Rice Redux
Eating brunch alone, on a break from 'work', reading our baseball annual while the hipsters on each side regaled each other with tales of Saturday night, I couldn't help wondering how many of these dorky obsessed Sundays are in my future. I can imagine my boss Rick thinking, "Plenty, I hope." My wedding is about two months away, and with it, possibly something closer to balance on these gray winter days. We'll see.
Back to the men in shorts. I wrote earlier that Sidney Rice's forty time did him no favors. But this report indicates he had a great day catching the football. Perhaps the first round isn't out of reach after all. That second tier of wideouts will be fascinating to watch.
Perhaps the biggest surprise Sunday came from Arizona RB Chris Henry. The man is a 6'0, 230-pound fullback/tailback hybrid without much production in school. He ran a 4.33 forty at 230 pounds! Most observers thought Henry came out too early, but he's built extremely well and will shoot up draft boards.
These are the types of situations that make me think about working in the Toy Department of Human Affairs. None of this stuff really matters; it doesn't. And I often have to convince myself that it does. All I'm doing is helping make a bunch of rich people richer.And the attitudes of many of those in the industry are heavily inflated and world view dangerously myopic.
Ouch. I'm off to try to broaden my world view for a few hours by staying away from this blog. Thanks for stopping by this weekend.





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