Why isn’t the Super Bowl today?

I never understood why there is a two-week break in between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. The only advantage I can think of from the NFL’s perspective is that there would be more hype surrounding the game.

But do you really think the TV ratings would be any lower if the Super Bowl was today instead of next week? If anything, the longer break might let some people forget about the big game.No football, on a Sunday? How is that acceptable before the end of the season?

64 days ’til Opening Day

There’s 64 days left until that best day of the year, MLB Opening Day.

64 is also the number of stolen bases Juan Pierre had in 2007.

The problem is, that’s the only thing Pierre does well. Pierre is often overhyped as a good, valuable contributor to a baseball team. But he’s horrible.

Leadoff men are supposed to get on base, right? His OBP of .331 was 55th out of 75 eligible batters in the National League. Pierre’s supporters will say he got nearly 200 hits, but he also had the third most outs in the league. And in slugging percentage, Pierre was 71st out of 75.

The bad news for Dodgers fans? He’s 30, and his speed is likely to start declining soon. And he has three years and $28.5 million left on his contract. Ouch.