You'll hear me say this alot, but there is no better time of the year than the beginning of October. Yes, it is true that you may not see girls in bikini's at the beach in the middle of fall, but for a sports-freak like myself, there is no time better than this. MLB Playoffs starting now, NFL in entering the prime of the season, NHL pre-season games starting, NBA camps opening up, College football rivalry week and College Basketball Midnight madness. If this isn't the closest thing to heaven, then I don't know what is (Playboy Mansion is a close second). With all that said, the fact that all these sports are now in action means one thing. Yup, more notable news, in this case baseball, that as a new sports blogger I feel inclined to tell you.
BASEBALL NEWS
:As a Philly fan, I would just like to aknowledge that the Phillies just won their first playoff game in 15 years with there 3-1 victory over the Brewers today in game 1 of the NLDS. While the usually potent offense seemed off-balance against a weak Brewers Bullpen, it was Phillies P Cole Hamels that willed them to victory. The Stat-line for Hamels: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K'S. Pretty amazing stuff, especially for a pitcher who has only started two postseason games.
:Good decision by Joe Torre and the Dodgers in deciding to start Greg Maddux in game 4 against the Cubs. While Maddux's stuff has diminished with age and fatigue, he is still the best pitcher of our generation THAT WAS NOT ON STEROIDS, and just on that alone (plus his 15 gold-gloves and 2 Cy Young's), the Dodgers should feel very comfortable with him on the mound during a series-deciding game. I know I wouldn't rather have anyone else.
: Even though the Phillies have Ryan Howard, Philly fans like myself had to have feelings of nostalgia when watching sportscenter last night. Top story was the White Sox beating the Twins 1-0 for a berth in the AL playoffs. That one run was off the bat of, who else, Ex-Philly 1st Basemen Jim Thome, on a mammoth 440+ FT. homerun to dead CF. Even though he's on the White Sox, it's hard not to root for one of baseball's good guys.
NFL INJURY REPORT
And Now onto the NFL. 4 days away from week for and the injury report was unvailed today, like every other Wed. for the past 4 weeks, and there were few surprises. Yes Patriots fans, Superman-clone Tom Brady is still on the injury report with his torn ACL, and if I had it my way, he would be on there for the rest of his career (no disrespect to Tom as a person, he's just more competition). If you do fantasy football, then take note of these names. Carson Palmer, Anquan Boldin, Adrian Peterson, Willis McGahee, Willie Parker, Dallas Clark. All normal starters, all of them either out or questionable for week 4. Sadly for all Eagles fans, there are still plenty of questions surrounding stars Brian Westbrook and Shawn Andrews. While they are questionable on the injury report and still may play, Westbrook admitted Tuesday that he can't cut laterally on his strained ankle, and Andrews went to go see a specialist for his back on Monday. While they may suit up and play, they won't be full strength, or even close to it for Sunday's game against the Redskins. On a better note, Donavan Mcnabb was upgraded to probable with his chest contusion. There is no question he is going to play, but with the upgrade on the injury report, it's obvious that Mcnabb is improving.
MORE NFL NEWS
If there was any doubt that Raiders owner Al Davis was insane, there isn't anymore due to his bashing of ex-head coach Lane Kiffin while holding a press conference to state that he fired Kiffin. If losing your job isn't hard enough, Davis magnified Kiffin's problem's by calling him a liar, and among other things, a whiny baby. If it's true that what goes behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, then Davis severely violated that unwritten rule by telling the Oakland media what player Kiffin didn't want to draft JaMarcus Russell's, a player that Kiffin has publically supported over the past 15 months. That Oakland franchise is just in disarray, simple as that.
In other news T.O is complaining again, go figure. This time, it's about receiving ONLY 18 passes thrown to him in Sunday's loss vs. Washington. My late birthday present would be for T.O to ruin Dallas like he ruined San Fran and the Eagles. And if it isn't for my birthday, PLEASE do it for my Hannukah present.
More bad news for fans of ex- Bills and Broncos RB Travis Henry. The 2-time 1,000 yard rusher who is out of the league for 3 failed drug tests, is in trouble with the law again. This time, Henry was involved in a cocaine deal gone bad, as the Denver police performed a sting operation, with Henry and 1 other person being the focal point. Henry is now being held in jail in Colorado, and I must say that he has not made the best of his god-given athletic ability. It just doesn't make sense how somebody with so much money was involved in selling drugs. If you know the story of Henry (it's a rumor that he has 12 illegitimate children with 9 different women), you would think that he has enough problems already. Well, hopefully when he gets out of jail, he'll be able to continue his career and sign with the Bengals like every other criminal who also has enough talent to play in the NFL (Yes, I am talking about Cedric Benson and Chris Henry, two players that have been in jail in the last year, and are taking up roster spots on the Bengals).
That's it for today, as the Cubs game is starting to get intense and my roomate is pretty close to crying and peeing his pants, I can't decide which. For Tommorow's post, I will go into Fantasy Start'em and Sit'em for week 4, along with all other NFL news.
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