Sunday Trends and Indexes 05/04

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Six-pack for Sunday

-- Someone is going to get seriously injured with one of the broken bats that now shatter all across baseball. They create jagged edges which look like they're pretty dangerous.

-- You turn on ESPN Radio at any time of year on a Saturday night, and they're talking football. They really do a good job of following the pigskin.

-- Why do the Buccaneers have six QBs on their roster?

-- They're starting to promote the Olympics; I couldn't care less. How much time difference is there with China?

-- Phoenix is going to fire Mike D'Antoni? Umm, why? Is he the one who wanted to trade for Shaq? That’s who should go

-- Think about it; Isiah Thomas still has a job, although he doesn't appear to have any duties, but D'Antoni and Avery Johnson are going to be unemployed. Go figure.

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Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday.....

13) Kudos to Danny the Glover, who keyed Big Brown, Eight Belles in 84 different $1 triple combinations Saturday, and hit on a $1,721 ticket on this website Saturday. He also had a $50 place ticket on the filly, so big day for the Glover.

12) Sad day for horse lovers, as Eight Belles broke both ankles just after the race, and had to be euthanized. Think back to the Michael Vick mess, and how someone in Vick camp compared dog fighting to the brutality of horse racing, but because of so many wealthy people being in racing, no one mentions it.

11) Joe Torre was a catcher who extended, improved his career by moving to third base. Is Russell Martin doing same thing now? Martin played some 3B this week, as Nomar Garciaparra is out injured again.

10) Lou Piniella isn't a patient guy; Rich Hill got sent to minors after walking four guys in first inning Friday night. He did not get sent to the bullpen, he got sent to Iowa. Wow.

9) Red Sox sub OF Brandon Moss had an appendectomy last night, during the Tampa-Boston game. Braves' announcer Joe Simpson also had an emergency appendectomy early Sunday.

8) Blue Jays allowed nine runs in their last seven games (4-3).

7) Ian Kennedy is back in minors, as Bronx pitching continues to struggle.

6) Four major league umpires are currently out with head/neck type injuries; they're doing research on new equipment like is used in NASCAR, I think its called the Hans Device, which is used to keep the neck a little more stable. Larry Poncino had to retire from umpiring because his neck is so bad.

5) Major league pitchers are saying this year's baseball is little tougher to grip. Not sure if its the ball, or the lousy weather.

4) Kansas City Royals left-hander John Bale, already on the DL with a tight shoulder, broke his pitching hand punching a door at the team's hotel Friday night. Brilliant. Just send the guy to the minors for being stupid.

3) In 10 of 15 games Saturday, the winning team scored more runs in one inning than the losing team scored in whole game.

2) Michigan State, Tennessee, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Wichita State, Maryland, Oklahoma State and Siena will be playing in the Old Spice college hoop classic at Milk House at Disney's Wide World of Sports Nov. 27, 28 and 30. Five of eight teams were in last year's NCAA tournament; two more were in NIT. The three-day tournament will be televised by ESPN.

1) Saturday was probably the only day in the history of world where Augie Ojeda, Christian Guzman both had six RBI.

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