Steaming hot from the melting pot

The melting pot starts with condolences to Chris Spielman and his family for the loss of their wife and mother Stefanie to breast cancer at the age of just 42.
Mrs Spielman fought this insidous disease for 5 times over the last twelve years before it finally overwhelmed her.
Our best wished to the Spielmans and the Buckeye family on their loss of their loved one.

Make note of this because you wont hear this often.
A tip of the cap to both michigan and the Detroit Lions for taking the time to acknowledge Mrs.Spielman before each of their games this past weekend
A very classy move by both teams.

The Pirates added four players to the 40 man roster,none of them being a surprise.
Gorkys Hernandez,Brad Lincoln,Bryan Morris and Ramon Aguero were added to the team after the Pirates claimed another pitcher from the Seattle organization in Chris Jakubauskas.
Ironically,the Pirates made room for Jakubauskas by removing their last claim from the Mariners in pitcher Justin Thomas from the roster.
Thomas along with Jeff Karstens and catcher Robinzon Diaz were designated for assignment.
Thomas and Diaz must be traded in ten days or be released,while Karstens was placed on waivers.

Mildly surprised on Diaz,not that he is Pudge Rodriguez or anything,but I figured the Bucs would get something for him anyway.
Not sad to see the mediocre Karstens go,although Jakubauskas doesnt strike me as much of an upgrade....

The Devils return to action tonight against Ottawa and for the first time in ten days,I get to watch the game!
Coverage here tonight.

New Jersey also plays on Friday and Saturday afternoons against the Bruins and Islanders.
The Islander game is the first Devil home game over Thanksgiving weekend ever!
That was a surprising point to me that the Devil front office sent here.
I figured that had to have happened before now....

Look for a guest writer sometime over the next few weeks,as I have lined up a post that should interest all of you Pittsburgh fans out there.

I was way off on the Mikkel Kessler-Andre Ward fight Saturday night.The fight was stopped on cuts on Kessler from headbutts from Ward in the 11th round and Ward won the decision along with the WBA title.
There was controversy as the referee didn't seem too interested in stopping Ward's dirty tactics
The contract that all the fighters in the Super Six tourney signed mandated neutral judges and referees,but the state of California would only sanction one of their referees and he did an awful job.
Ward is the only fighter to have three "home" fights scheduled and the others fighters are talking about not fighting in California after this.
Could it be that the tournament is on the verge of falling apart?
In any event,despite Ward's tactics and the inept referee,Ward's speed was carrying the day and we had him well ahead at the stoppage....

The final show of the Ultimate Fighter airs tonight with a two hour finale that sets up the live final on December 5th.
I have enjoyed the show more than I thought,although I will still take Boxing hands down over MMA.

I do have a favorite fighter now though in welterweight Josh Koscheck,a former NCAA wrestling champion.
Koscheck won his bout on the last PPV with a submission win over Anthony Johnson.
Koscheck is seems to not be very popular with MMA fans,I seem to pick guys like that.

Lou Dobbs for President?
I have never really had a negative opinion of Dobbs and occasionally watched his show,but this seems to be quite a stretch....