I just read a story on
CNN.com (so it must be true) that researchers will be heading to Michigan's upper penisula to investigate possible evidence of Bigfoot's presence. They will be interviewing local's to determine if any sightings or evidence of the elusive creature are possible for that area. Are there any U.P. natives out there than can attest to any Bigfoot sightings? I thought it was interesting that they are looking in the upper midwest. Typically, I have always assumed that stuff like this would happen in the mountains.
ESPN just put out an article ranking the top 10 NBA finalist teams of all time. Little surprise to this Bulls fan that 4 of those top 10 teams were the Bulls of '96 (No. 1), '91 (No. 4), '97 (No. 5), and '92 (No. 7). The only other team with more than one in the top 10 was the
Lakers ('87 & '85). In the past I have plenty of debates with fans of other teams (
Lakers, Pistons, etc) trying to argue that their teams are the best dynasties of the NBA era, but there is just to much proof out there that the Bulls have been the class of the NBA as far as Dynasties go. And for my Piston's readers the '89 team made it at number 10. The great thing for me, is that
each of these championship teams listed occurred when I was old enough to remember and now with a young/talented team that every year makes a little bigger run through the playoffs, its only a matter of time before we are hoisting the
championship trophy again Chi-town.
Now on the Kobe front. If you have been listening to and puttin any stock into the rumors, it appears that Kobe Bryant has grown tired of LA and wants to be traded to the Bulls. The prevailing thought is that with the East having a weaker line-up of teams he will have a better chance at winning more
championships. And since the Bulls haven't built their current team around superstar talent, he can come in and be "the man" which would play to his ego. Throw in the fact that he has always wanted to be the next Jordan and for him its a match made in heaven. As a Bulls fan, I dread the day that this
prima-donna dons a Bulls jersey. I like the tough as nails "d" and team attitude that this current Bulls team has developed and bringing in a circus act like Kobe could destroy that. Not to mention that you would have to give up several of our solid players to get him, puting us back a few steps. I feel the last thing this team needs is a distraction like Kobe. Fill some holes with the draft and make another run this year Bulls. You are young enough to take the time to build up and avoid trading away the future for this guy.
Ok, so I have only told a few people about this, but I have a theory that involves a local series of commercials run by McDonald's. The premise of the commercial pits a White Sox and Cubs player against each other playing practical jokes on one another. They have been running these commercials during the summer for about 3 years now. Well, I started noticing after last year that it seems like every Cubs player that appears in these commercials during the summer always seems to be off the team by the end of the season. And this trend continued on Wednesday with the trading of Cubs catcher and fan favorite, Michael Barrett. Another failed project by Jim Hendry (but that's another story). At first I thought this was just a weird coincidence but after a third player in a row I smell a curse! The last few years have broken down as follows:
- 2005 - Cubs Center Fielder Corey Patterson appears on a commercial with White Sox Maglio Ordonez. Outcome = Patterson was let go at the end of the season
- 2006 - Cubs Center Fielder Juan Pierre appears in a commercial with White Sox Bobby Jenks. Outcome = Pierre was not resigned at the end of the season
- 2007 - Cubs Catcher Michael Barrett appears in a commercial with White Sox Jermaine Dye. Outcome = Barrett was traded to the San Diego Padres for a back-up catcher, a minor league prospect and some cash
Now tell me there isn't something going on here. Oh and did I mention that Cubs Ace Pitcher Carlos Zambrano also appeared in one of these commercials this year with White Sox Catcher A.J. Peirzynski? Yes, he is still with the team, but he is in the final year of his contact and negotiations broke down with him about a month ago when the Tribune Company announced that they will be selling the team at the end of the year. So, barring a miracle say good bye to big Z who will look to cash in on a ridiculously high contract with a new team for next year
Weirdness always seems to follow the Cubs!
Ok, so normally, I don't get all caught up in what is going on in the personal lives of celebrities, but when I saw
this on
cnn.com I had to post something. So if you haven't heard Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation (twice) for driving while intoxicated several months before. Well, apparently after 3 days in the county jail she came down with an "undisclosed" medical condition and the
Sheriff concluded that she could serve out the remainder of her sentence under house arrest in the cramped conditions of her 4 bedroom 3 bath home in Beverly Hills. After hearing this, the judge who had sentenced her immediately ordered to appear in court where he informed her that she would in fact serve out the remainder of her sentence in jail. If you read the entire article you will see where she is
sobbing throughout the hearing and repeatedly screams out that "its not fair" and calls for her mom in the audience. Seriously, is this pathetic or what? Let this be a lesson to those who spoil the crap out of their kids and never make them accountable for their actions. If you do they grow up to be 20 somethings who have the emotional and mental capacity of a 12 year old
spoiled teenager!
Not only was her conduct pathetic and embarrassing, but the fact that she only got a 45 day sentence after multiple violations of her probation is deplorable. Let's face it, if anyone of the rest of us working stiffs would have done even a percentage of what she did the sentence would have been several times that (we're talking years). The fact that she only got probation for driving drunk is ridiculous. Then to top it off, does she recognize her mistake and try and make amends by thanking her lucky stars it was only a 45 day sentence and just do her time? Nope, she pulls some high level strings and does her best to get out of it. I have no doubt, based on her reaction in court that she feels that she did nothing wrong and thinks that she deserves better treatment than everyone else, but that's what happens when you are raised to be a princess and that rules don't apply to you. I thank the judge for putting her back in the pen, but in all honesty he should have given her a more realistic sentence than 45 days. Although, there are enough Paris Hilton, fan club whack-jobs out there that are probably writing death threats to the poor guy as I write this!
Cubs Coming Unhinged
Well, its becoming very apparent that this team is pretty much the biggest bunch of under
achievers this organization has ever seen. I just read today that Carlos
Zambrano, having another terrible outing, giving up 7 runs got into a scuffle with his catch Michael Barrett in the dug out during the game today. Its getting relatively sad to watch this team bungle its way through one game after another. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that the Tribune went out and spent money on some real talent this year and brought in a proven manager to pull it all together. But what do I see, one
fundamental blunder after another and a manager who seems increasingly more baffled with each interview. Yep I think this club has just lost for so long that they don't know how to be successful. All this is coming off a "players only team meeting" that the club had two games ago to discuss how they were going to turn things around. After that they have gone out and promptly gotten blown out in 2 consecutive games.
The one positive of the scuffle in the dug out is that at least the team seems to finally be showing some emotion for the first time and one can only hope that they are finally getting so tired of losing that they are going to get fired up and light a fire under some butts. Too long this season I have paid, again raised ticket prices only to watch the team sleep walk through each game. Its frustrating and
embarrassing. The only saving grace we have at this point is that we are in a terrible division and within striking distance of first, but a lot has to change before I will give us much of a chance at this point. I am tired of the lovable losers and I am ready for some
hatable winners!
