The Morning Wood - 11/16/2006

Stud: Joe Girardi and Jim Leyland
You know…managers of the year? We can only assume this would have been Jim Leyland’s frame of mind had he not won the award. And in the most ass backward situations in a long time, the other award winner won’t be setting foot in a dugout this upcoming season. Goes to show the Marlins are great evaluators of talent. Egotistical owners are some of the most intolerable people ever. And then there's Tim McCarver.

Dud: Kansas
They lost to Oral Roberts, which also happens to be the very apt nickname for Dukie, Josh McRoberts given his sexual exploits on campus we’ve been told. When a school calls a victory following its 2nd game of the REGULAR SEASON one of the biggest regular season wins “in school history” that’s not a lot of good history we’re talking about. And most likely, it’s forgettable history. Kudos to Bill Self – you’ve been able to accomplish shit at Kansas except for setting expectations high and under-delivering.

Talk Around The Cooler:
OJ Simpson. One word – genius. What better way to make light of a crime that you committed than detail other ways you would have committed the crime? Some people say that with the revelation that OJ’s penned a book about an alternative homicide in addition to the news that FOX (surprise, surprise) will air two separate hour-long interviews with the Hall of Famer turned actor turned philanderer, turned murderer signals the downfall of this company. I’d beg to differ.

Refusing to be outdone by his NFL counterparts, the Jail Blazers’ Zach Randolph has decided to put in a bid for Sexual Assault Charge of the Year (Sports category). Either you grow up as an idiot and money/responsibility helps you mend your ways or you’re named Zach Randolph, Ron Artest or Stephen Jackson.

Quick Hits:
Following in the footsteps of another great O.J., O.J. Mayo will be attending USC. I for one can’t wait to see who he murders about 15 years from now…pass me the popcorn. Kenyon Martin – meet Grant Hill – he is your future. A-Rod is a bitch. No, he really is.