Patrick O’Keefe

Well, the NFL Draft is tomorrow. According to FinHeaven & Co, this will be the highest (2) that the Dolphins have ever picked. The previous high was 3 in 1970 where tight end Jim Mandich was selected. The highest pick they’ve had in my lifetime was 7 in 1992 where Troy Vincent was picked. To be honest, I was 7 and not paying a heck of a lot of attention…

Losing isn’t good, but it’s neat/exciting when your team has such a high pick. We’ll have anyone to choose from with the exception of one player. What will we do? Not sure. There are a a few trade partners out there. If we can trade down (keep a pick in the top 8), get another first rounder and more, I’m leaning toward doing that. There are really three things (with one of them possibly being gone after the 1 pick) you can take at that 2 pick. QB, RB or WR. WR (Braylon Edwards) is the least vital to us as we have Chris Chambers and Marty Booker. QB (Alex Smith) is next in line. We have A.J. Feeley, but he had his moments last year on a poor offense - I think that with a team around him, he has great potential based on the arm strength and spots of accuracy he showed last year. So, that leaves the biggest need, which is running back. Ronnie Brown is the consensus pick. However, at 2, that seems like it may be a stretch.

So, I’d like to see us trade down not any lower than 7 or 8 and then grab one of the three running backs and work on other spots. But, either way, it’ll be exciting and we should end up with one of the best players on the board.

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Read.

Thanks to Stephan for bringing it up.

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(I shouldn’t have to do this, of course because idiots are idiots, there is no need to justify myself using the word. But, obviously, there are idiot Yankees fans and idiot Red Sox fans. Common sense. Idiot Yankees fans make good Yankees fans look bad as do idiot Red Sox fans for good Red Sox fans. Just to be clear).

Anyway. Play in the outfield in right to Sheff. Rolls along the wall. Then Mr. Doofus here tries (albiet very weakly) to take a shot at Sheff:

As I said, weak. Hard to get from that picture, but that’s what he was doing. So, whether he was trying to give him a lump or a love tap (Edit: or knock his hat off…), it doesn’t matter. The guy’s an idiot.

Now, if you look to the left in that photo, you see a woman right next to Sheff. To your left you see a man looking toward Sheff drinking. Next picture:

The guy dumped his beer on Sheff (I saw it in real time and in replay). He actually started the motion before Sheff went up to push the original guy. It wasn’t an accident. He did it on purpose and he’s a slimeball, that’s fine. Two real big men we have there. Taking weak shots and dumping beer (after the guy dumps the beer, he disappears behind the woman, whether accidentally or on purpose).

Similar to where Ron Artest got hit with the drink. Of course, Sheff isn’t stupid, he’s not jumping up into the stands. We all know that if Sheff would have faced either of these “men” man on man in a fight or even both at once, he’d decimate them. They’d still be at the park right now looking for what’s left of their faces.

Final picture:

Now again, there are good Red Sox fans and bad Red Sox fans (although, again, I don’t need to justify it), but anyone in this picture who is laughing, who is pointing, who is yelling… is probably an idiot. So, almost half the people in that shot, I guess. The people who started chanting Yankees S*ck after one of their “own” (though many would gladly renounce this man, I am sure) took the shot, I’m not sure what to call. But, I’ll skip that. Maybe this is the bad fans section or something, I don’t know. I particularly like the guy in the middle with his middle finger up in the air. Classy.

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Stephen A. Smith:

He signed a 7 year deal LAST YEAR. Last year. Nuts. If it was a low ball figure, that is your fault. Let’s not forget, “his situation” in Baltimore was created by him. The reason he is in Philadelphia is because he wanted to go there. Maybe Baltimore would have given him more money? I don’t know. At any rate, it is by his doing. Honor the contract.

Confusing.

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Yankees fans… now, I know some of you don’t like Womack. For whatever reason this may be - as I posted at Bronx Banter - it’s time to give him a legit shot.

So far, I like him. Soriano he’s not. But, Cairo he can be. He is the weakest bat in our lineup like Cairo was the weakest bat in our lineup. Just because we have a 20 HR guy at 8 positions instead of 9 doesn’t mean we should act spoiled. (HRs isn’t the greatest example because I’d rather have a guy who can hit for average and play smart, like Jeter, but it’s the one stat that came to mind).

Give him a shot.

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So, the 31st best team gets the hardest schedule. Score! :)

Not that it matters. This years 10-6 is next years 6-10.

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Good to see Tiger back in the winners circle at a major. That chip in he made was one of the most amazing golf shots you will see. I was feeling this could be a good year… looks like it might be. I watched the last 5 holes or so. Exciting, good stuff. Felt for DiMarco.

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I get various e-mails from users contacting me through MarianoRivera.com. Mostly good, some bad (one guy said he should rot in you know where). I generally disregard the bad ones and especially don’t respond to anything inappropriate. But, I got an e-mail from a guy and I felt compelled to defend Mo.

The summation of the e-mail was:

So, I felt compelled to respond. And here we are:

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Some good writing by Cliff Corcoran at Bronx Banter.

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Well, the bases got loaded with no outs and then Mariano started to work out of it. He struck out Nixon and induced a relatively slow grounder to A-Rod. But, then A-Rod made a pretty big error. After knocking down the ball, he couldn’t pick it up. So, a run scored and the bases remained loaded. Next, Mo got Ortiz to hit a slow roller to first, which brought the second out, but also brought in a run. It was downhill from there.

If A-Rod picks it cleanly, you have 2 outs and the game is over. If he picks it up after bobbling it, you have 1 out and then Ortiz is the last out and it’s a tie game at worst (possibly Yankees win). But, the mistake was made… Mo made some mistakes, too… but, he really didn’t look that bad. Especially on Nixon, Manny and Ortiz. He looked very good while facing them. This is a bit of tough luck with a bit of lack of performance on Mo and A-Rod’s parts and that’s it. Just got to move on and keep plugging.

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