What to do with Liberty Bowl Stadium

A recent article in the Commercial Appeal discussed the issue of what to do with the Liberty Bowl. I'll avoid the direct link to the article since those morons place their content behind a tollgate after a single day. It's an old stadium & doesn't have some of the frivolous amenities that other stadiums have. There are problems. The article talks about either building a new stadium or fixing up the old stadium. Both are costly. It completely ignores the option of leaving things as they are. It is used for about 16 football games a year. With a usage of .4%/yr I think it's just fine as is.

A Great Day for the Liberty Bowl

This past Friday was a perfect day for the 2006 Liberty Bowl. Sunny & warm due to global warming. South Carolina beat Houston despite Spurior's mistakes. Twice on 4th down Spurior risked the entire game by going for it when a smarter coach would have punted. It was great to see all the offense. Defense was poor for both squads.

Furl is Way Cool

My furl stash has now grown to over 4000 public items. I use it to bookmark interests, research & fodder for future tasks. You can add comments & clippings. You can make things private & rate things. I'm clearly hooked. I also use del.icio.us, but to a lesser extent. My del.icio.us bookmarks are here. Both of these social bookmarking sites have their advantages and drawbacks. Why do you like one or the other? Do you use others? If so why?

Who Will Get in the Baseball HOF this Year?

It's just eight short days till the class of '07 is announced. Who should get in? Who will get in? Most years the answers to those two questions are different. There are two that will certainly get in. There's no doubt Cal Ripken & Tony Gwynn will garner enough votes. After that there's one more that should get in. Who is it you ask? It's Bert Blyleven. He should have got in much sooner. He pitched great for many weak teams. He's much better than many pitchers already in the hall. How does one measure a pitcher? There's really only one true measure, ERA. At 3.31 he should certainly get in. His strikeout totals, longevity, shutouts, innings pitched & especially his performance in the post season classify him as a cut above. If he played for the Yankees or Dodgers he would have easily had 325 - 335 wins. Statistically he's pretty close to Don Sutton, Phil Neikro, Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton & Fergie Jenkins.