The View From Wisconsin

Just a random set of rants from a Sports Fan from Wisconsin.

Cracker Jacks, Super Agent and the Return

I am finishing up part of my card collection this week, adding the rest of the non-short-print cards from this year's base Topps Cracker Jack baseball collection. I've had some interesting card "pulls" over the last week: in a recent purchase of a "combined pack" from Wal-Mart, I not only found a Roberto Alomar Mets jersey relic from Upper Deck, but a combination relic card from Topps Traded - of Alex Rodriguez.
Drew "Superagent" Rosenhaus apparently performed CPR on a drowning child and saved his life. Rosenhaus has been getting savaged in the press for the numerous holdouts among his clients (most notably Javon Walker of the Packers and Terrell Owens of the Eagles). I really, really, really hope this isn't just a PR move.
The NHLPA is slated to announce Thursday in TO (no, not the Eagles' TO) that they have ratified the new deal. It's highly unlikely that either a.) they'll announce that the players have rejected the deal, or b.) what the margin of ratification exactly was. After that, the NHL's Board of Governors will most likely rubber-stamp the deal on Friday - and promptly conduct the Amateur Draft lottery.

# posted by Joseph Houk @ 6:14 AM - 0 comments