So let’s try something new. A blog. Why not? I’ve written on note pads, legal pads, my pants leg, a Tandy 1000, an Apple, a blackberry, and the back of my hand,  Why not cyberspace?
Periodically, my blog – which I wanted to call “blah-blah-blog” - will appear in the newspaper, in this space, and simultaneously on the web. The web version will then get modified at all hours and eventually even handle feedback, enabling me to have one foot in print and the other in, well, wherever the web is. It will also give me chance to update my views on things, such as the Lions Packers game, which I no longer predict the Lions will win by two touchdowns.
Why try it? Why not? Young readers like it. And besides, some thoughts come to me in the middle of the night, like: “Ohmigod, the Tigers are in the playoffs.”

                        

So let’s begin.

                        

OHMIGOD, THE TIGERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS! Before we go one step further, before we do the slightest bit of figuring out who or where they would play, can we simply give a nod to this baseball team? When they started winning, we thought it was a mirage. When they kept wining, we thought it wouldn’t last. When they started losing, we thought it would get worse. And now that they’ve won enough to assure a post-season, they deserve credit and congratulations. One of these days, even Jim Leyland is going to admit it.

                        

BAYOU HYPE – I’m glad the Saints are playing a home game, but since when did the NFL become the cavalry? It wasn’t just New Orleans ruined by Katrina, and all won’t be fixed this morning. You’d think, by the buildup to Monday’s game, that Reggie Bush was rebuilding the levees himself.

                        

IRISH EYES ARE BULGING: Before their faithful get too jazzed up over Notre Dame squeaking past Michigan State Saturday night, let’s remember, the Spartans weren’t even ranked in the top 25, and the Irish have now surrendered 84 points in two weeks. That’s not exactly a fast track to the national championship.

                        

MSU EYES ARE CRYING: Having said that, the Spartans should have won.

                        

BONDS AND LEAKS. In this fearful era we live in, what’s happening with the two reporters who wrote the book “Game of Shadows” should disturb you.
Last week a judge agreed that the two men should go to jail for 18 months unless they reveal who leaked them grand jury info about Barry Bonds and steroids. Eighteen months? For writing about drug use? Drug DEALERS do less time.
Anyhow, if people went to jail every time there was a leak, you couldn’t slide another person behind bars, much less a nail file.
Why not just give up the source, you say? Because if reporters started coughing up confidential sources every time someone pressured them, nobody would talk to anybody And if you think the world would be a better place that way, then welcome to a world where Enron is still bilking people and the Nixon administration is breaking and entering. Whistle blowers would disappear. And the effectiveness of the media – which is at its best when unearthing harmful things those in power are trying to hide – would melt away.

                        

STEROIDS II: Anyhow, didn’t President Bush tell the nation that steroids were a big problem and pro sports must crack down on them? “Game of Shadows” did more to make that happen than baseball ever did.
Besides – and here’s the big besides –almost everyone believes Bonds used steroids. If so, he may have lied to the grand jury. Yet, to date, Bonds is yet to even miss a single game by suspension. Meanwhile, the reporters should go to jail for 18 months?
        I’ve said this before: When how you got the truth ends up more punished than the truth itself, it’s a sad day.

                        

But there I go, blah-blah- blogging…

Comments

[Billy]

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Mitch

What can I say I have been a fan for Years, Dont get to listen to your show anymore, but do read your books and articles, keep up the great work in Detroit, we need it. One comment about the lions, over a 30 year fan, still disapointing to see them so bad for so long. Dont really know what the answer is, maybe Detroit really does not need a football team? We have three other sports that seem to find a way to win. Why not the lions.(Lions was spelled lower case on purpose)

[chris]

Hey Mitch, I'm getting tired of all the Barry Bonds steroid talk. Anyone who dislikes Bonds because of steroids is a hypocrite. Sure I think he is guilty of using them, but so is 70% percent of the league. It's a level playing field as far as i am concerned. All of you sports writers say the same thing about how the home run record is tainted. I say big deal!! How about a different story for a change? Like how Bonds is hitting all these home runs off "juiced up" pitchers. If Bonds is a cheater, he is just better than all the other cheaters out there.

[chris]

Hey Mitch, I'm getting tired of all the Barry Bonds steroid talk. Anyone who dislikes Bonds because of steroids is a hypocrite. Sure I think he is guilty of using them, but so is 70% percent of the league. It's a level playing field as far as i am concerned. All of you sports writers say the same thing about how the home run record is tainted. I say big deal!! How about a different story for a change? Like how Bonds is hitting all these home runs off "juiced up" pitchers. If Bonds is a cheater, he is just better than all the other cheaters out there.