Random mid-week thoughts

Some random thoughts for the middle of the week…

- Randy Moss to the Vikings: Great ball-sy move for both teams. New England knew they weren’t winning a Super Bowl with Moss this year and didn’t plan to pay him what he wanted. Might as well get some draft picks for him. Minnesota has a QB that is only around for one more year, might as well try and take one stab at a ring. New England now has 8 draft picks in the 2011 draft, including Oakland’s #1, which if I’m not mistaken, might just be near the #1 pick. I don’t really have much to add here that hasn’t been said by somebody. It’s nice to see a team realize they need to trade a guy too early though, rather than too late (cough Toronto Raptors cough)

- Speaking of Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade makes it all of 4 minutes in his first pre-season game. And here’s why I say the Heat won’t win this year at least. Everything has to break perfect health-wise for the Big 3, and with Wade and Bosh that’s not always a given. The bench has holes all over the place (though I readily admit that the bench we see now won’t be nearly the one we see in May and June – every guy who gets cut during the season will look to Miami first). Not to mention their serious lack of outside shooting other than Mike Miller, who happens to play the same position as Wade and LeBron. For now, this is still the Lakers’ ‘ship to lose, as their path in the Western Conference is unchallenged barring a ridiculous, Jordan-esque leap forward from Kevin Durant.

- The baseball playoffs? Here’s a hint. For all these analysts trying to break down all the matchups and such, they are wasting their time. And yours. The baseball playoffs are a crapshoot, and don’t let anyone tell you different or give you any sportswriter hyperbole about how certain teams are ‘built for the playoffs’. The difference between a 90 win and a 95 win team is infinitesimally small. Each team comes in with a theoretical 12.5% chance of winning. Even though we know the teams aren’t even that way, even a ‘favorite’ like the Yankees will only win around 25% of the time. The team that gets hot wins, period. All that said, I’m hoping for the Giants or the Rangers to take it, but like most people, as long as the Yankees don’t win, we all win.

- Real World/Road Rules Challenge starts tonight on MTV. This is your 4th major sport, not hockey, and TV ratings will back that fact up. And steroids are not only legal, they’re encouraged!

- I saw ‘Get Him to the Greek’ on the weekend. It was funny through the first hour, but why does every movie think it’s HILARIOUS to have all the characters get high and then ridiculous things start happening? Once P. Diddy and the rock star’s dad started throwing everything at one another, this movie was straight downhill and I barely paid attention to the end. I didn’t even notice how much I dislike Russell Brand most of the way.

Boardwalk Empire review is on the way tonight.. If you're not watching this now, download the 3 episodes and catch up!