Two cent quickies

Second edition of the two cent quickies. For newcomers, this does not refer to some shady deal that goes down in a dimly lit Amsterdam alley. If you were looking for that blog, it is elsewhere.

I love this time of year. As the leaves fall off the trees and bonk me on my tall German forehead, the sports world awakens from its hibernation. And not a moment too soon. Summertime is the Siberia of the sports season. If you are a sports fan you actually feel like you have been sent to a gulag east of Omsk to work your knuckles to the bone. The only positive of that would be that I am sure they don't get satellite in the gulag and hence there is no way you could be exposed to the WNBA. Or Arena football. Shiver.

Some recently noted nuggets from the world of sports:

1) When that Rockies-Padres tiebreaker game went to extra innings last night, things were tense. In the 11th inning, Rockies shortstop Kaz Matsui came up to bat. One of the announcers apparently had termites in his trousers because all the sudden he got downright giddy. Quote: "watch out this guy has some pop in his bat"!! Then he went on to mention Kaz's 4 home runs on the season...in 164 games! A circus midget wielding a pussy willow twiglet could thwack at least 5. Wow. I bet if you go to that sportscaster's apartment you very well might find it covered in Kaz posters and find a life sized Kaz hair doll occupying the spot on the other side of his bed. Thats the only explanation I can think of.

2) I bruised my spleen laughing last week when I heard Ti-Cats coach Charlie Taaffe say that they were not mathematically eliminated yet. Umm...we are 2-11. Thats like saying that this guy is not mathematically eliminated from dating Jessica Biel. Oh and for the record...he is!
Sad sidenote: pretty sure I owned that shirt somewhere around grade 10. Wait is that me?

3) Round 1 MLB playoff predictions: NL- Cubs over Dbacks, Rockies over Phillies, Indians over Yankees, Angels over Red Sox. Thats not whats going to happen....that's what would make me happy. So you can probably flip flop all those predictions and watch me wallow in Oriole fan self-pity. I am really thinking of cutting up my Orioles jersey and sewing a jacket for my dog with the material. Then when I see the dog walking around in it, I will be able to hate two things at once.

4) Presidents Cup golf recap. The US team won the cup. Mike Weir beat Tiger Woods in a match. And if you watched any of it...you really need a life. And i hate you.

5) Happy to see that Mason Raymond made the Canucks. Hope he plays with the Sedins. The Canucks seem to finally have figured out that guys who can score should stay up and play on the team. This kid can score. Now just waiting for that gloomy day in December when they decide Raymond could use more ice time in the minors and Mike Brown and his figure skates show back up in Vancouver. Guy skates like he has toe picks on both the front and back of his skates.

By the way the Phoenix Mercury are WNBA champions. Thats swell. Cappie Pondexter was their leading scorer. Pretty sure i knew a Cappie Pondexter once...but he was a well educated lobster fisherman so I'm not sure it was the same person. Either way, have a good offseason WNBA. And please make sure not to call me when you resume play.