Yesterday was a crazy day for LA sports. The 31 year old Albert Pujols agreed to a 10 year, $254 million deal with the Angels. While this is clearly a good deal for Mr. Pujols, is this a good deal for the Angels? Granted Albert Pujols is probably the best everyday player in MLB right now. However I don't think he's worth $25.4 million a year. I predict the Angels will enjoy this deal for a few years but eventually will regret it.
The other big LA sports story was the trade of Chris Paul to the Lakers, only for the trade to be later stopped by the NBA. I don't think this is the last we'll hear of this. Although Chris Paul if you follow through your threat of suing the NBA, I think that's a stupid move. It would be another confirmation that professional athletes are some of the greediest and most spoiled people in the world.
Meanwhile due to Frank McCourt's ownership, the Dodgers hands are tied in adding players to their team. Thankfully they were able to resign Matt Kemp, which was a must, but for some reason they can't add new players until a new ownership group is in place. McCourt's ownership is similar to a divorce. Just when you think it's done, it comes back to haunt you. Hopefully once a new owner is in place there will still be some key players that LA can add to it's team. Then hopefully Don Mattingly can guide the Dodgers to making a playoff run.
With there being some attention to the Tony Romo-Eli Manning matchup Sunday night, it makes me realize how hard it is to be a quality quarterback in the NFL. There are several great linebackers, tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive linemen and wide receivers in the NFL. Why are there so few great quarterbacks. You only need two hands to count off all the great quarterbacks in the NFL. One of those great quarterbacks played last night. The Steelers Ben Roethlisberger seems to be one of the few great quarterbacks. He really played a gutty game last night. He's head and shoulders above the likes of Romo or Manning.
The more I think about going to the Guns N' Roses concert Tuesday night, the more I think it might suck. Looking at the set lists it seems there's a lot of dead spots in the set list. There's way too many solos/"instrumental jams". Also there are too many songs from "Chinese Democracy". While "Sorry" is a decent song, certainly much better than that momentum killer "Madagascar", it seems like it could really grind the concert to a stop.
If Axl really has to play several songs from "Chinese Democracy" why can't he play "I.R.S."?
Or why can't they play the "Appetite For Destruction" classic "My Michelle"? Axl actually sounds pretty good here on this performance from a couple of years ago and the mix is good.
Here are a couple of good Christmas songs. It seems this song has been around for a long time, but it's new to me. I hadn't heard it until I downloaded the MP3 from iTunes. I'm not sure why this isn't a Christmas classic. This is Joe Nichols take on "Old Toy Trains":
Joe Nichols sings one of my favorite country songs, this is "Brokenheartsville":
I love this Joe Nichols song too:
Sorry, now back to Christmas songs. This is an oldie but a goody with a rockin' twist. It's Bayside's "Angels We Have Heard On High". If you like this version you can get it free at amazon.com's 25 Days of Free available in their MP3 store.
I don't watch "The Sing-Off", but I stumbled across this the other day on TV. I quite like Urban Method's take on "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch".
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