NOW THAT’S SMART!

Roger Goodell has seen the light! Settling with the referees in the labor dispute will now restore the game of NFL Football to a state of integrity. They can’t make up for the first three weeks, or the loss to Seattle by Green Bay, but we have to move on.

Maybe the settlement and disaster that occurred for the NFL will spur the NHL to end their lockout.

YANKEES STILL KEEP ON ROLLING

Many people watch the New York Yankees and wonder when they will implode. I think people have been wondering that for the past two months, since they starting losing their 10-game lead.

The Yankees will win because they are used to winning, they will continue to win by habit. They can be reduced to Single A farmhands from injuries and they will win, it is just the way it is.

Speaking of winners: The New York Mets finally got something to cheer about with their only real super star in David Wright. The star third-baseman set the all-time hit record for the team passing Ed Kranepool. R. A. Dickey was scheduled to pitch Thursday if the weather held up, and if he did against the reeling Pirates, would be a 20-game winner, the first for the Mets in 22 years!

How many managers will be fired this season? Jim Leyland and Bobby Valentine look like candidates. Leyland, even thought the Tigers are in first place, if they don’t take it all he may be gone! Bobby Valentine, not only for failing to make the playoffs, but also failing to win 70 games, which is a real possibility. If that isn’t enough, the discord of the team should be the fork that says he’s done.

If you think I’m crazy in saying that about Leyland, look at history. Johnny Keane of the Cardinals was fired after being in a World Series, Casey Stengel was canned, even Yogi Berra after the 1964 World Series.

Joe Torre had his butt canned after losing in the playoffs in the early rounds, so think of Leyland being in Detroit for a while and a lot of money on free agency being spent, he has to bring home the goods.

That’s all I wrote, folks.