"Unclassy"

Winston-Salem, NC -- We're in midseason in the City of Greensboro Fall Kickball League 2008. With the addition of four new teams, the league has blossomed into a boffo "after work" program. Half of the new teams are pretty darn good; one of those two good teams beat us in a solid, crisp, defense-dominated 7-2 game last week. A couple of recent UNCG grads anchor the team. However, the other two new teams are just plain awful. In a 17-4 rout last week, our team was called "unclassy" for running up the score. It was a high schooler versus elementary schooler match-up where we were trying to get out after the first inning. As the team pastor said, "The first person to claim that someone doesn't have 'class' usually doesn't have any." Our record is 2-2 with an archrival match-up against "Crush" tonight.

To make-up for the dreadful, black-out loss to the Crimson Tide on Saturday night, the Washington Redskins closed out their Texas Stadium era with a big win on Sunday afternoon. Campbell is finally starting to feel comfortable (again, like his 13-0 season at Auburn) in the West Coast offense implemented by Jim Zorn. Let's see what the Skins can do in Philly this weekend. The Skins can never win there when McNabb is playing.

I'll get to the Nationals and their issues later on this week. I've discovered some articles relating to the shine coming off the Ted Lerner administration in DC. Just what the DC area needed... another hands-on, overaggressive owner who won't allow the baseball/football people to perform their job.

One last thought... I wish that MLB would wise-up and give the Cubs' ownership keys to Mark Cuban. The man is a marketing magician, who would boost revenues into Yankee territory. While outlandish and outspoken at times (he makes up for it by working at Dairy Queen!), Cuban is a rabid fan of his team. To contradict that sentiment, Hank Steinbrenner attended three games this year at Yankee Stadium. Cuban's enthusiasm and commitment to his team is unquestionable; the Cubs would shift some of that East Coast network bias to the Midwest. It would surely beat another addition to Bud's Poker Club.