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Blog Entry: Ok fans and smack talkers, I know I haven't written a blog in a few weeks but I have been preparing for my triumphant return to Gainesville, Florida (a.k.a. the belly of the beast, for an Ohio State fan like myself). But now that I'm here, I will be updating this blog much more frequently. Also, you may have noticed a change in the look of the website,and we hope you enjoy all the new features. Ok, enough of that, onto the sports. Wow, October has been quite hectic. The Steinbrenner family spit in Joe Torre's face (metaphorically of course, but they might as well have), almost every player on the Yankees next year may be still in high school (with the possibility of losing almost every veteran player on the team), A-Rod will get $30 million a year (weather in New York or somewhere else), Ohio State is still undefeated (with a big test coming tomorrow at Penn State), Chad Pennington still sucks, Vinny Testeverde crawled out of a hole somewhere to play football again, and the NBA season is starting (the Knicks have been matematically eliminated from the playoffs until 2012 already by the way). So let's get started. The Yankees are absolutely out of control. Joe Torre is gone, and his replacement is most likely going to be a guy with absolutely no managerial experience, or a guy with one year experience in which he finished somewhere around 15 games under .500. I think Joe Torre had every right to leave and he made the right decision. Furthermore, I don't believe it really had to do all that much with money. If the Yankees offered him $10 million for one year, instead of 5 (even with the bull??? bonuses), he would have been right to turn it down. You do not put a man with his resume (12 seasons, 12 playoff appearences, 9 AL East tittles, 6 pennants, and 4 world series victories) on essentially what was going to be a one year probation period. It was a slap in the face and the Steinbrenners should be ashamed of themselves. What the Yankee front office was trying to do was save some face and make it look like Torre didn't want to come back, rather than he was fired. Hey George, no one is falling for it. I wish Torre the best of luck wherever he ends up, as he has said he's not ready to retire and wants to persue other managing positions. Brian Cashman (Jesus Christ he reminds me of a meerkat) has said the Yankees will not persue A-Rod in the free agent market if he opts out of his contract simply because the Yankees would lose the $21 million the Rangers are paying the Yankees for A-Rod's contract. Are you kidding me? Over $21 million? This is the same franchise that spent $28 million to have the Crypt Keeper (a.k.a. Roger Clemens) come out of retirement to give up homeruns to number 8 hitters. Mark my words, when all is said and done, and A-Rod finally hangs up his spikes, he will go down as the single greatest hitter to ever play the game. He has played only half as long as Barry Bonds and he is already more than 2/3 of the way to the all-time carrer homerun record. A-Rod will shatter that record, barring any serious injury of course, and in my opinion he will hit somewhere around 900 carrer homeruns (putting the record far out of reach, even for whatever steriod freak the MLB farm system pumps out next). This is a guy who hit his 53rd homerun of the year off of the ???ing roof of the dome in Toronto. That spot on the roof was a staggering 115 feet above the field. Had there been no dome in Toronto, I think that ball may have landed somewhere in Philadelphia. That is God-Like. That is worth $30 million a year. And lets not give all the credit to the bat, this guy has one hell of a glove down there in the hot corner. And as far as everyone's obsession with his playoff performance, when even one player on the Yankees has an even somewhat decent postseason, than we can talk about A-Rod. After 2 games in the ALDS, the only player on the team with 2 or more hits was Bobby Abreu (who looks as though he might have been a hot dog eating champion in a past life, and who closely resembles a cinnabon in my opinion) and he was a pitiful 2-for-6 with no RBI's, so get off of A-Rod's case please. On to Ohio State and the sports miscarriage that is the BCS. Well, THE Ohio State University is the #1 ranked team in the NCAA and they have a big test this weekend in Happy Valley (and by the way Penn State, Happy Valley? Really?). I realize that Penn State is ranked all the way down at #25, but the Buckeyes have quite a dismal history there. The Bucks are 1 of their last 4 in Happy Valley, and Penn State was the last team to beat Ohio State, sparking a 28-game regular season win streak for the Buckeyes. I just want to take this time to say publicly that Joe Paterno scares the ???ing life out of me. I mean the guy looks like he's old enough to have built a pyramid as a child, but can snuff the life out of me at will. Jim Tressel is a tough guy, but I would never want to have to look across the field into those glaucoma-ridden eyes behind those 5-inch thick coke bottle glasses. Good luck Jim, and don't look into his eyes, he'll turn you to stone. Chad Pennington. Chad ???ing Pennington. I realize those of you reading this can't see me, but I can't even type his name with a straight face. He is a joke, as well as the entire Jets organization. He spends more time on the turf than in the huddle, and he must be color blind because it seems he can't differentiate between his recievers' and the opponents' jerseys. As long as Chad Pennington keeps up the Trent Dilfer impersonation, he will never be more than a tackling dummy for 300 lb defensive linemen who have most definitely eaten their chunky soup. Vinny Testeverde is back as well, and to be completely honest, I didn't even know about it until about week 3. Last I heard, he was bagging groceries at a supermarket somewhere, still clinging to NFL pipe dreams and a bum knee. The phrase "don't quit your day job" never seemed more appropriate. NBA season is finally here, and quite frankly, who gives a ???? My beloved Knicks haven't even played a regular season game yet and I'm pretty sure they're already out of playoff contention. On top of that, Isiah Thomas thinks he's Bill Clinton and it doesn't seem to be working out much better for him. More on the basketball season as it trudges onward at a painstaking pace like always. I realize that was a little bit long, but pat yourself on the back for getting through my ranting and raving. I promise I'll update more often so as to not damage any of the smaller brains out there with long periods of reading (I realize the booze kills enough brain cells as it is).