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      Brett Favre to be a Buccaneer by the end of the day?

      August 6, 2008 /

      The Tampa Tribune is reporting that Brett Favre could become a Tampa Bay Buccaneer within the next 24 hours.

      The Tribune has learned Favre will not stand in the way of a trade from Green Bay to Tampa Bay and the deal is likely to be finalized within 24 hours.

      The chances of the trade unraveling are remote and Favre has indicated to the Bucs directly that he is willing to change teams after 16 years of growing his legend in Green Bay.

      The Packers, unwilling to deal the 3-time league MVP to an NFC North rival, view the Bucs as a compromise in this ugly impasse. The Bucs view Favre as an upgrade on QB Jeff Garcia, who made the Pro Bowl in 2007 while leading Tampa Bay to an NFC South title.

      Once it became clear to Favre that he wasn’t welcome back in Green Bay, he became more flexible in terms of accepting a trade to clubs outside the division. The Bucs have been interested in Favre since last month, when he announced he wanted to play again.

      As I’ve written before, I think Favre and Tampa make a great fit. The only issue is whether or not the Packers feel they can get proper compensation and if Favre doesn’t change his mind again. Read between the lines and it seems apparent that he wants to stay in the NFC North. With Tampa residing in the NFC South, what if he gets to the land of pirate ships and wants to back out?

      The Bucs better get some insurance on this deal.

      NFL

      Ozzie Guillen admits to ordering hits

      August 5, 2008 /

      Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen admitted what many already assumed: He’s purposely ordered his pitchers to plunk batters in retaliation to other teams throwing at his players.

      “I’ve hit people before on purpose,” said Guillen, the Chicago White Sox manager, after a game Sunday in which umpires levied a suspect ejection in the fifth inning of a blowout when Chicago reliever D.J. Carrasco hit Kansas City’s Miguel Olivo with the bases loaded and incited a bench-emptying square dance.

      “Yes I have,” Guillen continued. “Because that’s my job. Protect my players.”

      Managers know better than to admit publicly one of baseball’s most unsavory truths, that a select number of hit-by-pitches registered each year come laced with intent. The purpose pitch – or the purpose hit, in these instances – is simply a part of baseball, and whether it’s to keep a batter from getting too comfortable or avenge some kind of perceived misdeed, it will never go away, no matter how much Major League Baseball tries to police its game.

      This is completely stating the obvious, but Ozzie doesn’t have that chip in his brain that tells him to think before he speaks. The information just goes from brain to mouth without hesitation and it gets him into trouble. Still, you gotta love when he speaks his mind because he is exactly who he is – nothing more, nothing less.

      That said, managers shouldn’t ordering hits on other teams’ players – even if they think they’re protecting their players in the process. What happens when someone catches a pitch in the face and a career is lost because a manager wanted to send a message?

      MLB

      Is the end coming for Brett Favre and Packers?

      August 5, 2008 /

      Who’s ready for more Brett Favre! The latest in the Brett Favre drama hour is that he and the Packers seem to be moving closer to a separation, according to FOX Sports.com contributor Jay Glazer.

      The two sides are expected to meet again in the morning as they try to work toward a solution palatable to both sides. However, one detail FOXSports.com gathered from the meeting was Favre’s insistence that he did not want his presence to destroy the team’s chemistry. In fact, Favre was adamant that he wanted to do what was in the best interest of the locker room and admitted this distraction was not what his teammates needed.

      Another agreement from the meeting was that, despite reports to the contrary, there would not be an open quarterback competition as even Favre felt this would not be in the best interests of the locker room. Thus, Aaron Rodgers is the team’s starting quarterback.

      As Favre met with head coach Mike McCarthy and GM Ted Thompson late Monday, the sides were moving toward an agreement to end this circus, but uncertainty remained about what that agreement ultimately will be.

      Favre and the team continued to hold the same viewpoints they’ve held for weeks but rather than continuing their stalemate, they have joined in pursuit of a mutually agreeable solution. Whether that solution will entail a trade, a release or another option was not determined in the meeting.

      I’ll stand pat on my theory about Favre in ’08 – he will not be a Packer. I’d say the team would be insane to trade him within the division, unless they got Devin Hester, a first round pick and a lifetime supply of Under Armor cleats.

      This situation looks like it’s nowhere close to a finale.

      NFL

      David Ortiz, Joba Chamberlain potentially injured

      August 5, 2008 /

      The race in the AL East is the most exciting in baseball but the division has the potential to lose two star players.

      Red Sox DH David Ortiz said he felt a “click” in his surgically repaired wrist during Boston’s 4-3 loss to the Royals Monday night. And Yankees’ starter Joba Chamberlain is scheduled to have an MRI on his throwing shoulder after leaving Monday’s game with soreness.

      “My last at-bat, it kind of pulled back a little bit,” Ortiz said of his wrist. “You feel that click and you get a little concerned about it.”

      While Ortiz did not know whether the problem would affect his status for tonight’s game, he knew he might experience some instability in his wrist after tearing a tendon sheath earlier in the season. Ortiz effectively missed two months while resting and rehabilitating the injury, and team medical personnel cautioned him he might feel movement in the joint from time to time.

      With Manny Ramirez recently traded to the Dodgers, the last thing the BoSox need is Ortiz to feel any sort of discomfort in his wrist. But it was bound to happen given he just had surgery.

      And the Yankees can’t afford Chamberlain going down for any amount of time with the club sitting 5.5 games out of first. This could sink their postseason hopes. (Red Sox fans everywhere smile in unison.)

      MLB

      No. 1 Georgia suspends fifth player for season opener

      August 5, 2008 /

      When the USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll came out recently, it listed the Georgia Bulldogs in the top spot. But that’s about all the good news UGA has gotten this week.

      Georgia suspended linebacker Darius Dewberry for the first two games of the season for his role in an incident at an Athens-area hospital last Sunday. It was the fifth Bulldog suspended.

      Dewberry was at the hospital while teammates Donavon Baldwin and Marcus Dowtin were being treated for injuries suffered in a bar fight early Saturday morning.

      Junior long snapper Jeff Henson was suspended indefinitely Saturday morning after being arrested and charged with public intoxication and urinating in public. Henson was charged with a DUI last November and suspended one game, which he served during the Sugar Bowl.

      Baldwin, a junior safety who was set to serve a one-game suspension after a DUI arrest in January, was also suspended indefinitely after the bar incident that resulted in his hospitalization.

      The 236-pound Dewberry went to St. Mary’s Hospital to check on Baldwin, and broke a barrier on a control arm at the parking lot — with his hands, not his car — and also broke four plant pots.

      Not a good start to a promising season for Georgia. Regardless of being suspended for a game or two, you hate to see young men lose their composure, but it happens. Hopefully Richt gets his program back on track because the Bulldogs have a lot going for them in ’08.

      College Football

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