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The Yankees get richer with Vazquez, Farve and Childress saga continues, & Vick wins award for "courage"
Thought #1 - The rich always seem to get richer, don't they? Monday the Yankees traded Melky Cabrera to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Javier Vazquez. This gives the Yankees a pitching rotation that includes C.C. Sabathia, Andy Pettitte, and A.J. Burnett and who will make 64 million dollars combined next season. You know who the Yankees are? They are the kid in your neighborhood that had SEGA channel. Remember that kid? He had ever single toy, game, or system out there and yet was always seeming to get something new. He had Snake Mountain, not Castle Grayskull, though he owned that as well, but I'm talking about Skeletor's lair. Nobody had that. Nobody ever gets the bad guy's hide out, well except that guy. That's the Yankees. They will spend more on pitching this season than four teams will reportedly spend on their entire lineups. Amazing. You know everyone hated that kid in your neighborhood for getting a Talk Boy the Christmas Home Alone 2 came out and I'm pretty sure that same sentiment is being felt by fans of other teams across the country this morning.
Thought #2 - Do you remember when you were in primary school and the teacher would assign each kid a job for the week? Some kid got to water the flowers, one had duty of passing out papers, and then of course their was the line leader. Do you remember the week you got to be the line leader? Do you remember how pissed you got if any one tried to take that job from you, when any kid thought he was going to jump up there during your week to be line leader? "Not this week buddy, this is my week!"
This is the situation Brad Childress finds himself in this morning after a flurry of controversy surrounding his relationship and lack of communication concerning game planning with quarterback Brett Favre. Granted in Wednesday's press conference both Brad and Brett Farve claimed everything was all good after meeting to talk about the situation on both Monday and Wednesday. Let's be honest with ourselves though, Brad is ticked because he is supposed to be the line leader and Brett has been stepping in front of him lately. Now it's understandable why Brad would be upset about this, but the problem is that the rest of the class isn't sure Brad knows his way to the library, the gym, or the cafeteria because he's never been there before. Lord knows you don't want to get lost on the way to the cafeteria. Your class gets there late and not only are they going to be out of steak and gravy, forcing you to choke down their version of pea soup i.e. gruel, there's also a good chance you're going to have to sit next to the pants wetter in your class. Try holding lunch down beside Pee Pee Johnson, impossible.
Brad it's time to back off and let Brett lead that line. He knows where the library is, he knows where the gym is, and he knows which stairwell to use to avoid the taunts of the evil 5th graders. He's been down this road before so he's probably got some good insight, might want to listen to him.
Thought #3- Michael Vick won the Block Courage Award thanks to the votes of his fellow teamates on the Philadelphia Eagles. Vick's response to the award was, "I've overcome a lot, probably more than one single individual can bear." Yeah, not exactly the humble response most expected. Now each team gets to choose a person and other winners of this award include guys who have down work in third world countries, overcome some horrible tragedies, or come back from some near career ending injury to return to the field. Not really sure how Vick and his return to the field after going to jail fits in here. Now I'm sure it's not easy to get back to a life where your shoes actually have laces and you can check out more than one library book at a time, but really Philly? This is your courage award winner? And Mike, what's with that response? Yeah you have endure more than most people but that's because most other people don't go to jail for dog fighting. Listen I love the fact that you are back and I know that it hasn't been easy, but at least acknowledge that you put these hurdles in front of yourself, you aren't the victim of some tragedy.
Thought #4 - It may be too early to speak of this much but a quick thought on where Lebron James could end up next season. Lebron has recently built a decent relationship with Kentucky guard John Wall, even claiming that Wall should be the number one draft pick in the 2010 draft. Now, let's drag this out a little bit. Let's say that Wall continues to own the college game the way he has so far this year. He will no doubt be one of the first players selected. Now who might end up with one of those early picks? Two teams jump to the front of your mind, New York and New Jersey, both of which are gaga over the idea of getting Lebron. Could the potential to play with John Wall sweeten the deal enough to draw in King James to the Big Apple or to Jay-Z's squad? Could be come down to the lottery balls.
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