A Good Sports Weekend

In a weekend that was mainly devoted to music for Inky and I, a few cool things happened in sports:

The Geelong Cats won their 14th straight game to clinch the top spot in the AFL finals. With just 3 games left to play the Cats stand 4 games clear of Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, West Coast, and the Kangaroos who are all on 48 points. Geelong also far and away the best percentage team in the AFL, scoring 2178 points while allowing 1364 (160%) these numbers give them both the most points scored and the least allowed in the league. By being one of the two top teams, Geelong secures a double chance in the finals which means they can lose in the first round and still fight their way to a Major Premiership.

One time Pirates OF Tike Redman had fallen on some hard times. This year he opened up playing CF for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League. He didn't last in the AL for long, he got signed by the O's shipped to the IL and now he's in the AL. That is: He got signed by the Orioles, assigned to AAA Norfolk in the International League and now he's with the the O's in the American League. Redman is 2 for 5 in his time with the O's for a cool .400 average.

Rick Ankiel, just keeps hitting. He is 6 for 16 since being called up the other day, and has hit 3 dingers and a double, while driving in 6 and scoring 5. All that in just 4 games, three of which the Cards have won. It would be nice to see him become an everyday player in the bigs, and even nicer to see him help the Red Birds win the NL central, thus keeping the Brew Crew and Cubs out.

Lastly, the Skins didn't look wretched in their first preseason contest. I'm not saying they're going to be contenders or anything, but 9-7 isn't out of the question if everyone stays healthy. In the NFC that's plenty.