Case of the Mondays: In which suspicions are raised

October 23rd, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

The two-thousand and six World Series of baseball:

Kenny Rogers had some sort of a brown substance on his hand in the first inning last night. He claims it was dirt, fair enough in my book. Rogers was still quite masterful after it was wiped off heading into the second inning so, you know, if it was pine tar or something else, nothing quite changed all that much when he wiped it off.

But, I’ve had dirt on my hand before, wet dirt as he claims, even. And I must say it doesn’t leave a residue on my hands after I wash it off as was the case with Rogers (referring to the split screen of his hand FOX showed during the second inning).

ESPN claims to have reviewed tapes from Kenny’s first two playoff starts, and a similar substance was noticed on his hand. Bum! Bum! Bum! Perhaps this played into his 23 scoreless innings of pitching this postseason? Maybe, maybe not.

Enough of that triviality, my head is spinning. Series is tied at 1-1.

National Football League:

It was a Sunday of long field-goal kicks in the closing moments of competition for victory. Such as this game involving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Or this one betwixt the Chargers and the Chiefs. Peyton got a little banged up, but still rolled on the Redskins. Pittsburgh continues to confound, dropping a game in OT to the Falcons.

Our Bear sat idle. We image Brian Urlacher dreaming about destroying this man all weekend.

The Association:

Preseason-ness is upon us. Please peep the post directly below this one for a nice little moving picture treat.