Vick is sick

I couldn't believe my eyes when I glanced at the score of the Eagles-Redskins game during Monday night football towards the end of the first quarter. It read 28-0. I don't think I have ever seen such a score in Q1 of a pro game. Michael Vick just went nuts. I can't believe how good this guy is playing right now. The entire sports media is in awe of this guy today and I have to say, rightfully so. He threw for 333 yards and 4 TDs and rushed for 80 more and 2 TDs. Are you kidding me? What's this, Tim Tebow and Florida versus Cincinnati? This didn't look like a pro game against a semi-decent Redskins team.

Vick actually looked like himself from his good old college days at Va Tech. Ironically, this is exactly what I thought he would become when I used to be his fan when he was in College. But that potential was never realized and as if to add insult to injury, he ended up in jail. Just when we thought his career was done, he comes back out of jail and coach Andy Reid seems to have completely resurrected his career. Of course, Vick himself I am sure is a changed man after that stint in the jail and that helps. But he was never the kind of passer he is right now before he hooked up with Reid.

I hate to admit this, but Vick might be unstoppable after all. Took him a while to get here and there were some unsavory detours along the way, but he might have finally arrived. Of course he has just played a few games this season and it's way too early to put him in the hall of fame, but he sure looked impressive Monday night. Just his fantasy numbers was newsworthy considering how ridiculous it was - close to 50. One of the record breaking nights for a QB and he missed just 8 passes. Now there's talk of a MVP award and his games have become must-see TV again already. May be time for Favre to retire for the 15-Th time and turn over the reins to Vick.

MLB has started handing out it's stupid off-season awards. Actually good awards but stupid timing. Roy Halladay won the NL Cy Young. Well deserved for sure. So was the Rookie of the Year winners - Neftali Feliz in the AL and Buster Posey in the NL. Buster Posey was the biggest no-brainer ever. The guy pretty much turned around the season for the Giants, a season that eventually ended with a championship for them. I don't know if people understand his impact on the team, but it was humongous. It was his call-up that turned around the hitting, the attitude and the excitement surrounding the team. He brought both tangible and intangible benefits to the team. R.O.Y indeed.

In my favorite league, the association, my favorite team is doing great. Suns' early season schedule looks like something a die-hard Suns hater would have come up with in his copious free time, but they are still 6-4 with 2 strong wins recently. Just when I was wondering if the Lakers would win 72 games, they lost to the Nuggets on the road. The Suns then beat the Fakers right in LA using 22 3-point bombs and followed it up with a win against Denver at home on a back-to-back night. Now onto Miami to take on the Heat. The only problem is, beating that Heat team may not be as impressive as the previous 2 wins! Great quote heard on the radio - "is it just me or does Pat Riley really look closer to the bench every time they show him on TV during Heat games". Riley might come down and steal another championship, but this team may not be good enough to win one this year. The only bad news for the Suns is that Robin Lopez is injured and they got even smaller if thats even possible.