Well, that was an interesting Saturday night. I watched Pacquiao-Barrera online last night saving the $49.95 tag. It was the HBO PPV video with Chinese audio and the Spanish broadcast announcing team (like wrestling) in the background. The good thing is you can understand fists in any language.

But the broadcast was a real contrast. The commercials are obviously very modern, really hi-tech looking and it seems that it's phone ad after phone ad. But the guys at the sportsdesk make it look like 1950. Very plain set, graphics are bad. They had a phone hookup with a guy from Vegas. Instead of a graphic with the dude's picture, they have a map of the United States with the guy's picture at the bottom near the middle, kind of by Texas. Then they have a red mark on the map, representing his location. I thought it was in Arizona or Colorado. On second thought, maybe he had the PPV and was calling from a hotel or something and he wasn't in Vegas. Very strange.

HBO will rerun this next week with the Diaz-Diaz bout. Here is a recap if you choose not to wait.

Are we being overcome with squirrels? I can't believe how many of these are running around these days. On my walk this a.m., I saw plenty. Oddly enough, it's one of the few critters that hasn't entered my house.

Look at this guy:

















I'm serious. We may have to consult the Pied Piper.

Meal of Links

Sen. Larry Craig likes Super Tubers. That's the one where you insert a hot dog through a potato. This guy is high comedy.

Charles Schulz is the subject of a biography. His pre-publication press hasn't been good.

Tips on how to post an eBay auction. I have only sold one item on eBay. Tickets to a Browns game that turned into Bottlegate. However, I drank before confession that day. A personal highlight reel.

Exercise Yard















I was over at Paul's for the Browns game with Italian Sausage the main event. Tough to get a read on the Browns effort today. Personally, I thought the Patriots got too cocky after a 20-0 lead at halftime. They have a big game with Dallas next week and everyone knew this game was over at the half. So, they were uncharacteristically sloppy.

Oh, you'll hear that first downs were close, third-down efficiency was close, even time of possession was close. But the Browns had 4 turnovers, the Patriots had none. And the Browns also gave up 147 yards on the run and if the Pats had run more they would have scored 50. In a yawner, the Browns lose, 34-17.















The Indians series against the Yankees is what I thought it would be going in. Let's face it, if the Yankees were going down, it wasn't going to be against Jake Westbrook. Their bats woke up for two innings tonight and they beat the Indians, 8-4. We were the only team ahead in the playoffs that did not sweep and now Game 4 looms tomorrow.

Another lo-o-o-o-ong game this evening. Roger Clemens stunk. Westbrook went longer before he was run. Aaron Fultz made what might be his only appearance in the playoffs, it was a disaster. He's paid to get the lefties out and that didn't happen too much. I go back to Game 1. If Derek Jeter had bunted and somehow Fultz had been in there in the fifth inning of that game, this series may have been different. Trot Nixon didn't help Fultz at all. It was a microcosm of his season tonight. He homered in the second, but played cadaver-like defense on an easy single in the Yankee sixth, turning it into a two-base error and allowing three runs to score.

Philip Hughes pitched well in relief of Clemens to prevent further damage. Johnny Damon provided the spark for the Yanks with a homer.

Tribe loses, 8-4. It's Paul Byrd for us against Johnny Fullstaff for them tomorrow.

Visitor

None. Another beautiful Sunday.