Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Vicariously I live while the Cubbies die...

I have to admit a bit of glee did become me this past week as the Cubs slouched away into the fall wearing the playoff collar. Hah! I recognize this lack of performance does reflect poorly on my team, since the Cubs are the champions - take note of the lower case c - of the Central. Alas, this argument just doesn't matter because the Cubs are simply impossible to support (even tacitly). Go Cards!

I have also enjoyed watching the Yanks, Angels, and Phils lose. It's going well right now for me in the playoffs, but let's see if the Cleveland vs. Colorado world series can't happen to help keep the ratings nerds on edge. go Indians! (Full Disclosure: I have a wager at 2:1 on the Indians to beat the Red Sox).

In other sports news, the Badgers got flat out beat by the Illini. They are off to Penn St. this weekend, where we will hopefully not need to break Paterno's leg to pull one out. (You have to be wondering how many 'break a leg's' are being said in Happy Valley this week). Bucky also lost Luke Swan for the year, which is one of the more disappointing things in sports this fall. This kid just has guts, a walk on who clawed his way into a starting scholarship slot position and then as a senior a captain is out with a torn hammy. Little tikes should take heed and stretch well prior to full physical exertion.

Another huge disappointment this past weekend was the Pack, their failure to protect the football and to make a stand when they needed it was disenchanting. I guess it is important that they let us Cheeseheads down early from that 4-0 start. The good news is they have enough fluff (and play in the NFC) that they should still be locked up for a playoff run. That is both exciting and probably excoriating for me, as I will endure a number of "memories" of that one time when Favre took'em to the house. I love football.

I will try to include some poker stuff in my next CardsDonkey post, but for now... DonkOut.

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