Rolling along

The winter sports have started and now things are really rolling.
Until next week.
Everything will stop on Tuesday because of the Holidays.
Add in a move (I’m moving from one side of the lake to the other with reporter Aimee) plus four of my buddies from Minnesota are visiting Saturday through Tuesday. Than I get to drive with them (keep in mind they are four guys) back to Minnesota for Christmas. That should be an adventure within itself.
Things should be hectic but that’s okay with me.

The MLB is making me angry. Amazing pitcher Roy Halladay is being traded to Philly after having a great season in Toronto. I’m not liking that big market teams are swallowing up talent.
Yes, they have the money and market to do so and having a good team doesn’t hurt.
But middle market teams like, oh say, the Minnesota Twins can never get that talent because of the money.
There isn’t any real substantial way to fix this and I know this isn’t really a solid argument but I don’t like the Yankees or Red Sox for that reason.
They pretty much don’t have to pay scouts to find new and upcoming talent. They just read the sports section. Every other team has to find players from the minors.
However, smarty-pants Bud Selig is forming a panel to study replays.
I’m skeptical anything groundbreaking will happen.


Stars:
-Ronan boys basketball: these guys impressed me with their quick passing and hustle on Saturday night. They lost but hustled from one end to the other quicker than I saw some of the winning teams.
-Mission/Charlo wrestling: the Bulldogs have stayed undefeated in duals. I got the chance to watch them against Arlee on Monday night and they are, by far, the loudest team I’ve seen. As soon as one wrestler is done, he throws on some clothes and screams/cheers for his next teammate.
-The Griz: they are in the championship game against No. 2 Villanova, they are ranked third, on Friday.
People around here are so excited.

Things to watch:
-The Griz game. duh. Friday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
-Mission boys basketball vs Charlo: Thursday night in Mission
-Ronan girls basketball at Mission: Jonna Grant transferred to Ronan from Mission a month or so ago. This is her first game back in Mission.