punt was returned for a game tying touchdown. Then the Cardinals drove for another touchdown to take a 21-7 lead. The Steelers came back with one of their own, but couldn't get the onside kick, because they kicked it to Larry Fitzgerald who was catching everything, and their comeback came up short.

Game of Next Week
Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers
I think the Steelers will bounce back in this one, but the Seahawks could have that revenge factor from the Super Bowl two years ago. Either way it should be a tough defense and running affair.

Cheerleader of the Week
Sarah from the Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders
Sarah is married an she is an actuary, making her perhaps the most boring cheerleader in the NFL.
She admires Oprah and her mother. She has two little Chihuahuas and her favorites movies are "The Notebook" and "Top Gun." Her favorites subjects in school were calculus and physics, strange for a cheerleader, but perfect for an actuary.







If The Super Bowl Were Played Today
New England Patriots 38 Dallas Cowboys 21
Believe it or not the Cowboys have actually scored more points than the Patriots so far. But the Patriots look much more impressive and they are absolutely killing people. But this looks like it would be a great matchup in the Super Bowl.

Cheaters

Normally I frown on frivolous lawsuits but the overly litigious lawyers who are suing Bill Belichick might have a point.
The suit contends that Belichick should refund the ticket prices paid by everyone who went to a Jets-Patriots game at the Meadowlands while he was the coach of the Pats.
I agree that fans pay money for a ticket expecting that the game will be a fair and honest contest. Belichick's cheating violated that trust.
I'm not sure the standard of proof that would exist in a case like this but even though they can prove he cheated, I don't think they can prove how long it went on, or whether it had a large enough impact on the game to seriously alter the fairness.

Even Black Men Can't Call Women Bitches

The New York Knicks got hit with an $11.6 million judgment by a jury in the Isiah Thomas sexual harrassment case.
The breakdown is $6 million for allowing a hostile work enviroment, $2.6 for retaliating against Anucha Browne Sanders by firing her, and an additional $3 million from James Dolan personally.
Isiah Thomas got off the hook financially but his reputation is completely ruined. And it was pretty bad before.
I think the Knicks big downfall in this case involved Kathleen Decker. Her story was proof that the Knicks allowed an even fostered an air of sexual harrassment at the Garden.
A story about a young girl feeling pressured to have sex with a man because she views him as a superior, that's classic sexual harrassment right there.
And as usual, it wasn't the crime that was so bad, it was the coverup. Decker was evidently discouraged from talking about it, and given a full-time job. And a few weeks before her testimony, she was given a promotion and drastically changed her story.
I think that incident convinced the jury about the hostile work environment, and led them to believe that the Knicks were covering things up and the Anucha was telling the truth.
Not to diminish what she went through but for $11.6 million my employers can call me a black bitch, a hook-nosed Jew and fire me if they want. But when it comes down to it, I'd say she deserves the money more than the pricks at MSG and the Knicks who've ruined the team and the organization as a whole.

What Do You Give Me For? Clay Aiken & Rocky Dennis

Clay Aiken & Rocky Dennis

Song of the Week

"Teachme" - Musiq
The man hates the space bar but he sho can saing. He keeps coming up with albums that sell well, but never gain mainstream popularity and therefore don't get watered down by trying to appeal to 13-year old white girls in Nebraska. Just good soulful beats and lyrics. I'm LuvanMusiq.

Playoff Predictions

Division Series:
Phillies over Rockies (4 games)
Diamondbacks over Cubs (5 games)
Yankees over Indians (3 games)
Red Sox over Angels (4 games)

League Championship Series:
Phillies over Diamondbacks (6 games)
Yankees over Red Sox (7 games)

World Series:
Yankees over Phillies (5 games)

Cutest Scam Ever

I received an e-mail from Billy that said:

"Alison got an email about 6 black labs in Harrisburg that were found in the middle of the road and needed a home. They were very cute, but how would you find 6 dogs in the middle of the road?

The Bears are done. I knew they'd lose to the Lions."

A few hours later I received an e-mail forwarded by Master Bates that said:

"My friend's mom found 6 black lab puppies in the middle of the road. The shelters won't take them b/c they are over crowded. If they have to go to Animal Control they will be euthenized in 5 days. Their pics are attached. They are super cute. I would take one myself but I just got a puppy. I hope someone can give them a loving home."

And it came with this picture:




This seems to be a scam, I just don't get the gimmick. It doesn't give a contact number, and several e-mails on the same thread show slightly different versions of the same story. Whatever the hustle, don't send money to anyone offering you a black lab mix puppy they found in the middle of the road.

Baseball is Poop

Checking in on some of the stories, stats and players we've been following in this space all season:
Albert Pujols
The Great Pooh Holes got only 565 official at bats this season. For the second straight year he fell short of the standard he set in his first five seasons when he came to the plate 590, 590, 591, 592 and 591 times.

Scott Linebrink
Appeared in only 71 games this season after appearing exactly 73 times in 2004, 2005 & 2006. But Linebrink was traded midseason, and left the team for a few days when his child was born. If not for those two incidents he might have reached 73. I actually e-mailed Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about it, hoping he could tell Linebrink or Manager Ned Yost and influence them to reach that number but he said:
"I don't understand the revelance of that number...I guess it's sort of interesting he usually pitches the same number of games but I guarantee you neither Yost nor Linebrink is thinking about it. I would attribute the whole thing to coincidence. Interesting, but coincidence."

Ryan Howard
199 strikeouts, a new major league record. Bobby Bonds held the record with 189 in 1970 until Adam Dunn broke it with 195 in 2004.

Micah Owings
Owings went 8-8 with a 4.30 ERA for the Diamondbacks this season. But way more impressive was the fact that he hit .333 with 4 homers and 15 RBI and an OPS of 1.032 in 60 at bats. Those are stats that make me believer Owings should become the next Rick Ankiel (minus the HGH) and drop pitching for hitting. Or Owings should play the field the four days when he's not on the mound. In a game on August 18th Owing went 4 for 5 with 2 homers and 6 RBI. And on September 27, he went 4 for 4 with 3 RBI.

Chone Figgins
He missed April and started the season 12 for 90. But starting on May 31st he went 134 for 352 (.381).

Aaron Harang
He started the season 14-3, but faltered in September going 2-3 down the stretch. He still got 22% of his team's wins, the highest percentage of any pitcher this year. His winning percentage of .727 was .283 higher than his team's.

There Are Bars In Londonderry, NH?

LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Mike Huckabee let his bass guitar do the talking as he kicked off a weekend trip to the Granite State by jamming at a local bar here.
Huckabee traded his band, Capitol Offense, for local rockers Mama Kicks Friday night as he played before a crowd mixed with supporters and curious onlookers. "Would you like a president who has pardoned Keith Richards?" asked Fred Bramante, Huckabee's state co-chairman, as he introduced the former Arkansas governor. "Would you like a president who knows how to rock?"
The performance at Whippersnappers was a limited engagement; Huckabee played seven songs, including "Born to Be Wild," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Sweet Home Alabama." He didn't know the set list before he got on stage, but seemed to have no trouble keeping up. "I just had to follow them," he said.

I wonder if he stopped at the local McDonald's and had the local delicacy a cheeseburger without cheese.

So That's Why He Was So Good

Scott Schoeneweis received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy while playing for the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and 2004, according to ESPN.
According to a source in Florida close to the ongoing investigation of Signature, Schoeneweis' name appears on packages that were sent to Comiskey Park.
The doctor who prescribed the drugs, Ramon Scruggs of the New Hope Health Center in Tustin, Calif., also wrote prescriptions for Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus. Scruggs has since been suspended by California's state medical board on charges that he "prescribed approximately 6,073 prescriptions of dangerous drugs or controlled substances over the Internet without a good faith examination of the patients."
The source who reviewed the invoices said that Schoeneweis spent $1,160 on the steroids. The packages he received on May 23 and June 25, 2003, contained 10 milliliter bottles of both testosterone and stanozolol. The package sent on Sept. 3 had double the dose of stanozolol -- the same drug that caused Rafael Palmiero to be suspended for 10 games in 2005 after it showed up in his urine. The last three shipments -- on Nov. 18, 2003, and April 15 and June 24, 2004 -- contained one 10 ml bottle of testosterone.
The disclosure about Schoeneweis is the latest to emerge from a year-long probe into Signature being conducted by Albany, N.Y., district attorney David Soares. Last month, Sports Illustrated reported that Baltimore outfielder Jay Gibbons received shipments of steroids and growth hormone from the pharmacy between 2003 and 2005. Gibbons met with MLB officials on Sept. 17, afterward telling reporters he was "happy to answer all of their questions." He did not elaborate.

Mr. Met Despondent

If The Mets Had Won

If the Mets had beaten the Marlins on Sunday we all know they would have played a 1-game playoff with the Phillies to determine the winner of the National League East.
The loser of that game would still be in a 3-way tie with the Rockies and Padres for the wild card.
Those three teams would have played a 2-game playoff. The team with the best record against the other two would get a bye, the other two would play on Tuesday, the winner plays Wednesday.
So let's say the Mets won on Sunday. If they lost to Philadelphia on Philadelphia on Monday they would have played the Padres in San Diego on Tuesday. If they won they would have played the Rockies in New York on Wednesday. Then if they won they would have started the NLDS in Arizona on Thursday.
Not positive about all that, but I'm pretty sure that's the way it would have shaken out.
Then again if the Mets had only lost 7 of their last 8 against the Phillies, instead of all 8, they would have won the division outright.

In The Papers

I Don't Want To Hear It

Two aspects of the Mets collapse that are absolutely ridiculous, and therefore getting a lot of play in the stupid media:

1) That the Mets somehow fired up the Marlins by showboating and celebrating on Saturday. And that Reyes provoking Olivo into a fight gave the Marlins extra motivation, without which they would have quit on Sunday. That's complete bullshit. Teams don't quit. Did the Marlins quit on Friday? Why didn't the Marlins get fired up in the second half of Saturday's game? Was Dontrelle Willis fired up when he lasted only 2 2/3 innings? Did the Marlins stop being fired up when they scored only 1 run in the last 8 innings? Did they say, ok that's enough? Complete bullshit, none of that had anything to do with the game. The Mets lost because they didn't get it done, not because they gave the Marlins motivation. A few more questions. Were the Marlins motivated all season when they lost 91 games? Even if the Marlins were motivated, shouldn't the Mets have been more motivated? And even if both teams were equally fired up, shouldn't the Mets have been able to beat them anyway? Nonsense.

2) The Mets fans contributed to the team's poor play at home particularly on the last homestand. I am critical of stupid Mets fans who boo constantly and make Shea unfriendly to home ballplayers but to blame the fans for this is ridiculous. Mets fans took every opportunity to go nuts for this team, and every time the Mets blew it. If the fans had cheered louder Tom Glavine wouldn't have given up 7 runs in the first inning? Bullshit. The team sucked, and that's why they lost.

Wait Til Next Year

There's nothing left for Mets fans to do except turn our attention to next year. As bad as this season was, the Mets did win 88 games and only minor improvements need to be made to get this team to 92 wins next season.

As mad as I am I hope the Mets don't make too many drastic moves because this collapse was a fluke more than anything else, the confluence of hundreds of extraordinary, minor occurrences, that added up to a disastrous meltdown. The odds of that happening again are small, so the Mets shouldn't worry about how to fix the problems of the last 17 games too much, they need to make the team better overall.

I'll give a brief blurb on almost everyone on the Mets, their role in this collapse and what should happen to them next season:

Omar Minaya: He's a good general manager, a little stubborn, a little too reliant on veterans and guys he knows. He needs to cut ties with some veterans and acquire some pitching without trading any of our top young players.

Willie Randolph: He's a bad manager. His in-game moves are for the most part awful, and obviously he's not the right guy to fire this team up. His calm demeanor did not work down the stretch, and he spent two weeks fiddling while Rome burned. I am now officially against him and I hope they fire him in the offseason.



Jose Reyes: I love him. He's my favorite player and still the best player on the Mets, but he was horrible down the stretch. I don't know what was wrong with him and I'm confident it won't carry over to next year but he is the guy that makes this team go, and he did nothing the last two weeks of the season. Other than the atrocious bullpen, Reyes's horrid play was a huge reason for this collapse.

Luis Castillo: They should let him go. He's an average offensive player at best. He made two huge errors that cost the Mets in September. They can do a lot better (or just as good) for a lot cheaper.

David Wright: He was awesome this season, particularly late in the year. Other than his huge mistake on the potential double play in Pedro's start on Friday, he's almost blameless in this disaster.

Carlos Beltran: I don't know why Mets fans hate him so much. He's a great player and produces on a level equal to Wright. He had some bad moments this season but he played great almost all year. I feel he will never be accepted by the Mets fans but he is a special player.

Moises Alou: Had a great season, and was absolutely on fire in September. But he should go. The Mets don't need another 40-something player. Especially one who probably is only going to play 100 games.

Carlos Delgado: The Mets have him signed for one more year at $16 million and they'll owe him $4 million if they don't sign him in 2009. Acquiring him was a terrible mistake. Compared to other first basemen he's one of the worst in the majors. He did come up with some big hits early in the season but he's basically just a home run hitter. He hits .260 plays bad defense and doesn't hustle.

Paul LoDuca: Will not be back and should not be back. I don't mind Paul, I like his hustle and his attitude, the problem is, he just isn't very good. Even by the lowered standards of catchers, LoDuca was one of the least productive full-time catchers in the majors this year.

Shawn Green: It was a terrible decision to bring him here and it didn't really work out. He's just not that good anymore. 46 RBI is 446 at bats? That's an awful percentage for a guy in an RBI position in a relatively potent lineup. 76 outfielders had more, meaning he was in the bottom 17% of major league outfielders. Does that sound like a guy worth bringing back for another year?

Lastings Milledge: I fear he is going to be traded because of all these minor attitude things. I think he is going to be a great player and I really want him to be the every day right fielder next year. He can hit for power, run, throw and all he needs is a chance. He should be our 6th place hitter next year on opening day.

Carlos Gomez: Has a lot of talent, but may not be ready quite yet. Even so I hope they give him the permanent left field job next year and let him bat second between Reyes and Wright. That would help his development. The Mets always bury their young players at the bottom of the lineup and wonder why they don't produce. Putting a young guy in a key spot would give him more opportunities to succeed and speed his development.

Ramon Castro: His great performances in spot duty as the Mets backup catcher for three years warrant giving him a chance to be the regular catcher next season. No one the Mets will get in free agency will be that much better than Castro, but they will cost several million more. He's a much better hitter than LoDuca right now and other than this year, much better at throwing out baserunners as well.

Ruben Gotay: I'm not sure that he plays good enough defense to be an everyday second baseman but he definitely hits well enough to bat 8th in my lineup, if Anderson Hernandez is not ready to contribute enough offensively on the major league level.

Marlon Anderson: I would love to bring him back as a pinch hitter. But Anderson did lose his head twice and hurt the team. His blatant takeout slide may have cost the Mets a game against the Phillies, one that might have been the difference between this result, and the playoffs. Then, he missed two key games while serving a suspension for flipping out on an umpire.

Endy Chavez: He is a great fourth outfielder. With my plan to start Gomez and Milledge, Chavez will be much needed insurance.

Oliver Perez: Despite his horrible start on Friday he had a breakthrough season. A lot of his problems were mental as he gave up runs when he walked a couple guys or when the defense went against him. He is still a young pitcher and any improvement (particularly making his bad starts a little less bad), will make him a legitimate number one starter.

John Maine: He can be a great number 2 to Oliver Perez. He had a great first half then faded before Saturday's brilliant performance. I have a lot of faith in him that the problems that he faced in the second half can be fixed, now that he has more experience.

Pedro Martinez: I love Pedro, he's just too old and too injured to be relied upon. If he can pitch a full season he will give the Mets the best top 3 in the National League. But at this point in his career it would be unreasonable to expect 35 starts out of him. Unfortunately, giving an injured guy $52 million has backfired because for the past two seasons, the Mets were so close, and Pedro just wasn't around to nudge them over the edge.

El Duque: I love his toughness but he's also too old to contribute. I don't want to pencil him in then have him die on us late in the season for the 3rd straight year. The Mets should let him go.

Mike Pelfrey: He was horrible in April but showed a lot of improvement. He also has to learn to pitch out of trouble and to conserve pitches a little bit so he can go deeper into games. I still have confidence in his talent and want him to be the 4th or 5th starter next year.

Philip Humber: He's getting older and his time is coming. I'd love to see him win the 5th spot in spring training.

Jorge Sosa: Hopefully the Mets can keep him as a reliever and insurance in case of injury or bad performance to a starting pitcher. Perhaps with a full year in relief he can get better adjusted to the rigors of that role.

Pedro Feliciano: Despite his troubles he's still the best reliever the Mets have.

Billy Wagner: He's our closer. He's not great, but he's better than most.

Aaron Heilman: I don't like his attitude and the fact that his mistakes seem to result in losses.

Guillermo Mota: He has a year left on his contract. Terrible signing. I hope they cut him loose. He sucks.

Joe Smith: Not sure he has any real potential. His hot start may have been a fluke. He wasn't fooling anyone in his second stint with the team late in the season.

It's Over

The most disappointing season since 1988 is over.
Tom Glavine absolutely sucked and gave the Mets no chance to win.
I've always hated Tom Glavine as a Met because he is so frustrating to watch because he won't throw strikes. He gets behind hitters and then gets pounded when he has to come in to them.
But Glavine was not alone.
A collapse this big doesn't happen in one day. They're fate was sealed well before this game.
Rome wasn't built in a day nor did this team collapse in a day.
Every single person on this team could have done one thing better, and the Mets might have won an extra game, and made the playoffs.
But the legacy of the 2007 Mets will always be as the biggest chokers in major league history.

Oops, Wrong Video

Sometimes TV stations roll the wrong video. It happens. But usually it's a story about politics and they roll a video of obese people or something. Seldom do you see a wrong video that fits the story so well. Kevin Everett, injured Buffalo Bills player, then you see a guy in a wheelchair, makes sense. Kevin Everett is starting to move his legs, the guy in the wheelchair moves his legs.