Another view of the weekend from Rod

The Cincinatti Bengals may very well be the best team in the AFC. Yea, they lost to Denver in game 1, only on a fluke play. They out played the Bronco's in every aspect. Since then they have won at Green Bay, beat Pittsburgh won at their in-state rival Cleveland, (but then so did the Vikings) and yesterday came from behind to win at Baltimore. If the Broncos are playing at New England yesterday instead of in Denver, the Broncos are 4-1. I tell you, and I have seen most of their games this year, the Bengals are a GOOD football team this year and Vikings fans will Find that out on December 13th. And I am afraid Bears fans will find that out in two weeks.

Now, Baseball's Anti-Christ (aka Commissioner Bud Selig) has to be smiling this morning. After the Red Sox choked away their series against the Angels the beloved New York Yankees came through for Major League Baseball and perhaps more importantly for FOX Television ratings by putting away the Minnesota Twins in 3 games. Selig had been trying to put the Twins on ice for years, including threatening to dissolve the organization but the Twins started to win and they now have their new ball park. Outside. Wonder how Rockies fans are feeling this morning after sitting through a baseball game in the 20's that didn't start until 8:10 p.m. their time. Major League Baseball blew it once again this weekend. Number 1, baseball was not invented to be played as a winter sport. The World Series should be wrapping up instead of still being two weeks away. Next year, if the Twins win the AL Central and weather does not cooperate, Twins fans had better hope they are playing the Yankees again to get a game that is in a decent time frame to watch. Because I will tell you right now, if the Twins and the Angels were called off Saturday and rescheduled to last night in Minneapolis and the Yankees are playing someplace else, it's the Twins that would have been starting at 9 p.m. Baseball needs to shorten their season and get the World Series over by the middle of October. It can be done by scheduled 5 to 6 doubleheaders per season per team. That shortens the regular season up by a week to a week and a half. And if the guys that play the game and get paid think that is too much work, let em find another line of work or profession. Selig is no freind to baseball despite being a self proclaimed "baseball man". He is an employee of the owners. And owners are not "baseball men" either. They are "business men" and they know as the Yankees go, the money goes which is why they continue to let the Yankees outspend the world and penalize them with their "Luxury Tax' which is a joke in itself. Twins fans had better fondly remember 1987 and 1991 because Major League Baseball really can't afford to have that happen again. Now you have the number 1 and 2 markets in America with one of them guaranteed to make the World Series. Money in the bank for the baseball businessmen. Now they need Philadelphia to beat Colorado so you have number 4 market in America vs. Number 2 (LA Dodgers). While baseball probably would not look favorably on an all LA series, the Dodgers vs. the Yankees would be one they could hype up especially with Joe Torre managing the Dodgers and the reunion of the steroid users club, Manny and ARod.