The World of Sports through the eyes of a moron

Ah Monday....delicious Monday....what a day isn't it? New beginnings, the promise of a new work week, things blooming, you gotta love them. Actually no you don't. I hate Mondays, cause it means i'm at the very beginning of five days of pure hell. Ok maybe that's a bit of an exageration, but still it's not my favorite day, and that's compounded by the fact that my bro has this entire week off, so everyday i wake up knowing he's still asleep getting his beauty rest, while i look like shit scraped off a shoe and put in work clothes. Anyways let's do a round up of the week in sports today.

NFL:
Another great week in the NFL. No surprise there, god i love sundays. I was ecstatic to see, or at least see some of (power outage) my Bills take on the Chargers and prove yet again that they are a legitimate threat this year. Trent Edwards was so solid completing about 83% of his passes and engineering several scoring drives. For a 2nd year QB to play so calm and composed all the time is impressive to say the least. Now Buffalo is 5-1 and to make the playoffs only really needs to go .500 the rest of the year to get into the playoffs. With two games remaining against the Dolphins, Jets, and Patriots this shouldnt' be a problem. I hope i didn't just lay down a jig ol' Binx! As for my picks, well it was a successful first week and i still have one game to go, so far I'm 9-4. And man did i ever botch a couple calls, I figured New Orleans vs. Carolina would be way closer for one, and good god did i not see that shellacking coming by the Rams over the Cowboys. Tonight's monday nighter should be good, but i'm thinking the Broncos are going to take the Patriots for sure, we'll see how she rolls.

NHL:
The Habs proved once again that they are among the best in the league with their easy 4-1 victory over Phoenix which never seemed in doubt. Price is playing well, all the lines are clicking, Laraque is shit kicking people left right and center, and all this even though the boys still have some key injuries (Higgins, Bouillon and now Kostitsyn). Taking on Florida tonight at home and then Anaheim on Saturday. The Leafs looked like they were going to keep it close with Pittsburgh on Saturday night, but it appears that putting Crosby and Malkin back on the same line was a good idea. The Penguins pulled away winning 4-1, with Crosby picking up a goal and 3 assists, and Malkin equaling his point total with 4 assists.

MLB:
I've said it before, baseball is not my favorite sport, if we were ranking the 4 major North American Sports in terms of my interest, it would go NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB. But there's just something about October baseball that gets the juices flowing. (And no i'm not saying i beat off to playoff baseball). The Rays vs. Sox series was a banger. I went to bed last week with the Rays up 7-0 figuring it was over, and vaguely remember while half asleep my bro saying thorugh my door, "Yo it's 7-4 now!" and thinking, "i don't give a shit, it's still over". Then i woke up and got to watch those insane hilights. Incredible comeback, and after winning again in Game 6 it appeared momentum was on the Sox side. But i watched last night's game from about the 4th inning on and the Rays impressed the hell out of me. Their bullpen got them out of many tight jams, and they willed themselves to a 3-1 victory. David Price was beyond good in finishing the 8th and getting the save in the 9th. And that victory celebration was magnificent although i'm sure we'll be hearing about countless injuries coming from that pile on. I'm on the bandwagon, Rays in the World Series all the way!

NBA:
Not much to report here, the regular season starts Oct. 31st for the Raps, so i probably won't see the game since it's halloween. But i'm excited for yet another season of Raptors basketball. Although i have no idea who's replaced Chuck Swirsky this year as the voice of the Raps, and there's no doubt fans are going to miss the excitment he brought to the telecasts.

The World of Sports through the eyes of a moron

Kitzy was just telling me we should rant and rave about things we are interested in, i think that's a good idea, i like sports, so i'm going to talk shit about sports, he likes politics and tv, so he can do that. So here's a few thoughts on the world of sports today.

Hockey:
The Habs are the best team in the NHL by far, no one else comes close so they shoudln't try. Oh and the Leafs suck. No but in all seriousness i went to the habs vs. leafs game Saturday night. My pops got me and my bro seats, and they were incredible. Fourteen rows up in the golds, on the blueline opposite the players benches. Habs won 6-1, a few things i noticed, first off the powerplay still looks pretty lethal, adding Tanguay and Lang seems to be paying off so far, they're my favorite team so i'm biased, but man can they really move the puck around especially when you give them space. The Kostitsyn's look great so far. As for the Leafs, well i don't think they'll be as bad as everyone thinks, but i still think ther'es no way they're making the playoffs. As long as management doesn't get antsy and blow the rebuilding plan by trading away good prospects and draft picks for past their prime vets, then they should be alright. Hollweg is a douchebag and a perfect replacement for Tucker for all those frustrating Leaf fans like Ghaeli. Schenn is a franchise defenceman.

Baseball:
Haven't watched a ton, don't care that much seeing as how the Jays aren't in the playoffs, but i'm rooting for a Phillies vs. Rays world series, obviously alot more boring than the potential Red Sox vs. Dodgers and the whole Manny Ramirez debaucle, but i can't stand the Red Sox and for the most part any Boston sports team so i don't want them to even get the chance at another World Series. Plus Manny Ramirez seems to be the definition of everything that's wrong with sports.

Football:
I love the NFL, if there's a better run sports league in the world then show it to me. Can't wait to go see Bills vs. Jets in November. Bills didn't play this weekend so not much to say. My fantasy team destroyed Stu's, (Stu's team is the freebie, pretty much automatic win if you play him) and brought me back up to .500 at 3-3. Seems everybody who plays me has their best week ever, i've got more overall points than any team, yet have still lost 3 times. My bro's pretty pissed cause Romo's out for a while.

Basketball:
Went to see a Raps preseason game last week, they look good although not as deep as usual, Jermaine O'Neal looked healthy and athletic, but he and Bosh don't quite have the chemistry yet, hopefully they will.