My thoughts on sports and life

I should say in advance, I'm not a baseball guy. Call me a grudge-holder, but I haven't watched an entire game of baseball since we were screwed out of maybe the greatest season of baseball in history by a bunch of greedy millionaires. I check the standings to see how my Reds are doing, and keep tabs on what some of the players that I like are doing, and to see if the Yankees lose. Other than that, I really couldn't care less. There are a lot of current players that I don't recognize when I see a stat sheet or a Sportscenter highlight, and I don't bother to learn much about them afterwords. Baseball isn't important to me.     Last night, as my wife went to bed, I happened to see that Game 6 of the World Series was in the 9th inning, and the Rangers were 3 outs away from winning its first championship, so I flipped it over to catch the end. Now, as I said, I don't care much about it anymore, but watching a guy I had never heard of named Freese slap a triple ...

Week 7 is in the books. My Bengals were off, so I watched a few different games this week, and was generally entertained. This week: The Ravens flop, the Dolphins collapse, the Saints blow up, and the Titans just blow. Here we go. Week 7 Power Rankings: 32. Miami Dolphins-The only thing worse than being a team having to rely on Tebow, is blowing a 2 TD lead in 5 minutes to a team relying on Tebow. 31. Indianapolis Colts-62?? Really? 30. St Louis Rams-You just made DeMarco Murray look like Tony Dorsett. Great work. 29. Arizona Cardinals-Is Larry Fitzgerald on suicide watch yet? 28. Seattle Seahawks-It was an epic defensive struggle...OK, I just can't do it. That was one crappy game. 27. Minnesota Vikings-Christian Ponder brought some excitement and played well, but the Packers are just too good. 26. Denver Broncos-So Tebow stinks up the joint for 95% of the game, beats Miami's prevent D, and is now a great QB? Gotcha. 25. Jacksonville Jaguars-Great win, and played wit...

Another fun week of NFL action has passed, with craziness galore. The big news is the Palmer trade, but this week, the Lions fall, the Bucs bounce back, the Vikings fail to even show up, and Brady does it again.  Here we go. Week 6 Power Rankings: 32. Miami Dolphins: Matt Moore picks up right where Chad Henne left off. 31. St Louis Rams: They're not even sucking for Luck. They just suck. 30. Minnesota Vikings: Should have just stayed on the bus. Good to know that their one win was a fluke. 29. Indianapolis Colts: Kept themselves in the game again. One of these days they'll get over the hump, unfortunately for them, it probably keeps them from Luck. 28. Jacksonville Jaguars-Stayed close with the Steelers, but they're just not very good. 27. Denver Broncos-They prepared Tebow by trading away their best WR. Is Josh McDaniels back? 26. Arizona Cardinals-A bye week to prepare for Pittsburgh. Yeah, I don't think it'll help either. 25. Cleveland Browns-Peyton Hi...

Week 5 is in the books, and the bye weeks have begun. This week, the Niners surprise, the Jets have internal issues, the Bills rebound, and Tebow-mania fires up. Here we go. Week 5 Power Rankings: 32. Miami Dolphins-Sage Rosenfels should have had a 1-hr ESPN special to announce he was going to Miami. 31. St Louis Rams-They get an extra week to prepare for Green Bay. They need an extra year. 30. Indianapolis Colts-Somebody apparently reminded them they needed to "suck for Luck" at halftime. 29. Jacksonville Jaguars-Maurice Jones-Drew really really deserves a raise. 28. Denver Broncos-Great, ESPN will have wall-to-wall Tebow coverage now, or maybe ESPN4-the Tebow Network. 27. Arizone Cardinals-The entire team got trucked by AP. 26. Minnesota Vikings-Finally put a team away, although it was Arizona, so..you know. 25. Kansas City Chiefs-Nice comeback win, but it was Indy, so..you know. 24. Cleveland Browns-Not a good bye week, with Hillis drama and Bernard pulling a R...

We're a quarter of the way through the season. Week 4 saw Minnesota lose the ALCS (or is it win?), Buffalo lose their unbeaten record, Dallas and Philly lose big leads, and the Jets lose an ugly one. Here we go: Week 4 Power Rankings: 32. Minnesota Vikings-Well, at least they didn't blow a 2nd half lead this time. Is that an improvement? 31. Miami Dolphins-Things actually have gone from bad to worse. 30. St Louis Rams-Have played a horrendous schedule, but they just look terrible. 29. Indianapolis Colts-Have stayed close with a couple of good teams, but can't manage to pull it off. Has one single player ever meant so much to a team? 28. Kansas City Chiefs-They're only higher than the above teams by virtue of their win. They stink. 27. Jacksonville Jaguars-Should have kept Garrard around a bit longer. 26. Seattle Seahawks-Got back in the game in the 2nd half, but seem to have forgotten that you do have to play the 1st half too. 25. Denver Broncos-Hard to judge...

101. She randomly brings home fresh doughnuts in the mornings. 100. She is working her ass off to finish school and have a career.  99. She actually wants to buy me a nice car, just to rub it in certain people's face.  98. She refuses to watch movies I want her to watch, but then enjoys them when she finally gives in.  97. I'm fairly sure she could kick my ass.  96. She bought me tickets to see Seether in concert as a surprise.  95. She'd defend our daughter with the ferocity of a rabid monkey if threatened.  94. She loses her keys EVERY SINGLE DAY.  93. She tells me Seinfeld is stupid, but laughs at it anyway.  92. I love hearing her yell at customer service representatives for companies who have screwed something up.  91. The last time we watched a horror movie at the theater, every night I came home to, literally, every light in the house being on.  90. On our first date, we sat in the car and listened to a high school foot...

     There's a lot that I could do with but a single wish. So much could be done to improve my year. I could wish that my Cincinnati Bengals wouldn't suck, that we'd have a run at the top, and better yet, the Steelers would have a turn at the bottom of the league for 20 years or so.  Andy Dalton really WOULD be Joe Montana, with AJ Green as his Jerry Rice. There would be no more legal troubles. Mike Brown would hire a GM, build a practice bubble, get some scouts, and hire a great HC.  Bengals fans could finally be rewarded for years of loyalty.      Or my Kentucky Wildcats could become even more dominant. We'd win 3 straight championships, beating Duke in the finals of every game, at least 1 of them at the last second so I can stop seeing Christian Laettner every March. John Calipari could stop being compared with Rick Pitino, and would sign a lifetime contract, and more importantly, would really honor it. We'd sign the best players eve...