Nothing important happened today...

OK so I guess since I am a blogger now (yikes) I should respond to comments.

First of all, the queen of blogging, My Mom, directed everyone here and looks like we got some good chatter in the comment section.  I'm glad to see people were interested in this year's World Series.

Secondly, I (Patrick Jr) have written all the posts so far.  At some point, when he is not changing diapers and working like crazy, Matthew (Asher's Dad) will probably contribute.  Miz Boo is really hoping we can collaborate on a brothers themed sports blog (maybe with a name not quite as lame as "sports plus" at some point), so we'll see.  Anyways, thanks to everyone for your comments on how wonderful my nephew is.

Cheryl - I'm not really a Boston basher.  I respect the Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox.  I actually cheer for them in a lot of series, especially vs teams like the Yankees, Lakers, and I was really hoping the 07 Pats would have went 19-0.  I just get sick of the East Coast media bias.  Some people like to say it doesn't exist, but lets be realistic.  Yankees vs. Red Sox in June gets more coverage on ESPN than then the World Series.  That was my main point there.  Like Sandy C. said, even in a documentary they seem to get more coverage than anyone else.

The thing about the Giants winning this year that everyone is talking about is how they were able to win without any huge stars, especially on the offensive end.  The one thing I haven't heard anyone say yet is that this is such a contradiction to the '02 team (with Barry Bonds) that lost to the Angels.  I am not a Barry Bonds basher and someone who likes to act holier than thou when it comes to steroids and that whole era of baseball, but it is fitting that the first team to bring a championship to San Francisco is a group of selfless guys and exceptional pitchers rather than hulking sluggers with inflated muscles and egos that just crank the ball out of the ballpark.

As far as the Favre situation is concerned I don't bash Brett or begrudge him for continuing to play.  I'm not thrilled about it, and losing to him and the Vikings twice last year was brutal.  But if I was 40 years old and someone wanted to pay me 16 million dollars to do what I loved, with minimal commitment to the organization, why not?  It is not his fault, it is Vikings management's, and even more so, head coach Brad Childress's fault.  You do not give a professional football team the impression that one player out of 53 is the key to your season, and that is what they have done two straight years with Favre.  They are getting what they deserve this year.  Do I think the Packers will win the Super Bowl this year? Probably not, but at least I know the coach & team have one goal in mind and are in this together.

Also, I have changed the design of this for now per the advice of Shelby who tells me the black/white is too hard to read.

Columbus Day

Is today really a Holiday?

Anyways it is Columbus Day (or Thanksgiving for our Canadian friends, eh).  We're in the midst of the MLB Playoffs and a month into the NFL season.  I guess if I'm going to get going on this sports blog now's the time.

Favre and Moss are together at last in Minnesota.  Who would have ever thought that Favre would be the controversy in this game with all the texting allegations, etc?  Moss's ramming a parking meter maid with his SUV seems tame right about now.

I don't really care for the SF Giants much, but I realized I should cheer for them to make the World Series so I can go to a game.  I'm sure I can work it out with my job.  Some kind of business "meeting."

Anyways, this is just an introductory fluffy post, the content of this blog is intended to be opinion on pro football throughout the season, but with the Packers loss yesterday I am not that motivated to analyze that game...

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