Miscellaneous Thoughts

Afternoon delights...

So I see that the Patriots did not trade their first round picks and instead have so far picked Vince Wilfork of Miami. I can imagine that everyone at ESPN immediately scrambled to find footage of Ted Washington to explain the pick. I was also surprised to see Oregon State RB Steven Jackson slip to #24. Wasn't Denver supposed to pick him at 17? At least that's what all the "experts" were saying all week long... Rafael Palmeiro has 1,701 RBI. He needs just 2 more to pass Reggie Jackson and move into 18th place all-time. At #17 is Honus Wagner with 1,732. In fact the only person with more RBI who's not in the Hall of Fame is Barry Bonds... The two NFL picks I like the most are Larry Fitzgerald at #3 to Arizona and Ben Roethlisberger at #11 to the Steelers. I was surprised that Jonathan Vilma went so high (#12 to the Jets)... Red Sox just went up 3-2 over the Yankees in the 12th.... Jeter comes up as the Yankees last chance. He's hitless in his last 20 chances - oops make that 21 chances. The Red Sox win! Thaaaaaaaaaa Red Sox win.... Interesting - I need to figure out how to turn this idea into a bar bet... You know if it is theoretically possible to have Gus - the field kicking mule - then why isn't it possible to have Roderick - the rampaging rhino as a charging defensive lineman? ... New England takes Georgia TE Ben Watson with the 32nd pick of the first round. The Patriots have a beavy of TE but Belichick like competition in camp... Time to go but before I do - check out this short flash film on Jose Canseco - starring Jose Canseco (with a cameo by Daryl Strawberry). After watching this - it occurred to me that having Canseco and Strawberry star in remakes of Miami Vice would put the unintentional comedy off the scale...