Fresh Start

As many of us may be aware, the Cleveland Indians did not have the season they were looking forward to. It was disappointing on a number of levels. Grady Sizemore was placed on the disabled list due to injury in the first month of play and the pitching was terrible. Quite honestly I didn't even watch many games over the summer. It isn't fun to watch when your favorite team goes from being one game away from the World Series in 2007 to almost last place a few years later. The Indians don't seem to like keeping talent around for long. Any time a pitcher gets good they trade him away for some unproven prospect. After the 2007 season we lost Cliff Lee, C.C. Sabathia, and Victor Martinez, and countless others. It makes me sick to think about it.

This year the Indians are trying to start off fresh with some fresh snow. As of November 26th the Indians have been holding "Snow Days" on the Progressive Field grounds. The event will continue till the New Year and it includes an ice rink as well as multiple lanes for tubing off of the bleachers. I think this is a great idea to get fans involved and get their minds off baseball. And who knows maybe when April comes around people will actually start coming to the games again. That is of course if they can find a winning formula.

Head Hunters

This weekend was packed full of questionable hits. These hits have caused the NFL to tighten up on their policies and rule enforcing. In this day and age they are unacceptable, and can be avoided in many cases.

The game that I was able to see contained two disturbing hits. James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers delivered two cheap shots to two Cleveland Browns players, resulting in two injures. The first hit I saw was the hit on wide receiver Joshua Cribbs. I still think it could have been avoided, Harrison pretty much attacked his head, but I can see it as being an accident because things do happen in a sport like this. The second hit I saw was absolutely on purpose. Receiver Mohamed Massaquoi was in the process of catching a pass from rookie quarterback Colt McCoy, when Harrison ran up and head tackled Massaquoi, leading with his shoulder.

I know what the proper way to tackle is and the tackler certainly has control over where he tackles the receiver in this situation. Hit him in the stomach, in the chest, but not in the face. Football is still a game after all even if it may be your job, its not worth it to go out and try and break someones neck. Both receivers had concussions from these hits.

If the this alone weren't enough to piss me off, Harrison had to go and open his mouth, saying "he didn't care whether he hurts people or not." Any players int he NFL could go around head tackling eachother, but do they? No. It is one thing to play the game hard, but it is another to go out trying to sideline players for life. There can be a balance and I don't feel that fining a player for these actions is going to cut it. $75,000 is pocket change for these players in this day and age. If you take them out of the game, maybe they will reconsider not their style of play, but attacking a defenseless receivers head when instead they could have hit them a tad lower and still had the same affect, a tackle.

Randy "Me"oss

I must say the recent trade completed between the Vikings and the Patriots has me worried. While Brett Favre may have obtained a proven weapon, he also obtained a head-case. As we all know Moss can be quite selfish at times and the last thing the Vikings need is more problems between players and coaches.

From early on the Vikings coaching staff and Brett Favre have had troubles seeing eye-to-eye. They are still searching for an identity, and with weapons like Peterson that should never be a problem. They hope to kick it in to high gear with Moss back in town.

Will Moss be a weapon or a problem?

Team Colors

Why is that year after year Steelers fans continue to call their team colors black and gold, when clearly it is yellow? One would think that a fan would know a teams colors, but this is not apparent in Steeler nation. I am not writing this to be offensive but to prove a point.

After all cities very own college is, in fact, blue and gold in the Pitt Panthers. Your own Pitt Panthers! This gold looks nothing like the so called "gold" that the Steelers have because it is yellow.



Shimmering gold.

There are even a few teams in the NFL that have gold in their colors I will bring to everyone's attention. The St. Louis Rams, and the San Francisco 49ers both have gold in their colors. Noticing a trend? All of these golds look very similar. Hm...maybe because it really is gold.



My stars, look at all those gold helmets.



The Saints gold looks just like the 49ers gold as well. Wow!



If that wasn't enough I will give the ultimate example, the ultimate comparison. The New Orleans Saints, recent Super Bowl champions are BLACK AND....GOLD. My oh my, who would have thought that? It seems fitting how their colors are black and gold and they call them black and gold.













Now check this out after looking at the sea of gold which I have provided...



Yellow.

I deeply apologize for bringing this to your attention Steeler fans, but you do not get a special new found shade of gold which is yellow just because it sounds better to say black and gold. Really, it is better to say black and yellow, then to completely fumble on your own colors. If you want to say black and gold change the yellow to gold. It is that simple.

Michael Vick: To Start Or Not To Start?

What is the deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Vick has put up solid numbers for them the past two games that he has played and I still think he gives them the best chance to win yet they are sitll debating putting Kolb back in. He has matured on the field. Watching him play, you can see that he is keeping his eyes down the field and he chooses to be a quarterback now instead of a runner. 

We all know what Michael Vick has done in his past, but if the guy gives your team the best chance to win wouldn't you let him play? He has served his time and some may still never forgive him for his past but I would like to see him get a chance to prove himself as a player.

What the Eagles now have to decide is whether or not they want to admit a rebuilding stage, with McNabb out and an inexperienced quarterback in Kolb, or do they want to start Vick and see where it takes them. I would choose Vick with the way things are looking right now.