Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I can't believe that Paul Konerko leads the White Sox in hitting with a .270 average. Is it any wonder that Chicago has the worst team batting average in the AL with a .246 mark? Is it any wonder that they are battling the Royals for last place in the AL Central?.... Many scribes and TV talking heads have been decrying NFL teams charging full price for tickets to pre-season games. Two things I haven't seen brought up when discussing this subject is the fact that most of the people taking the NFL owners to task for charging full price never pay for a ticket to an event in the first place. Its easy to get on your high horse when you watch the games from the press box for free. Secondly - at this time of year many fans are starved for football action and are willing to pay full price even for exhibition games. It has been months seen we've any pigskin and many people are Jonesing... If he played for the White Sox - Coco Crisp would be their leading hitter with a .272 average... My guess on Michael Vick is that the judge sentences him to 18 months and not the 12 to 18 the prosecutor offered in the plea deal. I also think there will be an unofficial black-balling of Vick in the NFL when he gets out of jail (there is little upside to signing him at that point - look at how many teams are lining up for Ricky Williams). One final prediction - Michael Vick gets mad at not getting a deal with an NFL team and writes (more accurately - has written for him) a tell-all book ala Jose Canseco.