Quick Spin 2

We'll go with a quick spin today, as time is short for me.  Let's just jump right into the issues and topics for this great November Friday. 

• Tim Lincecum was pulled over near his hometown for speeding (he was going 74 mph in a 60 mph zone) and although there are no reports, I'm sure he was smoking in his car, as the officer that pulled him over stated smelling a strong scent of marijuana.  Lincecum quickly handed it over along with his pipe.  Comments?  It's about time he got busted for smoking pot.  Seriously, if you thought, that he wasn't a pot head, even after looking at him, you're an Idiot.  Lincecum on the other hand?  A $622 fine and a slap on the wrist.  Who cares, it's not steroids and he didn't get in a conflict with his wife (see Miguel Cabrera.) 
• As much as it pains me to say, the Indianapolis Colts need to find a place for Safety Bob Sanders on a different team.  In his six year career, Sanders has played a total of 47 games out of a possibility of 96 games.  Forty-seven games is not even half of the total amount of games he could have played.  After playing two games this year, he is out indefinetly after needing surgery on his bicep/elbow.  He's played more than 6 games in a season twice, and that was the 2005 season, and the 2007 season when he was named AP Defensive Player of the Year.  My advice to the Colts?  Make a deal for the oft-injured Sanders and send him somewhere else.  Some team will want him, and that team would give up a player or two along with a few draft picks. 
• The Minnesota Twins made a deal for Milwaukee Brewer's Shortstop J.J. Hardy in exchange for Outfielder Carlos Gomez.  The Twins dealing for Hardy will probably mark the end for Shortstop Orlando Cabrera's stint with the club.  The deal won't make much of a difference, as Hardy hit .229 last year with 11 home runs and didn't seem to have it together at all.  
•  The Philadelphia Phillies picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million for the 2010 season today.  I don't know why it took the Phillies a whole two days to decide on whether or not to exercise the option for Lee's services, as he is one of the best pitchers in baseball. Someone will need to anchor that rotation now that last year's World Series MVP Cole Hamels is crying in the corner after having a bad year. 

As I said, time is short, and that's all for now, just a few of the headlines for today.  Will try for more later.  We have a great weekend for College Football and NFL action, and all I have to say,

Cincinnati Bengals forever, Baltimore Ravens NEVER!!!!

The Easy