Sports Week...

Being that last week was short with thanksgiving and all, I had plenty of work to do and did not find time to write much. Over the holiday I just got plain lazy! I will not write long, but I will point out a few interesting things. Last week I put in my picks for the weekends football and it was the first time I had made picks all season. After Monday Night football I was 12 for 16 in my picks, and that's not bad. The four I got wrong are as follows. I picked the Redskins to beat the Raiders, the Dolphins to beat the Browns, the Panthers to beat the Bears, and in the Monday Night game I picked the Packers to beat the Vikings. Oakland and Cleveland simply got lucky while Chicago showed that they are for real and Minnesota proved that they are not done. I have placed my picks for this week, including the two games that were played on thanksgiving and I will report later on in the week.

In baseball, three large scale trades stole the spotlight this past week with Boston acquiring Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, and Guillermo Mota from the Marlins for a handful of very promising prospects including shortstop Hanley Ramirez. The New York Mets acquire superstar first-baseman Carlos Delgado from the fish for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit and another minor leaguer. The Chicago White Sox acquired Jim Thome from the Phillies for Aaron Rowand seemingly filling the first base position. All these trades have great potential of being terrific for all teams involved except I most certainly hope that it turns out to be a fluke for the Boston Red Sox. Maybe Beckett will get some blisters!!

oVeR AnD oUt!!