Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving hoping you will  have an enjoyable feast with your friends and relatives.  Enjoy!

A  few comments regarding sports so that I may forget for a few minutes what is happening in the world today.  I shake when I see so many prophecies being fulfilled right in front of my eyes.


NFL

I am sure very few of you watched the Jacksonville - Tennessee NFL game Thursday which was in direct competition with the Warriors.  I did not recognize the Jaguars with  their gold uninforms with a kind of  brown trim that covered the stomach of the players.  It was almost the color of the football which would make it easier to run the pistol offense because the ball could be hidden much easier.  I can't believe the NFL allows a team to have such an advantage.  Oh  yes, I can the  NFL continually proves a person doesn't have to be smart to make it in this world. Just look at their commissioner.

Don't know why but I caught part of the Bills Jets game last  week.  The Bill were dressed in all  red and the Jets in all green.  Game should have been played on Christmas Day.

The Warriors

Down by 23 to the Clippers considered by some one of the better teams in the NBA the boys from Oakland rallied to win.  They might give people a heart attack if this continues.  The Warriors play exciting and entertaing basketball but it's too bad these games don't count and are just a preparation for the season that really beings in late March.

The Giants

Some comments and thoughts on what I have read.

The Giants signed Kyle Banks who had impressed me when he played for the Padres a few years ago.  I am told he is a poor outfielder but can hit for power which Bochy loves.  He can also play first base and with Belt's continual bad luck he could be a very valuable addition.

I wasn't surprised when the Giants let Aoki become a free agent.  He doesn't fit in the
Giants lineup.  They need a hitter that drives the ball like Byrd rather then a hitter that beats out ground balls to shortstop.  Immediately the media had the Giants looking for a left fielder.  If this is true will they make the same mistake they have made in the past two years?  Remember eight second basemen before they called up Panic from their farm system and he was the answer.  Then last year they suffered with McGehee at third until they realized they had the answer in Duffy. Will they sign an left fielder and then later discover that Parker is their answer in left field.  Parker showed he has power but also hit .347 in his short  time with the team,.

Cepedes is also mentioned as being a Giant.  When he was with Detroit last year before being traded to the Mets I thought that the Orange and Black might has a chance to sign him.  Then he hit a stride and was a leader in the Mets drive to the National League pennant.   I believe he priced himself out of the Giants range.

Everybody knows the Giants need pitching.  Signing Leake would be a great start.  Samardzija could be a real help but they might have to give up a first round draft choice and that might be too steep a price to pay.

The 49ers

No comment is necessary.  I wish their new quarterback luck.  Just tell me where to send flowers.

Christmas Party 

If you happen to be making your annual visit to Disneyland around December 13 stop in and join the party.  This may be our last because of my wife's severe COPD.  I am not sure why we are hosting one this year except that our friends kept saying, "You're going to have your party aren't you?  How could we resist.