Everybody's Working for the Weekend!

Hugh Manatee is lost. I guess he got tired of waiting to be rescued from Memphis and decided to just leave on his own. Probably got tired of people calling him “Manny”. C’mon folks, we’re the top of the evolutionary chain! We invented the wheel! We can create fire! We have created bombs that can destroy everything taller than 3 inches! But “Manny” is the most original name you can come up with for a manatee? I don’t blame you, Hugh, I’d have left too.

Memphis loses to Marshall this weekend. Marshall has 3 different rushers averaging more than 5 yards per carry. Memphis hasn’t been able to stop the run all year. Marshall kills them. Doesn’t matter if Memphis plays Phillip or not.

The overwhelming favorite to win the World Series is now down 3 games to 1. I’d never have dreamed that THIS Cardinal team would have been the one to win it. It’s funny how they always say you can’t win without pitching. And the reason given for the Cardinals 3-1 Series lead is credited to pitching. But the Atlanta Braves had the most dominant pitching staff in baseball for more than 10 years with ONE World Series title to show for it in 1995. Bobby Cox is over-rated and gets way too much credit. Tony La Russa doesn’t get nearly enough in my opinion.

On one hand, I’d like to be able to say that UT will kill South Carolina this weekend. But then they barely beat Air Force – so who can say for sure. If I was forced to bet, I’d lean towards UT killing South Carolina.

The Grizzlies will probably suck this year and still make the playoffs. Simply because there are a lot of teams that suck in the West. That means struggling to get in, only to get a 7 or an 8 seed and get swept out yet again. I’ve said for years (and I’m not the only one) that this team will never win anything with Pau Gasol as our best player. Now the team is completely constructed for him to be our best player. It’s a recipe for disaster. Hopefully Rudy Gay will be that guy that make Pau NOT our best player. I hate to see Shane leave, but I am fan of the Grizzlies. I don’t want to see them mired in mediocrity and settle for a playoff appearance and nothing more simply because I like a guy or two on the roster. I don’t care if it takes signing Dennis Rodman, Bonzi Wells, and Ron Artest – I want to win. Maybe not win at all costs – certainly not a 1997 Marlins situation…but I certainly would like to win.