Ned Colletti

When I listened to the press conference earlier this week, my first impression was that there were warm fuzzies. Warm fuzzies between McCourt and Colletti, warm fuzzies about Colletti's humble beginnings and his hard work toward his "proudest day of his life", warm fuzzies about the "character and values" that Colletti has.

Warm fuzzies are essential components of Extreme Home Makeover, but how do the warm fuzzies address all my questions and doubts about the Dodgers? Surely warm fuzzies aren't enough to convince me that Colletti is the man but I'm willing to give him a chance. Heck, everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves.

Do I believe that Colletti has what it takes to turn this team around? Well, I've learned these past few years to not have such high hopes and expectations. He hasn't exactly proven himself in the past with the dismal Giants, but who's to say that when it's time for him to come up to the plate, he won't step up & hit a homerun... only time will tell.

It's too bad that even with the great weather, the beach and the legacy of the Los Angeles Dodgers, McCourt couldn't lure Theo over.

MNF - the Eagles vs. the Cowboys

Normally, I would be rooting for the Cowboys. Like the Dodgers, their glory days were in the 80's and I think it's high time for a comeback. But with all the T.O. chaos that happened I was hoping that the Eagles would show T.O. and the rest of America that they can win without T.O. The Eagles showed some promise, but in the fourth quarter, the game unraveled like a cheap sweater.

The next day the big question was, are the Eagles through? Is it the end of their season? Are they nothing without T.O.?

It's like a bad teacher that tells his class that they might as well give up because they have no potential, they have no talent, and all the smart kids are in another class. Do the Eagles believe that they're through, that they will fufill the prophecy? Or deep down, do they have some heart, soul and passion to come back without McNabb and show that they're much more than a team with an egotistical player. There were some rumors today that the players wanted T.O. back. Are these players really that pathetic and sad to think that they need someone who backstabs them?

Sure the Eagles want to win. And their fans want them to win, but sometimes principle is more important and if they only upheld the dignity that comes from playing hard, to show America that they can be something, then maybe, just maybe they can have enough confidence to win. Hey, looking at the NFL this year, anything is possible.

genesis

I don't remember the exact time I started becoming interested in sports. Maybe it all started when my uncle who use to attend UCLA sat me down to watch some basketball games with him, or maybe it was when I saw Tony Dorsett dancing through defensive linesmen in his galliant uniform or maybe it was the free promotional Dodger items that Unocal 76 use to give out when my dad purchased 8 gallons of gas or maybe it's simply my competitive spirit that just hated to lose any game I played...whatever the reason, I got into sports, watching the Dodgers, Angels, Cowboys, Lakers, Bruins, even the Rams.

I think my love of sports finally solidified when I became the sports editor of my high school paper, attending a lot of sporting events, interviewing and writing about the last minute field goal or the free throw that won the game.

Which brings me here today. I'm no statician or claim to know everything there is to know about sports, it's just a site to write down my rantings and ravings about what's going on in the world of Los Angeles Sports.