The Morning Wood - 09/25/2006

The three writers on this world-reknowned blog are slacking (as usual) today and have brought in a prized recruit to hold up the fort. Ladies and Gentleman, the return of Johnny "I carry Europe on my Shoulders" Mac...enjoy the wood.

Stud: Nomaaaaaah!!!
I know yesterday was a big day for football, but this national league card race is something else and Nomar really helped the Dodger’s cause by hitting his second walk off in less than a week. And this one was a grand slam. Questioned after the game, Nomar said part of his inspiration was to get this horrible use of photoshop out of his mind. I think Mia Hamm is about 4’2” 180 in that pic. It’s horrible.

Dud: US Ryder Cup Team
In back to back routes, the US is getting asses handed to them in this tourney. It’s pathetic. The US hasn’t been dominated by a European power so badly since this guy was in power, although more recently they had a pretty good string of dominance, and this guy just mystifies me. You do have to feel good for Darren Clarke though, who sank an amazing chip shot the other day, and is certainly the feel good story of the event, after recently losing his wife.

Talk Around The Cooler:
The Tigers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since they had Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell. I’m not even sure if those jokes make any sense, but hey, it’s funny to me!
Mark Brunell set a record for consecutive completed passes which is very impressive considering his receivers have only had a couple of months to review their new offensive coordinator’s playbook.

Quick Hits: The Bengals knocked of the Steelers yesterday in impressive fashion. Peyton Manning once again proved he can come up big when it doesn’t really count. Trevor Hoffman broke the saves record. of this man. (That one was for hasmitt!).