Quick Hitters

• Saw my boy Ill on the train this mornin. He goes to law school somewhere near my office, so every once in a while I will run into him on the way. Everyday goin to work I see so many of the same faces. Most days I have my work mode in full effect, everything from my outfit to my demeanor. When I run into him though its so different when he are just messin around and laughing at random shit. Definitely more fun to go to work like that than my usual grump face.
• As per Ill's request I will try to talk about more than just straight up sports today...
• Last night went out wit a couple dudes. Didn't do much, but on the way home me and my boy who lives upstairs decided to buy a six-pack, a carton of eggs and a pack of bacon. This is at 1 AM mind you. We proceed to cook up half the carton and the entire pack of bacon and drink a couple beers as we wind down. It was a good time just bullshitting with him, but I gotta tell you that I am still feelin that grub right now..
• Anybody remember a week when there were this many good NFL games? Saints/Ravens, Eagles/Jaguars, Bengals/Falcons, Chargers/Rams, Broncos/Colts, Panthers/Cowboys, and Pats/Vikings....All of these teams are in decent shape to make the playoffs right now. A lot of teams' fortunes could be changed this week...
• Not surprisingly the Yankees decided to can one of Joe Torres' coaches. Even less surprising that it is Lee Mazzilli. He is the one coach that was one of Torres "guys." Now he is gone as well, along with the rest of the old guard such as Zimmer, Sottlemyre and Randolph. This is an underrated dynamic of the clubhouse of the Yankee Dynasty from 1996-2000. Smart move to make Mattingly bench coach though since all signs are pointing to him being the successor to Torre.
• I love the New York Football Giants and Tiki Barber has been their best player for the past five years, but I am so sick of him speaking out in the media. He should not have let his retirement desires leak out so clearly. We have all heard rumbling in the past couple of years. Why not just leave them at that? Why does he need to start a big story out of nothing? In addition why does he need to call out ESPN personalities that are just doing their job by providing their opinions on the matter? Can Tiki just play ball and shut up for once?? I don't care how "articulate" he sounds. In addition I don't need to hear his agent coming out saying he has all of these offers on the table from numerous media outlets. Just play out the season, and worry about all that stuff when its over.
• Standard procedure on work elevators? If the door is closing you let it go and wait for the next am I right?
• Goin to Boston for the weekend. The Boston delegation is having a little Halloween party. Should be a lot of fun gettin the entire crew back together.
• Lastly, thanks for all the positive feedback this first week. I am just havin fun with this and hopefully it will continue to get better and more creative over time....If I think of anything I will write more later...