Chicago White Sox, Florida Georgia, St. Louis Rams

Once again I am starting my post off talking about the Chicago White Sox. Outside of the 5th inning in yesterday’s game, Roy Oswalt and the Astros dominated the Sox. I’m not sure what happened to Roy in the 5th, giving up 6 hits and 5 earned runs. That is not like him at all. You have to give credit to the White Sox. They have an unbelievable lineup. They didn’t sweep Boston and manhandle the Angels by luck. The White Sox are good, and they deserve to be up 3 games to 0 the way they’ve been playing.

The Astros are the king of leaving men on base. Nothing irritates me more. Burke stepped up again with a solid plate appearance and drawing the walk. He stole second base on a wild throw back, and the very next pitch he stole third! What a way to set up a win. Biggio gets walked and the Astros have runners of first and third with 1 out. At this point, I knew the Astros were going to win. I could just feel it inside. I was on the edge of my seat as Willy Taveras came to the plate. He had like a .400 postseason batting average. All we needed was a sacrifice bunt or a sacrifice fly. That’s all we needed to win the game. Taveras strikes out, which I thought was ok. At least he didn’t ground into a double play. Berkman, the Astros most feared hitter is coming up next. I figured we still had a chance. The White Sox were smart and pitched around Berkman to get to Ensberg. With the bases load and 2 outs all the Astros needed was a hit. Any kind of hit would win the game. I was not thrilled with the matchup at the plate, they don’t mix well. The way Ensberg hits with that open stance and the way El Duque pitches, you could just see a strikeout coming.

Congrats to the White Sox. They are one game away from a World Series Championship. Game 4 is tonight with Brandon Backe on the mound for Houston and Freddy Garcia going for Chicago.

Late October is a special time of year. Not because of the fall weather or Halloween, it’s because of the annual Florida vs. Georgia football game. One of college footballs biggest rivalry games is set to kick off this Saturday in Jacksonville at Alltel Stadium. Pregame festivities kick off tomorrow night followed by the world largest outdoor cocktail party on Friday night at the Jacksonville Landing. If you are a college football fan and have not experienced this game and its partying, you need to buy a ticket and head down here asap. It’s the most fun atmosphere you can imagine. It’s a BCS Bowl Game in October.

With Georgia’s QB Shockley hurt and unable to play Saturday, most people would pick the Gators to win. They are favored by a touchdown or so. I want to pick the Gators, being an alumni of UF means I will root for the Gators. The only problem is I am not sold on Urban Meyer’s offense. No one is. You can’t argue the fact that the Gator defense is solid, but what you can argue is if this option offense will work against Georgia. It should be a good game. The winner generally goes on to win the SEC East, so it’s a big game. Go Gators !!!

From espn.com

ST. LOUIS -- A day after announcing he'd miss the rest of the season with a heart infection, St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz harshly criticized team management and said he didn't know if he could coexist with the team's president of football operations.
Jay Zygmunt, the team's second-highest ranking official, stopped a representative for Martz at the door of the coaches' booth during Sunday's game against the Saints. The representative, team director of security Dan Linza, had been trying to bring a cell phone to offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild so Martz could talk to him from his home.
Zygmunt brought Linza to team president John Shaw, who decided against having an "open phone line" in the booth.

The confrontation brought to a head once again the team's front office power struggle. Martz has long been at odds with Zygmunt and general manager Charlie Armey, and he told radio station KSLG that he didn't know whether he and Zygmunt could coexist if he returned to coach the team next year.

"That's a personal question that I'm not really prepared to answer," Martz said. "There is a lot of history there. From a business standpoint, yes. From a personal standpoint, I don't know. There have been just too many things that have happened."


Trouble is brewing in St. Louis. Their team is on a downward spiral. With Bulger and Holt injured, they are at a lack of talent depth. Don’t be surprised if Martz doesn’t come back next season to coach the Rams.