Seriously, could anything else be happening today? One season begins while another ends... a franchise quarterback drives down I-95 and and Tiger makes the world pause.
It takes a pretty big story to bump everything to the back burner-- and the Redskins as they always do find a way to steal the spotlight, thunder and just about every other metaphor available. Donovan McNabb for a a second round pick in this year's draft and a condition 2011 selection gives the world notice that this is not a rebuilding process-- to quote Bruce Allen's Hall of Fame father, the future is now. Speaking of regime perception, if Cerrato/Zorn had pulled this move they probably would have been roasted...right? Does this mean the Skins go project quarterback with teh fourth overall selection or go offensive line? O-Line has been an eyesore the last few seasons-- and a disaster last fall. The help the Skins get with their diminishing draft picks (first, fourth, fifth and seventh rounders) will be rather important; McNabb is at his best when he isn't picking clumps of dirt out of his facemask.
Opening Day Items-- nice touch by President Obama in wearing a Chicago White Sox cap with his Nationals jacket... we'll forgive the cross-teaming this once. I'd rather see that though than former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani telling Massachusetts residents he rooted for the Red Sox because he was an "AL East guy" or Hillary Clinton tossing the Cubs for the Pinstripes upon her move to the Empire State.
Fingers are crossed as the Nationals are trying to appear all grown up after consecutive triple digit defeat seasons. Can the pitching staff provide quality innings from the starters and will the relievers refrain from last year's flammability? Will Josh Willingham and Nyjer Morgan be more than one-year wonders? And who plays right field now that the Elijah Dukes experiment is over? Regardless of what happens, it can't be worse than last year.
One shining moment-- Duke battles Butler for college basketball's national championship... a hoops blue-blood if there ever was against an upstart Cinderella. It's tough to imagine Duke being denied, although the Bulldogs have defended as well as anyone this tournament... forcing turnovers and bad shots in each round. Thing is, Duke has three scorers and four plow horses who can get the Bulldogs in foul trouble early and often. I'm not a fan of the raised court-- after playing with basically the same court setup all year teams play the biggest games of the season on that raft?
Tiger talks-- Masters week began with the bang that is the Tiger Woods press conference... as the public rehabilitation continues while he bares his soul-- or at least what he wants the public to see of what he claims is his soul. Augusta National is the perfect media buffer place for Woods to resume his hall of fame career-- and eventually he'll be back to the old angry, controlling focused champion. Missed that guy.
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