BIGGIO, 78, CALLS IT A CAREER
Houston class act Craig Biggio is retiring after 20 great seasons, all with the Astros.Jeff Cez: So everyone’s crying when Biggio comes to bat, it’s all sad, he’s headed to the Hall but it’s over, he’s a weepy mess – and he LACES one to the left field corner for a double. FROZEN ROPE. Burns the turn, easily beats the throw. Boy, either the Astros want him out or he must really, really want to take that quilting class, because he still looks way solid. The Mets should get him to pull a Clemens and come back from the dead. CB still has some game.
7.9 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES UP TOP 25
Five Top Ten college football teams lost Saturday, and nine of the top Twenty Five, causing one of the biggest makeovers ever in the polls.Jeff Cez: Epicenter was in Colorado, where the Buffs took down Oklahoma, a team most pundits thought was the next coming of the “Transformers.” And don’t look now, that “S” in front of #6-ranked “Florida” does not stand for “Sunny.” That’s South Florida, Dorothy, which ironically is in Tampa, which is fairly far north up the Florida gulf coast. So the line to retract your statement that “The SEC Is The Gift From God Conference” forms right where you’re standin’, bub.
CUBS COLLAPSE, STILL WIN
Despite losing four of their last seven games, the Chicago Cubs won the NL Central Division and have advanced to the playoffs to face the Arizona Diamondbacks.Jeff Cez: Wow, they tried to hand it off quicker than the sardine plate at a wedding buffet and the Milwaukee Brewers still couldn’t grab it due to the giant clown oven mitts they were wearing. Kudos to Lou Piniella for 1 – a great job, and 2 – picking a division for his managerial comeback that he knew he could win limping in at eight games over .500. And with a little snuff powder in the pitchers’ salsa, the Cubbies could get by AZ.
