Good News of the Day

It's a happy occasion. The Phillies didn't sign Mike Piazza today. Not that I'm a Mike Piazza hater. I'm not. He's a great player. Hall of fame career and the like. But the last thing the Phillies needed is another over the hill catcher. We already have one in Mike Lieberthal. They're basically the same player anymore. Really....look

Piazza (2005) 398 AB 41 R 100 H 19 HR 62 RBI .251 BA
Lieberthal (2005) 392 AB 48 R 103 H 12 HR 47 RBI .263 BA


Words can't express how happy I am that Mike Piazza decided to take the chance to catch more games with the Padres, instead of being basically a utility man with the Phils. Hopefully the Phillies will take this opportunity to throw Ryan Howard into the fire against left handed pitching. Also, the Phillies could use a young catcher and signing Piazza wouldn't get us any closer. Just something to think about


Sports Chair Scrub of the Week: LeBron James

Oh yeah. You read that right. The man who was just named the Eastern Conference player of the week is my scrub of the week. Why? Easy. The man with more natural skills than any other player who walks on the hardwood has decided that he's not going to compete in the dunk contest this February. That's just not fair to the many NBA fans who want to see a serious dunk contest, not second rate players going at it. If LeBron competes, it would open up the contest to other top rank players who would join in just to go against LeBron. But since that didn't happen, he's the Sports Chair Scrub of the week.