The checkbooks are ready, the offers are starting to fly. Must mean its free agency time in major league baseball…
As expected after his dominating performance as a member of the Brewers CC Sabathia is going to be expensive. The Yankees have already made a huge offer to help their struggling bullpen. There is a 6 year $140 million dollar deal on the table for Sabathia. This is more then Johan Santana got from the Mets last year. There are some that think Sabathia could be this years Barry Zito. Needless to say the Giants have not gotten a good return on their huge $126 million dollar investment on Barry Zito. Fear not Brewer fans, your Brewers have put a 5 year $100 million dollar offer on the table to keep Sabathia with the Brewcrew!
Bushwack’s beloved Angels find themselves rebuilding after their first round exit from the playoffs. From the Rangers, to the Braves, and finally to the Angels Mark Teixeira is now a free agent. The Angels are willing to part with Francisco Rodriguez and Jon Garland to free up money to be a player in the CC Sabathia lottery, and to try and keep Teixeira in an Angels uniform. Rumors are starting to surface that Teixeira’s home town team the Baltimore Oriels are very interested in Teixeira.
Ticket prices are being raised in the city of brotherly shove. Since the Phillies brought a World Series home, the powers that be thought it would be a great idea to raise ticket prices $2-$6 on the average. The Texas Rangers continue to be horrible, and Tom Hicks continues to raise ticket prices. He also continues to put a crappy product on the field. During this stressful economic time, raising ticket prices will hurt fans. Hey atleast the Phillies fans got a World Series for their price increase!
To say tomorrow nights game at Washington is big is an understatement, its a must win statement game. The Cowboys come into the season heavy favorites to win the Superbowl and now find themselves at 5-4, how does that happen? Here are the main three reasons that help me sleep better at night…
- Playing as a really high price collection of athletes who forgot how to play as a team
- The injury to Tony Romo
- The off field distractions like Hard Knocks, and Pacman Jones
With Romo the Cowboys would have probably won the last 2 out of 3 games. (winning at St. Louis, and still beating Tampa Bay at home). Its 50/50 with Romo against the Giants. Even with Romo I dont think the Cowboys go to Washington tomorrow night and blow out the Redskins. Even with the recent play of Jason Campbell, and Clinton Portis being a game time decision, its still going to be a close game. Do the Cowboys win tomorrow night? Does the Cowboys offensive line pull it back together and protect Romo? If you answered yes, then the Cowboys have a chance. Also keep in mind that Romo has never won in Washington.
Its no secret the Cowboys need to play better as a team. Both offensively and defensively. Our secondary must keep Moss in check. Everytime the Cowboys play the Redskins, Moss ends up looking like an elite top 5 wide receiver. Tomorrow night we find out what kind of heart this Cowboys team has. I want to see this team step up and start playing like they did the first three games of the season. I want to see them come out and punch the Redskins square in the mouth, and establish themselves as the team everyone thought they were coming into this season. This offense has the capability of being very explosive, lets see it! A wise man once told me *don’t talk about it, be about it*. That is outstanding advice for the Cowboys.
I grow tired of listening to interviews with Zach Thomas, T.O., Patrick Crayton, Tank Johnson, and others talking about good they know they are. We fans need to see how good you are! At 5-4 the time for talking is over. Should the Cowboys lose tomorrow night, Wade Phillips could be on the next thing smoking out of Dallas. Ok maybe that is a stretch since Jerry rode it out with Dave Campo, Norv Turner, and Chan Gailey. Course Jerry also didn’t have the talent he has now back then, and the money invested in his players like he does now. Finally just for the record I am not sold on Jason Garrett as the next head coach of the Cowboys, just my opinion.
Well the Lions had the right idea by cutting Drew *Spare* Henson Wendesday, but must have had a momentary lapse of reason when they RESIGNED him! Surely Henson can’t be the best option laying around on a couch somewhere? Ofcourse nothing shocks me when it comes to the Lions. Micheal Crabtree say hello to your new home after next years draft. We all know how the Lions love to use their first round draft picks on wide receivers.
