One More Day To Go.

Thursday.. where to start..

• First off, did you see the new Japanese outfielder the Chicago Cubs signed? Kosuke Fukudome. Um, interesting last name Kosuke...
• If you didn't already know, American Gladiators is back! Its coming back to NBC on January 6th, with Hulk Hogan and Lalia Ali as the hosts. I don't know about you, but I can't wait. Here's a look at the new gladiators.
• So there's a new Trolley in Seattle, the South Lake Union Trolley. Um, didn't no one figure out the acronym? S.L.U.T. What's the slogan going to be? "After a late night at the bars, don't take a cab home, ride the S.L.UT.?" ummm I think I'll just keep the rest of the inappropriate jokes to myself.
• Big day today for baseball, as the Mitchell Report was finally released. Personally, I don't see why they felt the need to release all these names when they don't have any solid proof (i.e. positive test for the steroids/HGH), especially since there most likely will not be any suspensions. My view is that I'm assuming a whole lot more players used (1% of players in the major leagues were in the Report, and on average 6% of MLB players are caught using performance enhancing drugs each year) then is in the report. So like I've said before, we had the dead ball era, and this will just be known as the steroid era. Its not like its going to keep fans out of the parks. People will still watch and attend in record numbers. It seemed that almost all of the info came from three sources, two in New York and one in San Francisco, and amazingly enough most of the players named played in those cities or had ties to players in those cities. So it seems to me to be a very incomplete synopsis of drug use in the sport. Apparently, players in Chicago or Kansas City or Atlanta don't use steroids. Baseball needs to implement blood testing, not just urine testing, if it really wants to get serious about abolishing all forms of performance enhancing drugs. An independent third party needs to do the testing, so that neither the owners/commissioner nor the players can be accused of tampering with the samples.
• And it seems that you guys down in MA are getting quite the snowstorm. A whole 6 inches is it? Oooh poor babies. Come to Maine, we'll show you some real snow, when we get 10+ (for the second time already this winter, and its not even winter) this weekend! Although it was funny, I was joking around with Jamie this morning on the way to drop him off at the bus station. It was only 8 degrees out and we were saying that usually when he sees an 8 on the weather there's at least a 7 in front of it. (he's living in LA) Although if it was that warm, we wouldn't be able to snowmobile!!!!
• Speaking of which, if you'd like to donate to the "Buy J a Snowmobile Fund" feel free :) They're pretty expensive, but that's ok, I'm going to start out by buying a used one. Gotta save my pennies for next winter now! I figure I'm going to need at least 2g's...