Random Ramblings

Since we have no real news to chat about-let's do a little Random Ramblings

Watched the Mike Gundy press conference today on you tube and the column by Jenni Carlson that started this whole mess.
Here is my take.
Gundy did everything right except for two things.
His first error was mentioning that Carlson had no children.
That made him look like he was belittling her decision not to have children.
The other error was that he said the column was filled with errors,yet did not address what those errors could be.
I read the column and I did think it was a bit personal for an article on a college kid.
Sometimes we forget that these are young men that are grown up in age only.
I have no problem criticizing a college athlete for on the field performance or lack there of and if a young man gets into trouble away from the athletic arena,they deserve to hear brickbats and catcalls for it.
However,it appears that the player in question didn't really deserve the type of column that was written by Ms Carlson.
I am not really close to Oklahoma State football (Although I might be shopping for a new Big 12 team soon),so I cannot say if the on field part of the written words are true or not,but kudos to Gundy for backing his players and bringing some of this stuff to the attention of the public.
Too bad that takes a tirade to get our attention sometimes.
Here is a link to Gundy's thoughts and the same poster has Carlson's response on the side.

The Pirates go for their 10th loss in a row and still have an influence on the playoffs as the Arizona Diamondbacks come to Pittsburgh for three games starting tonight.

Pitching Matchup

Arizona:Doug Davis (13-12) at Pittsburgh: Ian Snell (9-12) 7:05

As of right now with 6 games to go,the Pirates would have the 2nd overall pick in next season's draft.
I hope they hold it,we would find out early whether or not the management is interested in taking the best player or not.

Bill Cover sends us a note on the Hagerstown Suns opener for 2008.
April 3 at Delmarva.
Of course that is from the Shorebirds site,not the Suns of course.
Some teams have their schedules up and Bill did some homework for us.
Greensboro is listed as making two trips to Hagerstown,where in the past they made just one.
Could the SAL be waking up and establishing a home and home schedule for each half next year??
Stay tuned.........

As we reported earlier on the cancellation of the WBC Heavyweight title fight between Oleg Maskaev and Sam Peter,the WBC handed the "Interim" title to Peter and he may still fight on October 6th.
I hate interim titles,but if you must have this rule,this was the proper time to activate it.

Another interesting note from our friends at Wooden's world of baseball.
Looks like Wooden is planning a Kinston trip next year!

And finally,Take notice of the new poll on the side and get me some recipes!!!LOL