We Are the Champions!

My friend Nolan (one of The Boys) is just about the only person that I have ever spoken to who can actually say he's an arena football fan. Yes, that's right, arena football. Personally, as much as I like real football, I can't get on board with the arena version. The poor league is trying so hard to promote it and make it a legitimate league in this country - I mean they've got an arsenal of John Elway, Ron Jaworski, and freaking Bon Jovi people! What about that doesn't make you want to watch arena football? I've tried to watch a full game but failed miserably. The game is so fast that you can't keep up with it. You look away for two seconds and someone has already scored a touchdown. The scores more closely resemble college basketball than the NFL. A running game and this thing called defense barely exist. The only amusing thing is that sometimes a player brutally crashes into the sides of the arena field and some drunk idiot gets clobbered along with him. But no matter what, Nolan remains a fan of his hometown Philadelphia Soul (Bon Jovi is a part-owner...get it...he's got...soul). Well Bon Jovi my friend, let me tell you that my buddy is doing everything he can to promote your team. Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTSXqFbhmg

There you go Jovi - we don't care if its a Boston bar, or its baseball that we're watching...Nolan will wear his darn Soul hat. But Nolan also gets props for finally getting himself some sort of Boston sports clothing and becoming probably the only person in Sonny's to proudly wear a Dustin Pedroia shirt. I got a Youklis shirt after discovering that strangely enough, we are kind of connected. My family is originally from Cincinnati though we left when I was only 7. Youklis is also from Cincinnati and just this year my dad told me that he'd grown up with Kevin's dad and funny enough, played on softball teams with him. Then I find out that they lived in the same area as I did as a kid and he went to the same high school that I would have if I'd stayed past elementary school. Then to top it off, I find out that my childhood friend's husband was one of his best friends in high school - he was the quarterback of the football team and Kevin was the big baseball star. In light of us basically being from the same stock, I always root hard for him and decided he should be my first j-shirt purchase. My next one is an Ellsbury. We returned to Sonny's on Sunday night following the Red Sox amazing sweep of the Rockies and it was so much fun. Championship one, done. Now onto number two....

The State of the Babies

Ahhh, everything is as it should be...I am winning again. Wins in both leagues this week, again cementing me in a comfortable second place in the Boy's league. Everyone performed nicely this week - Peyton got himself a bunch of touchdown passes, Reggie Wayne finally had that sick game I've been waiting for, and my rock, Willie Parker, again had over 100 yards. Add to that a nasty beatdown of the Redskins by my Pats defense and it all added up. We only have eight members in this league so we've started to play everyone the second time. Next week I have what should be a hard matchup with Jon Kitna's Rabies (yes, its the Rabies vs. the Babies), though funny enough he's not even starting Kitna anymore. He picked up Derek Anderson so we've discussed that they really should get their name changed to Derek Anderson's Blandersons. Its all we could come up with.

I also finally, FINALLY, got my big numbers from Brees and Colston in my Dad's league. I knew they'd come around at some point and they both had huge games. I picked up the Titans defense this week because I'd had to drop the Chargers on their bye week and someone snagged them before I could get back there. I'd had the Redskins last week but I made the smart decision not to keep them this week because they were playing the Pats, and well, we see how that turned out.

This Week's Favorite Things About the NFL:

1. Shaun Alexander is a nice person. He came into my office last week! He's really good looking in person actually and shorter than I'd have thought. Still a big guy though. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that he was very nice to my friend who walked him to his meeting and even commented on how the security guard had given him a bottle of water really quickly. I love it when celebrities act like humans.


2. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, on the same day, at the same time, became the first quarterbacks ever to beat all 31 teams. I love this stuff, I think that is just incredible. Granted there have only been 32 teams for a few years now, but still, its pretty amazing. To add to it, Brett Favre can do the same thing next week.


3. Which leads me to...how awesome, again, is Brett Favre. That Monday night game was great all the way through, but to win with an overtime touchdown pass over one of the better corners in the game is top notch. Vinny Testiverde's dad is still rockin it at 38.


3. The newest addition to my sports wardrobe. Yes, I realize it is a completely a-hole shirt, but I come from Philly and Boston...I'm an a-hole. It will arrive just in time for Pats-Colts this weekend.

Random Thought of the Week

I don't think anyone who reads this is in the Writer's Guild, but if anyone is listening, please don't go on strike. Please don't cause tons of young, poorer people than you to lose their jobs or their pay for a couple weeks or the overtime they desperately need for you to make more millions. I get it, I know that there are issues to be dealt with and that the big studio corporations can be total d*cks but really, it just sucks. My job might literally come to a halt. All these 22 year old PAs making $500 a week will just get nothing. So you can make more money than you already do...as in much more than us. Can't we all just get along????

Thanks for reading! Pats vs. Colts this Sunday - its a big showdown! I'm sure I'll have lots to say!