On a Lighter Note

Let's talk sports, shall we? The Buckeyes play for the NIT (Not Important Tournament) championship tonight. Winning will assure them the prestigious spot as the nation's 66th best team. I think The Onion put it best when they ran an article entitled, "NIT still has 10 open slots if anyone wants to play". Although, honestly, winning the NIT will be much more satisfying to the players than losing in the first or second round of the real tournament.

The Columbus Clippers begin their season tonight, under new manager and former Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop, Tim Foli. For those of you who don't know, the Clippers used to be the Yankees AAA team up until last year when Columbus asked Steinbrenner for money to build a new stadium. So now we are in year two of being a Washington Nationals AAA team, which seems to me to be a bit redundant. Kind of like the Pittsburgh Pirates having a AAA team.

How about a big "Woo-hoo" for the Pittsburgh Penguins! Yeah, baby. Not since the early 90's have they been in a position to actually win the Stanley Cup. I don't have cable, so I likely won't be able to see a single game of their run for the Cup, but that doesn't mean I won't be rooting for them the entire time. Hey, NBC, here's an idea. Get rid of that ridiculous Howie Mandel show where it takes an hour for models to open 20 some suitcases and air the NHL playoffs instead. Sure, your ratings will drop, but at least you'll be offering your viewers some "entertainment".

That's it for now. I'll save my idiotic fantasy baseball ramblings for another day.