8/18/07--Let's talk sports!!

So yesterday was a pretty good day for me in sports.  Let's take a quick look:
1) Carlos Zambrano finally gets his contract extension from the Chicago Cubs.  Big Z got a ton of cash, but more importantly...the Cubs got the anchor to their pitching staff locked up for another 5 years.  The guy is a moose, pure and simple.  Good for the Cubs.
2) The Cubs followed that up by beating the Cardinals 2-1 in a nice pitching duel that was won by Rich Hill.  Nice performance by Hill, and a really nice performance by the suddenly hot Jacques Jones, who is doing so well lately that if he keeps it up he might get Cubs fans to ignore how horrible he was the first 3 months of the season.  But I digress.
3) The Vikings defeated the NY Jets 37-21 in an NFL pre-season game.  Now, this is important for a couple of reasons, even though its only a pre-season game.  First of all, its a win over the Jets, which means I get to rub that in the face of my boy Bob the Shooter--which is always important.  2nd of all, the defense scored THREE (that's 3!!) touchdowns last night in a truly epic performance.  It was truly big fun, all around.

Finally, let's remember....in the words of my friend Hugh Fitzpatrick...that:

"The pig flies in anger in TWO weeks."

Football season.  The best of times, the worst of times....indeed.

Later,
Jeff