The Morning Wood - 12/06/2006

Stud: The V Foundation
This is a cause that trumps all sports-specific endeavors. The V foundation announced yesterday that it will begin donating all its direct donations to cancer research. No jokes here, just praise.

Dud: Hollis Thomas
The Saints DT was suspended yesterday for violating the NFL's steroid policy. And the suspension wasn't the Shawne Merriman "stark naked bent over in the bathroom injecting yourself with a concoction of monkey testosterone and bull saliva" violation, this was a "Hollis Thomas has asthma and one of the inhalants in his inhaler apparently is banned by the NFL" violation. Kudos to the NFL for exercising sound judgment and reasoning.

Talk Around The Cooler:
Barry Bonds and the planets orbiting his dome have shown up at the Winter Meetings, meaning a couple things: his roid rage is at its peak and he'll manhandle a GM or two (a la Jeff Kent) if they don't give him what he wants. Not one fucking team is really interested in the chore of having him around. In a perfect world this guy would disappear from the baseball landscape as quickly as Sammy Sosa somehow forgot to speak English during the Congressional hearings. Beisbol beeeeen berry berry gooooood to meee!!

The Red Sox signed J.D Drew. They signed Julio Lugo. They hope to sign Matsuzaka. So about $150M invested this offseason so far without addressing one glaring need – a closer. A suggested promotional day for next year: Julio Lugo Night: Any fan assaulting their significant other while entering Fenway gets their choice of a Red Sox Ice Pak or a Brett Myers Bobblehead doll (first 10,000 fans only)

Quick Hits:
Bernie Kosar – Miami Coach? Not a good fit in my opinion. The Yankees and Andy Pettitte are supposedly close to a new deal which really confuses me because I thought Roger Clemens made all of Pettitte's career moves for him. A nice little analysis of the offseason MLB moves .