This dude wins

April 4th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Jersey of the year competition: officially over.

{Photo HT: Bleed Cubbie Blue}

Case of the Mondays: Grand opening, grand closing

April 2nd, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

In terms of sports days, it doesn’t get much better than this, does it?

With apologies to the Cardinals and the Mets (actually, screw the Cardinals), today is the real Opening Day, the one day before the Cubs start losing and my early-to-mid summer depression really begins setting in. Minus Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, all is well in Cubdom, a content feeling that will surely pass as soon as the balls are dumped on the field today. Still, today is the day to enjoy, and from now until about June is the childhood of the baseball season. The potential is limitless.

And of course, tonight also marks the closing of college basketball season. After the disappointment of the Final Four - in which the Amazing Disappearing Jeff Green ruined my bracket chances - it seems a little presumptive to assume this National Championship game will be historic in any way. Still, there’s an historic ending by default with Florida here, and if Ohio State wins, Greg Oden and Mike Conley will get their well-deserved coronation. We’ll see if the Buckeyes can keep Oden out of foul trouble and causing problems for Florida’s interior … or if the Gators will shoot OSU off the floor, as they’ve done in nearly every other tourney game this year.

I’ll be back later to talk in more detail about the National Title game and whatever else tickles me, but I’ll also be over at my other home for most of the afternoon. Make sure to stop over, and a very Happy Greatest Sports Day Of The Year Besides The Super Bowl to you and yours.

Prior restraint: Cubs pitcher faces lawsuit from autograph session

April 10th, 2006 | Posted by Matt

Mark Prior just can’t seem to stop Cubs fans from crying. Now, the oft-injured pitcher is involved in a breach-of-contract lawsuit from an autograph session gone wrong. Supposedly, Prior signed only 196 of the 300 autographs that he was contractually obligated to provide, allegedly leaving two poor kids laying on the ground in tears.

I’ll refrain from too much Cubs bashing here, but come on Mark - think of the children here. It’s bad enough they are growing up as North Side fans; don’t make their situations worse.

But maybe Mark didn’t sign the autographs because he is busy working hard to make a triumphant return.

Or maybe he was just afraid his autograph arm would get hurt again.