Just a few random thoughts today..........

I think CC Sabathia is my new favorite baseball player.  Did anyone else catch his interview on PTI last evening?  He is either on track to become a politician, or the dude just flat out "gets it".  If he was blowing smoke, he sure had me fooled!

They were asking him about the no hitter that wasn't.  Wilbon asked if he was PO'd at all about the decision to not reverse the offical scorer's call that it was a hit.  Instead of whinning, his response was somethign along the lines of....."I can't be mad at anybody but myself..if I made the play on the ball and throw the guy out, it's a non-issue....I make that play all the time"

Then they asked about where he wanted to go next year since he's a FA.  Again, his reply was somthing similar to.."I've got a post-season chase going on right now here in Mil. that I'm focused on and I'm not really too worried about next year.  I'll deal with that in the off season, it will work itself out"...of course they pushed him furhter asking about being a Calif. native and all, but he stuck true with a ...."maybe if we win a W.S. here with this team, I'll be lucky enough to come back to Mil.".

Trust me, I know he could be blowing smoke, but he was well spoken and didn't seem at all to be a "ME" guy.  It was refreshing to see one of the best pitchers in MLB be so humble and down to earth.  I believe him that these were his true feelings, afterall, I think his approach is the best....no sense in being mad about the non-no hitter or worrying about a contract with all he currently has going on.

Is there ANY chance the Reds can sign him as a FA?  He has been in the midwest his whole pro career, maybe he likes it here...he seems to have those "midwest values" whatever those are!  Somebody call Walt!

I see Big Willie is making 11 MILL over 3 years, pretty close to what he was slated to make here.....out of the BIG 3 cuts, his was the only one I disagree with.  I think we went to Balt. over SD so he can play the Bengals twice.  As good a man as Willie is, you know he wants to play vs the Bengals and prove to Marvin and MB that he can still dominate.  I just don't understand why we couldn't keep him as a backup for the 3 MILL he was going to make.  It would have just made injuries that much easier to deal with....it seems to me that OL is one f the areas most often hit with injuries.  Damn MB and his cheap arse.

One more thing.........GO BENGALS!!!!!