Quick Shots: My Name Is Suh, How Do You Do?
- I think this is going to be a long night for the Bears. Between Calvin Johnson shredding the Bears weak secondary and Ndamukong Suh making frequent visits to the Bears backfield, this may be a game like the Giants game was last year. The only way the Bears win is to control the clock and wear the Lions out.
- Nick Fraley, the former Auburn star defensive lineman, makes his pro debut for the Lions tonight. I hope he realizes that if he takes cheap shots at people like he did when he played in the SEC, they will cost him money. Lots and lots of money.
- The Milwaukee Brewers are a great story. Even if you aren't in the middle of it, it's the story of the little guys doing good. Brewers GM Doug Melvin, who doesn't have a $127 million payroll, has found a group of veterans, some young players given up on by other organizations and some great draft picks. Tom Ricketts should quit drooling over the Red Sox and look up I-94 to see the blueprint for how to grow an organization.
- I loved it yesterday when Tony LaRussa didn't remove Jamie Garcia when he was fading in the fifth inning. I guess he doesn't recall Game 4 of the 1983 ALCS when he left Britt Burns in too long, either. But, damn it, he's a genius. Somewhere in Maryland, Geroge Will weeps openly.
- Saturday's college football went as expected. LSU and Oklahoma played lights out and Alabama snapped themselves out of a funk in the second half. These are by far the best three teams in the country and if this holds course, the Alabama-LSU game in November will determine who will join Oklahoma in the BCS Championship game.
- I think the only team that has a shot at Oklahoma is Oklahoma State. Unless the Sooners have one of those days where they just come out flat.
- Now comes news ESPN helped the ACC in which direction their realignment should take. When ESPN signed on in 1979, I thought it was a great idea, but now I'm not so sure. Originally, the plan was to report and celebrate sports. Now, they think they control sports. I wish they would back off, but that ship has already sailed. They have lost a lot of their credibility with many sports fans and they don't seem to care. And, Skip Clueless on a BCS show, puh-leese.
- The White Sox have received permission to talk to Phillies Double A manager Mark Parent about a White Sox coaching opportunity. I looked up Parent's career and couldn't find a clear intersection between either him and Robin Ventura or Kenny Williams. He never played for Buddy Bell, either. So, if the Sox hire him, I'd love to know what made him special.
- Cubs fans are so hot for Theo Epstein, that they are now having hallucinations that he's in town. Yup, he and Elvis are hanging at Starbucks.
Posted by Chip Ramsey at 10/10/2011 9:14 AM 
Categories: Chicago Bears, Minor League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, College Football, Baseball
Tags: Life Behind The Cheese Curtain
Categories: Chicago Bears, Minor League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, College Football, Baseball
Tags: Life Behind The Cheese Curtain
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