Sunday Morning

As a baseball fanatic, how refreshing is it that on an NFL sunday, baseball is center stage as the Boston Red Sox attempt to complete an amazing return from the dead, again.  The team with a history of choking is now on the edge of becoming one of the greatest comeback teams in history.

Hurt or not, Josh Beckett again showed why he is one of the greatest big game pitchers of all time.  5 solid innings and left the Red Sox in position to win.

Tonight is Jon Lester's turn to show the nation what type of clutch pitcher he is.  These are the types of games that legends are made from.  Lester and Matt Garza will get their opportunity tonight.

Anyone know what Manny is doing this weekend? 

Big surprise, Bonds claims collusion by MLB baseball owners.  What a great lesson this is to America's youth, act like a spoiled brat your whole career and then when they finally say enough is enough, cry fould.  It's becoming the American way.  What ever happened to there's consequences to your actions?  Could Bonds have helped a team this past year?  Of course he could have but at what cost.  More than likely, he would have been on his best behavior.  Could he have made a difference for a playoff contender.  Probably not.  All National League teams are out, because he can't or won't play defense anymore.  As a designated hitter for an American League team.  The only team that he possibly could have made a difference for was the Yankees, they could have used him as a DH for a part of the season and maybe that gives them enough to catch the Red Sox for the wild card spot.  But I doubt it.  Yankee problems go a lot farther then their hitting.  Unlikely he makes much of a difference to get someone to the next level.  He's a short term player, no help to the teams rebuildings.  Only one or two teams in contention, that didn't make it to the playoffs, could have used him and unlikely he helps.  If anything, the San Francisco Giants should have signed him for September, let him make a farewell tour of the league as a pinch hitter for the Giants.  He could have retired as a Giant with a ceremony fitting the player he was with the Giants.  Then rode off in the sunset.  Instead he chooses to leave the game in a cloud.

Today, we'll see if the 49ers and Raiders can get their feet under them.  As both of them are quickly playing their way out of playoff contention, they need to salvage the season and see some growth for next year.  Pretty sad when you have to start looking at next year so early in the season, but it's becoming the recurring story year and year in the Bay Area.  We'll we ever get back to the day when the Bay Area fielded two quality football teams.

On the local level, the Calaveras Redskins opened league play with a convincing win over a very poor Linden football team.  The Redskins will get tested next week playing the pass happy Amador Buffaloes.  Who ever would have thought that high school football at our level would be so pass happy.  Linden threw the ball very poorly the majority of the time.  Amador's offense has become pass happy as well.  The Redskins bread and butter and path to a league championship will come with their power running game.