Playoff update

As I sit here and watch the Cubs- Dodgers series, I can only think that Torre and Piniella were both fired from the Yankees.
This confirms what has been said all along by so many--the manager doesn't win or lose the games. No less than the great Earl Weaver admitted that he produced no wins for the O's during his many years as manager.
I remember when Torre first came to the Yankees, he was called Clueless Joe. Then he won 14 straight years including 4 Championships. Suddenly, he became Clueless again?
I contend, and always will until someone can prove otherwise, that if a manager has the horses, he will win. If he doesn't, he won't. I remember the Cubs from a few years ago, maybe the mid 80's. Don Zimmer was the manager, and he did some of the craziest moves, and they worked. Went against the righty lefty thing, and so on. But it seemed whenever he went against the grain, the Cubs came through. And Zimmer was declared a genius. The next year, he did the ame things, and they didn't work, and he was a dope and soon was looking for a job. I'm pulling for the Dodgers just because I'd love to see Joe back in the Series. It will give Hank Steinbrenner (dumb bastage) something to stew about.
In football action, the Giants are back on the field after their bye week. Burress will be sitting as per his suspension as the G-Men take on the Seahawks. The Jets are off, giving Farve a week to rest his ankle.

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J*E*T*S Jets Jets Jets

I'm a total Giants fan, but I have been rooting for the Jets for a few years, too. I mean, if they play each other, it's not even close. My loyalties are with the Big Blue Wrecking Crew.

I just sort of feel sorry for the Jets. They are tenants in Giants Stadium, and they haven't won a Super Bowl since 1969. Haven't even been in one in all that time. They have had a couple good teams in that time, but compared to the Giants who won in '86, '90, and '08...well, you get the point.

Rutgers won on Saturday, which is our local college.

And the Cowboys lost last night, so it's been a good weekend.

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Update Week 3

The Giants moved to 3-0 with an OT victory against the Bengals. Eli Manning drove the team in the final minutes of the second half to force the OT. I was hoping they would make the game less exciting with a blowout, but perhaps the Bengals are a better team than originally thought.

The Jets lost to the Chargers, and the game wasn't close.

But the big shock of the weekend was NE getting absolutely blown away by the lowly fish of Miami.

And that brings up an interesting question: the Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time after 13 straight years, and the Patriots won 21 straight regular season games.
Which is the more impressive record? The Yankees did it while spending more than any other team 11 of those 13 years. It is the second longest such streak, the longest being the Braves which ended last year at 14. The next teams are in the single digits.
The next longest NFL streaks are an 18 game run by the Pats of 2003, and the Dolphins of 16 games in the early 1970's.

What do you think is the greatest streak? I think it may be the Pats because it required perfection. To quote the late Bert Bell, on any given Sunday, any team can beat any other given team.

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G-Men rout the Rams

Ok, it was only the lowly Rams, but damn did the Giants beat the hell out of them. Final score was 41-13. Just seemed like the Giants scored whenever they wanted to do so. Justin Tuck, a defensive lineman, intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Great game. Giants move to 2-0, and are looking like world beaters against some really shaky teams. Which is fine. I hate when they lose to bad teams. They are playing like the champions they are.

Meanwhile, the Jets, suffered a tough loss to a Brady-less New England Patriots 19-10, proving that they are a great team. I doubt the Pats will go undefeated in the regular season, but they will be far from the pushovers everyone (at least, me anyway) hoped they would be.

Go Giants

Weekly catch up

It is just about over for my Yankees. Even if they run the table, it will take a complete collapse by the Sox and Twins.

Fortunately, both the Giants and the Jets are off to a great start as the G-Men took care of the Redskins on Thursday's opening game, and Brett Favre led Gang Green to a nice win against the Dolphins.

Sunday, look for the Giants to square off against the Cardinals, while the Jets are home against the Tom Brady-less Patriots.

In other sports news, women's hockey teams are preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the score of one game was so unbelievable, I had to check other sources.

Slovakia beat destroyed, humiliated, routed, crushed, hell, just pick any one Bulgaria by the score of 31-0. Oh wait, that was only the first period score. The final was 82-0. They scored on average every 44 seconds.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3577150


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Giants vs Redskins tonight

The Super Bowl Champion NY Giants (who play their home games in NJ, BTW) open up tonight against the Washington Redskins.
Can Eli Manning lead the team to back to back Super Bowl wins?
I wouldn't bet on it, but I'll be rooting them all along the way. My prediction is the same as Mike and Mike's on ESPN2. They both say 10-6, and a playoff berth. I'm right with them.

Yankees continue their hot streak, and A-Rod becomes the first player in history to have a home run reviewed by instant replay in a MLB game. The ump got the call right the first time, and Alex touched them all.

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It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

She's been busy warming up for the last month, but then sudenly, things start to look good in the Bronx.
Joba pitched tonight 1.1 innings, and looked good. He wasn't throwing as hard as he did before the injury, but he still brought it at 90 or so. Giese was activated and threw a scoreless 9th to wrap up the game.

We're 7 games behing Boston, so it still looks grim, but as the Rays start to show some cracks, they are still able to be caught. Last year's Rockies proved no team is ever out of it until the fat lady sings.

Go Yankees