It's All about the Fundamentals

Tonight, the final game of the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship features an unprecedented matchup: The two teams, the University of Connecticut Lady Huskies and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. . .Women. . . . The Harridans?  I don't know.  Where was I?

Oh, yeah.  The two teams both come into the final game undefeated!  They boast a combined record of something like 1,645-0.  This has never happened in the history of college basketball--men's or women's.  Incredibly impressive. . . . And yet.

How seriously can one take a sport where the head coach of one of the teams in the championship game is named Muffet McGraw?

Seriously.

Sports Night

Tonight's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers is going to be the best game ever!  Why?  Because the Cardinals' starting pitcher is one Michael Wacha, which means every time he strikes somebody out, I get to yell, "Wakka-wakka-wakkaaaaa!"  And WOS has promised not to throw anything at me!

Vallejo: A Spot Exciting, Mystic, and Exotic

This year's ballot for Vallejo City Council features one "Pippin Dew."  I know nothing about this person's political affiliation or stands on the issues; for all I know he (she?) is a card-carrying member of the Kitten Electrocution Brigade.  Nevertheless, I feel I must vote for him (her?) because, well, you know, "Pippin Dew"!  How can I resist the opportunity to vote for that name?  Indeed, when given the choice, I will always vote for the stupid name.  You can imagine how conflicted I was over last year's race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.  Indeed, my one and only regret is that I was not alive in 1956 to cast a vote for the Adlai Stevenson-Estes Kefauver ticket!

Seriously, my ONLY regret!