Flabbergasted on multiple levels...

Oh, this is rich...

I've watched ESPN's "Around the Horn" before, and have seen Bill Plaschke wax and wane with assinine comments and ideas, but this time he truly takes the cake. In a column on ESPN.com, Plaschke says that he will NOT vote for Mark McGwire when his turn to enter the MLB HoF comes up "It's obvious from his own statements he used some form of performance-enhancing drugs and it's obvious from his statistics he did not become a Hall of Fame-type player until he did so." HUH? Did he forget that McGwire hit 49 home runs in 1988? That McGwire was a power hitter all of his career? I don't care what you say, Andro is NOT steroids, and it shouldn't be held against Mac. I'd like to see this jerkoff talk about Barry Bonds.

Quote from an intelligent sportswriter...Henry Schulman, who covers the Giants for the San Francisco Chronicle, plans to vote for both. "The Hall of Fame is not a museum for saints. It's filled with racists, philanderers, players who used cork bats and spitters and everything at their disposal to their advantage," he said. "It's hard for me to single McGwire out. Unless he commits a crime, he's on my ballot."

Plaschke also forgets one thing - that hitting a 95 mph ball is still one of the toughest things to do in professional sports. That Mac worked out with supplements and got bigger is NOT to be held against him - and if he DID do steroids, well, what then? What about the greenies and red pills taken by major league baseball players throughout the years and even still today, as outlined in "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton? Remember, getting big and strong isn't enough, you have to still be able to put the bat on the ball - see Jose Canseco, who's lifetime batting average isn't all that hot, no matter HOW big he got. Titantic homeruns don't make for a .350 hitter. Having the muscle does not mean you have the ability...

NCAA Tournament...What can I say? Louisville, down 10 with 6 mins to go, wins in OT. Illinois, down FIFTEEN with 4 mins to play, wins by a single point over 'Zona. Kudos to the Badgers for giving UNC all they can handle. As I sit here watching OT in the Kentucky-MSU game, I marvel at how truly exciting March Madness is...Patrick Sparks sinks a 3 pointer with a second left?! Man, I'm on pins and needles here, but I love this time of year. :)

The Tiger Woods of 2000 is BACK - the only problem is that his name is now Annika. :)

Well, you know the US soccer team is viewed as a legitimate threat to Mexico in CONCACAF region of World Cup qualifying, but you can also see the depths that the mexicans will stoop to taunt the Americans after yet another loss for the Yanks in Mexico. The crowd booed the U.S. national anthem and a spattering of fans chanted "Osama! Osama!" before play started, and shortly after Lewis' goal. Granted, we played like sh*t and they took the game to us and deserved to win, but I would hope that they would have shown more class - after all, how many of them do we employ?! Guess I can start feeling ok about calling them "spics" again.

My wife made a HELLUVA Easter Ham today...time for seconds...l8r.