Two Minutes of Fun!!!

It's a seasonal thing. And now that baseball is back, so is Two Minutes of FUN! Hip, hip, hooray!

*On the front page of the St. Louis Post this morning, it was reported that ten police officers "took" (stole) 30 World Series tickets from the evidence room of a local police station. The tickets had been confiscated from scalpers during World Series week and were to be used for evidence. However, these crafty police officers stole the tickets from the evidence room, used them to get into the games, then returned the tickets to their neat place in the station. Hm. Man, TO ME, everything about this points to "tampering with evidence," but I guess the police don't see it this way.

It seems as though the cops are going to get off the hook with this, which is completely outrageous. Their claim is that since the tickets were returned it's no big deal that they used them in the first place. Ok. Well, why do I have a feeling that if you or I were to "take" these tickets from the evidence room, use them to get into the World Series, and then return them, we'd be in a jailhouse somewhere in the slums of St. Louis.

This is a plain and simple case of stealing evidence and ganking federal property. The police will get away with it, because they're the police, but I think it's important to understand that this is wrong, unlawful, and unacceptable. And it pisses me off.

*This was reported on the AP wire this evening, maybe old news to some of you: "for the second straight year, the oft-injured veteran pitchers could start the season on the disabled list." Guess who? Our favorites whipping boys, Mark Prior and Kerry Wood. It seems as though both of these guys have been pitching and I hadn't heard of any injuries, but there's probably something going on that the Cubs aren't telling their fans. I asked a Cubs fan that I work with about it, his answer: "we're just making room on the roster so that some of the young pitchers can come up and get some big league experience." WOW. This makes sense. Send your two "saviors" to the DL to let young pitchers get major league experience? Doesn't this usually happen in September, not April? Aren't you supposed to have your best pitchers in the rotation while you still have a chance at making the playoffs? The guy I work with, I won't dare call a Cubs fan a friend, is stupid. But it wouldn't surprise me if this is actually the Cubs logic. Chalk another idiot move up for the Cubs, and pack in their season before it starts...AGAIN.

*Speaking of rotation, the Cardinals apparently have decided on their top five. TonyTony said today that Braden Looper has won the fifth spot on the squad, sending Brad Thompson and Ryan Franklin to the bullpen for the start of the season. Who would've thought Braden Looper was going to win out a starting job on a World Series defender? Crazier things have happened, I guess. Carp, Wells, Reyes, and Wainwright hold the other four spots.

*One year after signing a record deal (the most ever given to a safety. 7 years, 35 mill. Plus 10 Mill guaranteed bonuses) with the Redskins, then proceeding to play like a mosquito infested pile of dog poop, Adam Archuleta is on the move again. He's been traded to the Bears for a sixth round draft pick. Archuleta made his name with the Rams in Lovie Smith's defense, and he'll have a chance to prove his worth once again next season.

It's been fun. It always is.