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Greetings from Vegas, where I’m toying with the idea of putting some cash on the D-backs to win the World Series. You can still get 20-1 odds, which seems generous, for a team occupying a playoff slot with only two months to go. Not the best of results on Sunday, but we’ve got the day off to forget about it, and send our ace to the mound tomorrow, so I’m optimistic this was more of a road-bump than anything. Will be back in Phx for that tomorrow, US Airways permitting…

Believe it or not there was a reason I wasn’t writing much these last couple of weeks; I’d been obsessing over finding a small point and shoot digital camera to replace my Canon G5.

This was an AZ Cards weekend for sure! I was up in Flagstaff Saturday so my kids could take part in the Super Bowl XLII & NFL Sponsored Youth Football Clinic, and headed over to watch the Arizona Cardinals start conditioning running shuttles, as well as attend the first practice Sunday!
NFL Youth Clinic in […]

In case you have been sleeping in a fox hole the past few weeks, it’s time for me to wake you up and tell you to get Chris Young on your fantasy squad. I don’t care if you already have a backup of OFers, Chris Young is for real, and I’m not the only one […]

Thanks to Kukla’s Korner, we learn that ESPN is talking with the NHL to bring hockey back to one of its channels. How nice. The ESPN family of networks left their relationship with the NHL because they could not justify programming a league with an undetermined period of possible inactivity. When the lockout concluded, they […]

If there is one player who wants another shot at the Finals, it’s Raja Bell. Raja got a chance as a rookie to run with the Sixers and ended up guarding Kobe Bryant in their 2001 NBA Finals loss. He’s come a long way as a player . Raja turned his buzz-worthy ‘06 postseason into […]

One of my old favorites.

Tim Hudson (31, RHP, 10-5, 3.24)

Livan Hernandez (32, RHP, 6-6, 4.59)

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Not going to be around much for the next couple of days. As it’s Mrs. SnakePit’s birthday, we’re off to Las Vegas for a couple of days: though I’m taking the laptop, opportunities to blog may be somewhat limited, shall we say! There’s no game tomorrow, so that won’t be an issue, and I should be back in time to post Tuesday night’s Gameday Thread. Not sure if I’ll have the chance to post a Fantasy Baseball report this week, but I’m sure you will cope, somehow…

We’ll try to run our winning streak to nine today, though Hudson is a tough pitcher to face. He’s only allowed four earned runs over his past three starts, covering 22.2 innings. But I can’t say more, as Mrs. SnakePit is making tremulous, “we’re gonna be late”, airport-related sounds in the background, so I guess I’d better go and pack my suitcase. I leave the winning streak in your capable hands, and look forward to seeing it intact when I arrive in Vegas!