Following Up
Just to follow up on a few posts from earlier this week....
Mike Mulligan of the Sun-Times thinks the additional cap space given to the NFL means that the Bears will be less likely to sign a marquee free agent. Even though the Bears will be as much as 20 million dollars under the cap, he just doesn't see this organization getting into a bidding war with newly cap-flexible teams. More buyers, higher prices. With the Bears miserly history, he's probably right. What a buzzkill.
The USA is wrapping up round one of the WBC against South Africa. Derrek Lee of the Cubs smashed a two-run Homer and a two-run double as USA leads 14-0. How this game is going is hardly surprising, as South Africa has nary a big leaguer on their roster. USA did lose to Canada, though, and what an embarassment that was. It wasn't that surprising, though. Canada has some good hitters, and if they ran into a pitcher on an off day, in this case Dontrelle Willis, they certainly proved that they could light him up. More proof as to why the World Series is a seven game series, if you ask me.
Finally, with all the Bonds hubaboo, check out this pictorial. Think he started using PEDs in the late 90s? Nah. It amazes me that some people, mostly Giants fans, are still defending him. Saying that it's all a grand conspiracy. What a joke. Keith Olbermann made a great point on the radio the other day. If Bonds has ANY shred of credibility, he will sue the crap out of these authors, the publisher, Sports Illustrated, etc. And he'll win. If he doesn't sue, and chooses to ignore it, well, he's done. He might as well say, "I'm not here to talk about the past." He will have lost all credibility. Period.
Enjoy your weekend!