Not only is baseball back, but this is Championship Week for college basketball. I might not get any sleep this week at all.
## The Yanks are 2-0 so far, but the best news is that A-Rod looks like the A-Rod of old, smashing line drives everywhere.
## The NFL bounties are dominating the sports pages right now. This is quite an emotional issue. On the Sports Reporters, two of the most energetic combatants, Mike Lupica and Bob Ryan almost came to blows over the issue. For a long 10 seconds both were yelling at each other at the same time. Studio technicians were heard running for the fire hoses. The main point of contention seems to be what the penalties should be. Lupica felt this was a more serious crime than the PED users. "They get suspended for doing dope, let's suspend them for being dopes."
Well put, Michael.
## This isn't good news. The Yanks have made it clear to Michael Pineda that his spot in the rotation is not written in stone. The problem seems to be the fact that Pineda showed up in camp 19 pounds overweight. No small thing since his playing weight is listed at 270 lbs. Between him and Sabathia, I don't think the caterer who puts out the post-game meal is going to make any money this year.
## Syracuse continues to roll, ending the regular season at 30-1. There shouldn't be any cold streaks during the tournaments, since any number of players seem to have the ability to step up and carry the team for a whole game. I think the key player for Syracuse is Brandon Triche. He has so much ability but he plays too passively sometimes.
I still don't understand Boeheim's "use" of Hakim Christmas. Saturday he started (again) and played for 46 seconds before he disappeared on the bench. I know Boeheim has a history of not changing his lineup, but this is ridiculous. One night, he going to call time when they line up for the opening tip and replace Christmas.
## This makes no sense to me either. Jason King of ESPN, published his "Best of..." column yesterday. His starting five for the Big East included Dion Waiters of Syracuse. His Best Sixth man for the Big East - the same Waiters. So King thinks Waiters is one of the five best players in the conference, but his coach doesn't think he's one of the five best on the team. Boy, Syracuse IS deep.
## Are baseball owners arrogant or what? The Wilpons are being ordered to repay profits they made from Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme. But in an inexplicable form of accounting, they don't think they have to. Here's Adam Rubin's account :
"The Wilpons had asserted that because they thought they had $500 million invested with Madoff at the time his scheme was discovered by authorities, they actually were losers -- despite withdrawing more money than they had deposited with Madoff." I hope my accountant is reading this.
## We hear about the Cubs not appearing in a World Series for 67 years (or won in 103 years), but did you know that the Kansas City Royals haven't made it into the playoffs in 26 years? That's a long time for fans to have to sit on their hands.
***THEY SAID IT***
"Michael Jordon's Highland Park, Ill., home is for sale for $29 million. It has 19 bathrooms. Something is wrong when your house has more restroom facilities than the team's arena that you own." -- Brad Dickson
"If they had added the two playoff teams last year, then the Red Sox and Braves wouldn't have 'collapsed,' and they might still be drinking beer in the Boston clubhouse." -- Len Berman
"Trevor Gooby, the Pirates' director of Florida operations, helped a woman deliver a baby last week at the team's spring-training facility in Bradenton, Fla. The grateful mother vowed her son would remain a Pittsburgh fan until he's old enough to get an allowance, but then he'll switch to the Yankees." -- Dwight Perry
"A man set a world record by balancing 23 wooden benches on his teeth: "I'll go out on a limb and say he doesn't play hockey" -- RJ Currie
"Kentucky has won the SEC and no doubt a #1 seed in the March Madness tournament. The two big questions – so can they get to the Final Four? And if so, will they be the third Calipari team to do so and have their wins vacated?" -- Janice Hough
--It's not sports, but it's funny --
"In Louisiana a male chimpanzee named Conan is still getting female chimps pregnant despite the fact that he's already had two vasectomies. According to officials, this chimp is so masculine they've stopped calling him Conan." -- Conan O'Brien
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