Best thing that happened Monday night!

  Welcome to this week's edition of Sexy Action Sports Saturday with your old pal IHM. Honestly, I've been sick as fuck the past two weeks... so I'm pretty much running on empty today. Going in today for chest x-rays because the doc thinks it might be pneumonia. Fun, fun stuff. Been hacking, coughing, and horking up green shit for the better part of four weeks now, so it's probably about time to get that checked out.

  Yeah, Pitino became the first college basketball coach to win a title at two different schools Monday night... but is that really such an impressive feat? Or does it just mean that he's a guy that goes from school to school, job to job, hopping to the next highest paying opportunity available while the kids he coaches are fucking stuck where ever he recruited them to play.. unless, of course, they want to take a year off or skip a year of eligibility... Personally, I have more respect for (and I can't believe I'm saying this out loud) a guy like Coach K at Duke, who has stayed with one program, won multiple titles, and done so without violating any major rules that I've seen anywhere.

  Honestly, though, have you looked at this year's basketball hall of fame class? It's a who's who of who the fuck is that... and why are they hall of famers? Pitino, Benard King, Gary Payton, (I respect the hell out of the Glove and King, but Hall of Famers... come on), Tarkanian, Guy Lewis, some women's basketball coach and a women's basketball player. If you're that worried about it look it up... I don't know who the hell any of them are or what they've done. Hell, Tark and Lewis, while they've both been to multiple Final Fours, never won a fucking thing as coaches. ZERO championships between them... or in other words, the same number as King and Payton had in their NBA careers. Fuck, now that I get more into this, Pitino seems like a worthy candidate... by comparison anyhow. Either way, I'll pose the same question I pose every time we get into Hall of Fame discussions... is it the Hall of Fame... the very best of the best... or is it the Hall of Very Good? If it's the latter... then fine, put all these fucks in. If not, then we'd better start by extracting the majority of the past ten classes from the Hall and starting over again, because especially with the basketball Hall of Fame, I've got issue with quite a few of the residents.

   You know, the more we debate the designated hitter in baseball, the more I notice that every time there is a benches clearing brawl after a HBP, it's over in the National League anyhow! As was the case Thursday night, when Greinke plunked Carlos Quentin of the Padres for the third time in their respective careers. End result; Quentin charges the mound, Greinke drops the shoulder to protect himself, and now Greinke has a broken collarbone. Now he's on the DL expected to miss eight weeks, while Quentin will serve an eight-game suspension, which conveniently puts him out for the Padre’s entire next series with the Dodgers early next week.

  The first question here is; who was in the wrong. Judging by the game situation, the count, the score, and the fact that Quentin is well known for crowding the plate and even leaning into pitches, did Greinke even mean to hit him with that pitch? In my honest opinion… hell no he didn’t. There was no real intent there, and it is pretty clear that Quentin had some sort of grudge towards Greinke going into it.

  The biggest question that comes out of all of this was posed after the game by Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly: because Quentin charged the mound, Greinke is now out with the broken collarbone for at least eight weeks, while Quentin will miss eight games and be back in the lineup. Mattingly suggests that until Greinke pitches again, Quentin should be suspended as well. Honestly, I agree with sideburns here… if Greinke is injured because Quentin is going to get butthurt about being hit by a pitch for the 100-something-ith time in his career, it should end up being on Quentin to be out just as long as Greinke is. His actions directly led to Greinke’s injury. Now, if a pitcher hits a guy intentionally and puts him out a while, I believe he should be suspended as long as that guy is out, too, just so we’re clear. Any way you look at it… Quentin comes out of this looking like the asshole, and he’s the one that comes out of it with the lightest penalty. Doesn’t seem entirely fair to me.

   The Lions made a bit of news this week by signing youtube sensation “Kickalicious” to compete with David Akers for the kicking job next season. In case you haven’t heard of the guy, his name is Havard Rugland and he is a Norwegian soccer player. His trick kicks, as well as a few impressive (albeit under no pressure) 60-yard kicks, have garnered over 2.7 million views on youtube over the past couple months. Here’s the video in case you haven’t seen it:

    Anybody catch the first pitch former Michigan Wolverines QB Denard Robinson threw out before the Tigers game on SportScenter’s Not Top Ten this week? Yeah, a two hopper up to the plate… how about that arm Denard? If a team uses anything higher than a fifth rounder on this guy, they’re just wasting a pick. Now, because I said it, the Lions will do it…

   There are now sources that say Alex Rodriguez tried to pay an employee at a Miami medical clinic to prevent the leak of damaging documents related to his use of PEDs. If there is proof that Rodriguez paid an employee at Biogenesis to dispose of documents that would implicate him in purchasing illegal PEDs, it could lead to not only a MLB suspension, but possible criminal charges against A-Fraud. It just keeps getting better!

  That’s all I’ve got for the week folks. Thanks as always for reading and for any comments you leave on the way out. Have a great weekend, Gabbers.

   You know those CHRISTMAS IN JULY BLOWOUT SALES? Well, that's kind of what we have going for us this evening when the NCAA's "March" Madness wraps up with the Final Four, here on April the 6th! This, of course, is brought to you by the same organization that allows the Big Ten to continue to be so, regardless of the fact that it has had eleven teams since Pedo State joined their ranks in December of 1989. Well, tonight we'll be treated to a pair of games between the last four standing in the tournament we all love, despite its inaccurate moniker.

  In the early game, we have Louisville taking on the Shockers of Wichita State, a 1 vs. 9 matchup. As much as I'd love to see Wichita State win this, mostly because of my pure hatred of both Rick Pitino and their full court press, I doubt that will happen. Louisville shouldn't have much of a problem advancing to Monday night's championship game. On a side note, Pitino's recent induction into the basketball hall of fame makes me want to puke! Who's next, Calipari? What a fucking joke that HOF is turning into.

  In the nightcap, Michigan takes on Syracuse in a battle of 4 seeds. I hate the University of Michigan with a passion... but I have to admit it would be good to see them beat Syracuse, mainly to keep Felber from having even more bragging rights... goddamn Ravens. But, with the way Syracuse has been putting the clamps on opponents the last two rounds, it is hard to see anybody beating them at this point. Hell, if they can beat Louisville and keep that grease ball Pitino out of the winner's circle, I'll give a "Go Orange"! Despite Wooden Award winner Trey Burke, I think Michigan drops this game, and we get one final Big East matchup as our championship game.

  And finally, in a championship game you couldn't PAY me to watch, I'll take Syracuse over Louisville, only because I can't in any good conscience take a Rick Pitino team to win a national championship. Fuck it... Felber wins again! Hey Felber, let me know who you're rooting for to win the World Series too so I can at least get a little money out of the deal next time!

  As for the Rutgers issue, I think everybody involved is a fucking asshole, and I say fire them all... including the NCAA for not stepping in and protecting the kids they make billions of dollars off the backs of. Fuck you you bunch of self-righteous assholes! Oh, and welcome to the Big 14, Rutgers... enjoy that Big Ten schedule next year.  

  This week also marked the opening of the 2013 MLB season, with the majority of teams starting out Monday. Some big performances so far, including Chris Davis and his homers in four consecutive games to open the season, becoming just the 4th player in Major League history to do so, joining an exclusive list that includes Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, and Nelson Cruz. Yu Darvish took perfection into the final out, only to give up a single right back up the box to break up the perfect game. Darvish also posted a career-high 14 strikeouts in the win. Miguel Cabrera has joined Chris Davis in having at least one RBI in each of the first four games this season. Josh Hamilton got booed in his return to Texas this afternoon... can't say I blame the fans a whole lot on that one.  

  As DVT mentioned in his Fry day blog, we are only 1.8% done with the Major League season at this point... but as far as the Tigers are concerned, I think we've learned quite a bit. Yes, they will have games where pitching and defense will not matter, because they will get a ton of offense from the bats. But in the tight games where defense and the bullpen are major concerns, I think the Tigers need to be very worried. Aside from Benoit, the Tigers have very little of their 148 million dollar payroll invested into the bullpen, which explains the whole closer-by-committee thing we're doing right now. Yesterday, they signed Jose Valverde to a minor league deal. A lot of people around here lost their fucking shit as soon as they read it... but look at it this way; it's just a minor league deal. If he looks like he did in 2011 and early in 2012, awesome, you just got a closer on the fucking cheap. If not, cut him loose and go on to plan B... whatever the hell that is! Word is he's lost weight and his velocity is back up a bit... and hopefully he won't forget about his fucking splitter again... the main reason he got hammered by the Yankees and everyone else he faced at the end of last season.

  Speaking of Detroit fans losing their shit, how about the retirement of 21-year Lions veteran kicker Jason Hanson. Leading up to the announcement, many fans were upset about the fact that we were "low-balling" the best Lions player of the past decade, that we should "pay him". Well, now that's not an issue any more. But what these assholes in the Honolulu Blue and Silver colored glasses want to talk about now is Hanson's case for the Hall of Fame now that he's retired. Let me tell you, the title of "Best Lions player of the past decade" is the same as saying somebody was the "skinniest kid at fat camp". Doesn't carry any weight what so ever. Wake the fuck up you slappys... this guy has never made a field goal that mattered. Yes, he was a good kicker for many years... but the last four years or so he hasn't even been able to kick the ball out of the fucking end zone, which has led to many of the ridiculous kick return touchdowns we've given up during that same period in the first place. Like Beeze said about the Browns; when a kicker is your best player of a decade, you are a pathetic fucking team. If you want to continue to talk about whether or not Jason Hanson is a Hall of Fame player, you are a fucking moron and know nothing of the game of football. There is a reason there are only two kickers in the Hall of Fame... because they are FUCKING KICKERS.

  Hey BOB... what can I expect out of David Akers this year? Yeah, Lions went out and signed Akers the day after Hanson announced his retirement... maybe that whole end of the season meltdown was just a fluke... right?

  The Raiders continued their slash and burn offseason by cutting yet another former top ten draft pick in LB LaRon McClain, who was taken 8th overall by the Raiders in 2010 out of Alabama. He is joined by Darius Heyward-Bey (2009) and Michael Huff (2006) as former Al Davis top ten draft picks to be cut this offseason by new Raiders management.

  According to gay rights advocate and former Ravens LB Brandon Ayanbadejo, as many as four current NFL players are considering "coming out" of the closet as homosexual together. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

  In a story that is just now coming to the surface, reports are that the 2011 National Champion Auburn Tigers altered grades and paid players to stay at the school during that championship run. This story is just in it's infancy at this point... but I'm sure we're about to see yet ANOTHER National Championship vacated, eh, Trojan fan?

  Finally... damn you DVT for putting this song in my head again! Just kidding buddy.... I love it.

  That's all I've got for today folks. Thanks as always for reading and for any comments you leave on the way out. Have a great weekend, Gabbers.

Hello Gabbers, and welcome to this week’s Sexy Action Sports Saturday with your old play IHM. Big stuff going on this week, with the NCAA tournament winding down to its final 4 teams, the baseball season now just a day away from beginning on Sunday night, and with all of that, does anybody really care about anything else?

   On Thursday night, four teams punched their tickets to the Elite 8, with Ohio State besting Arizona and Wichita State breezing past 13 seed LaSalle while Syracuse knocked off 1 seed Indiana and Marquette flattening Miami along the way. Tonight, we have Ohio State vs. Wichita State and Marquette vs. Syracuse in a Big East rematch. So far in Friday night’s action, Michigan topped Kansas in OT while Louisville got the better of Oregon. Kansas held Michigan’s Trey Burke scoreless in the first half, but in the second half and overtime the National Player of the Year candidate went off for 23 points, including a late three-pointer to send the game into overtime. Mitch McGary added 25 and 14 boards for the Wolverines, who make their first trip to the Elite 8 since 1994.

  Sparty went down to Mikey the Rat’s squad 71-61, and the Cinderella story of FGCU is over at the hands of the Florida Gators. Sunday night for your viewing pleasure, we’ll have Louisville vs. Duke and Michigan vs. Florida with trips to the Final Four on the line. And with FGCU now eliminated, I suddenly care a LOT less about the rest of the tournament!

   With baseball season right around the corner, there was a lot of talk this week in the Detroit area about Justin Verlander’s contract heading into the season. Verlander said he refused to talk about a contract once the regular season started in order to avoid any distractions. Well, it’s no longer an issue. The Tigers and Verlander have reportedly agreed to a seven-year, $180 million dollar deal with an option for an eighth year that could make the deal worth 202 million total. Like I said before; this team is NOT going to let Verlander even sniff the free-agent market. Sorry Yankees, going to have to buy your next ace elsewhere!

   Speaking of massive contracts, how about this: Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez will probably spend at least half the year on the DL, yet he will make more than the entire Houston Astros team combined… by nearly four million dollars! The even better part… I see the Yankees finishing right where the Astros likely will… dead last in their division! Spend on, Steinbrenners.

   Now, how about I lay some predictions on you for the 2013 MLB season. Here is how I see each division shaking down, along with playoff picks, a World Series prediction, and even some award winners: Here’s my MLB season preview:

  AL EAST

1. Toronto Blue Jays
2. Baltimore Orioles (WC)
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Boston Red Sox
5. New York Yankees

Honestly, you have no idea how much I love putting the Yankees at the bottom of this pile. I think any of the last three can be interchanged, because I really do believe that when all is said and done, the Jays and Orioles will be the top two in this division, which normally leads to a division champion and a Wild Card. Depending on how the other divisions shake out, the Rays might just be able to squeak in as a Wild Card as well.

AL CENTRAL

1. Detroit Tigers
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Cleveland Indians
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Minnesota Twins

  The Tigers are the clear-cut winners here, but we said that last year too, and it took til late September to finally clinch the division. The White Sox will put up a fight, and the Royals, Indians and Twins will be improved, but in the end, I think the Tigers win out.

       AL WEST

1. LA/Anaheim/California Angels
2. Oakland A’s (WC)
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Houston Astros

   Welcome to the American League, Astros! The Angels will take the West this year, and it will be a dog fight between the A’s and Rangers for second place and a wild card spot. I see the A’s winning it on their pitching, and the Rangers going home early again.

   I see the A’s beating the Orioles in the one-game Wild Card playoff.

   A’s vs. Tigers. Tigers in four.

  Angels vs. Blue Jays. Angels in five.  

   ALCS- Tigers over Angels in six.

AL AWARD WINNERS:

AL MVP- Mike Trout, Angels

AL CY YOUNG- Justin Verlander, Tigers

AL ROY- Aaron Hicks, Twins

NL EAST

1. Washington Nationals
2. Atlanta Braves (WC)
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Miami Marlins
5. New York Mets

   I think the Nats run away with this thing, but the Braves are just good enough to take one of the Wild Card spots. The Phillies might make a run at some point, but I just don’t think they have enough pieces left to stay in the race for the long haul. How great is it to put both New York teams at the bottom of their divisions? I fucking love it.

NL CENTRAL

1. Cincinnati Reds
2. St. Louis Cardinals (WC)
3. Pittsburgh Pirates
4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Chicago Cubs

  The Reds are my reluctant pick here, but this division will be a dog fight as per usual. You can never count the Cardinals out, the Pirates should continue to improve (hell, might even finish over .500 one of these years) and the Brewers aren’t far behind, unless Braun gets nailed with a 100-game suspension. Sorry Cubs fans… maybe next year.

NL WEST

1. San Francisco Giants
2. LA Dodgers
3. San Diego Padres
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
5. Colorado Rockies

   The Giants are every bit as good as they were last year, and my pick to take the West again. The Dodgers have a lot of payroll… but I think they’re all sizzle and no steak. The Padres/D-backs/Rockies… flip a fucking coin. They’re all three terrible.

   Wild Card Play-in game: I like the Braves over the Cardinals.

  I’ll take Giants over the Braves in four games

  And the Nationals beat the Reds in five.

I see the Nationals beating the Giants in a seven-game classic of a NLCS.

  NL AWARDS

NL MVP- Joey Votto, Reds.

NL CY YOUNG- Stephen Strasburg, Nationals.

NL ROY- Shelby Miller, Cardinals.

  And of course, in the 2013 World Series, I’ll take the Detroit Tigers in six games over the Washington Nationals. Call me a homer if you want, but that’s my pick!

  And that’s all I have for you this week, folks. Thanks as always for any comments you leave on the way out, and, of course, for stopping in and giving me a read. Have a great weekend, Gabbers.

  Hello Gabbers, and welcome to this week’s edition of Sexy Action Sports Saturday with your old pal IHM. This week, we’ve got quite possibly the greatest spectacle in all of sports, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

   I don’t know if it’s the gambling, the brackets, or simply the volume of games and action that take place seemingly simultaneously for the first two days of the tournament, but for my money, there is no more entertaining two day period on the sporting calendar. That was evidenced yesterday, when Florida Gulf Coast murdered every single bracket in existence (I’m sure one or two people out there picked an ALL UPSET bracket, so they’re still good) by beating 2 seed Georgetown in convincing fashion.

  My bracket was all but busted after the first day, mainly due to Davidson shitting the bed in the last seconds against Marquette. I’m not going to call any of the kids on the Davidson team out, mainly because they’re unpaid, amateur athletes that don’t deserve the scrutiny they do get. I mean, the kid that threw that inbounds pass (not sure on the name, not going to look it up either) probably got all kinds of shit once they got back to school, and is probably STILL getting it. That’s what really makes me sick watching the tournament, or any college sport in the first place.

   Watching the tournament, seeing all the ads all over the place and the hundreds of hours of advertising space that will be paid for, you really have to feel for these kids even more. These are, for the most part, kids that don’t really come from wealthy families. Usually middle class or less. No, college basketball  doesn’t require kids to stay two or three years like college football does, but look at the difference between professional basketball and professional football. In football, you at least have a 45-man game day roster… in the NBA, it’s a third of that. That means more than 80% of the kids you’re watching this weekend and over the next two weeks will never see a dime from playing basketball. The schools and the NCAA and even the networks that show the games will make millions, just like they do for college football.

  I say it’s about damn time we start compensating these kids. At least give them a $20,000 salary for playing division one ball. No, I’m not saying every sport should be compensated. We all know that college football and college basketball (MENS) are the only two sports making any fucking money out there. But I don’t think it’s too much for an organization making hundreds of millions, if not BILLIONS of dollars off the backs of these young men to shell out a minimum salary, on top of the “free education” they get. Make it universal, so no team gets an advantage over another.

   There is one thing that makes me smile about the tournament… the fact that ESPN hasn’t been able to get their grubby little hands on it yet. Today, while CBS, TBS, TruTV, and TNT all show third round games, ESPN will be showing men’s NIT games and women’s tournament games (insert footage of me pointing and laughing here).

   Newly signed Pats Safety Adrian Wilson has an interesting offer for current Pats corner Kyle Arrington in order to get the jersey number he’s had his entire 12-year NFL career… a full year of diapers for Arrington’s newborn. Honestly, I say Arrington is getting lowballed here. Hell, Rick Porcello got 10 grand for the number 48 from Torii Hunter (which was donated to charity in his name). I say Wilson needs to step his game up a bit to get the number 24.

    Anybody need a left tackle? The Chiefs are apparently shopping Branden Albert for a second round pick this year and a pick in next year’s draft as well. GET ON THE FUCKING PHONE, MAYHEW!

   The Pistons gave their best shot to the Miami Heat last night, but were unable to stop the Heat’s near-record win streak at 24 games. The Heat now sit at 25 consecutive wins, 8 shy of the NBA record held by the 71-72 Lakers. The Pistons actually led at the half, but the Heat simply stepped it up in the second half and outclassed the Pistons the rest of the way. During the game, Pistons G Kim English played about 11 minutes. In those 11 minutes, he scored zero points… and fouled out! Shockingly, this was the third time a player has recorded a 0 point, 6 foul night this season.

   Just 9 more days til Opening Day people. Next week, I’ll get some predictions and previews ready for the start of the MLB season.

  That’s all I’ve got for today folks. Thanks as always for reading and for any comments you leave on the way out.

  That's right folks, here we are three days into free agency and all of Detroit city is drinking that Honolulu Blue and Silver Kool-Aid! We got Reggie Bush... we got Glover Quinn... we got Houston and Delmas back... all right. We'll be running that football next year with Bush, and Quinn and Delmas will be locking down the back end of that defense. Unstoppable... next stop... Super Bowl... Even Bill Polian says we're going to be the "Greatest Show on Turf"!

  And here's the reality; we signed a thirty year old running back to a four year contract, re-signed a corner and safety from a secondary that sucked out loud last year, signed a new safety, lost our starting left tackle with Backus retiring, lost our starting right tackle with Gosder Cherilus signing with the Colts, and now reports are that Lions' brass is not even sure Reiley Reiff is the future at left tackle. Oh yeah, and we cut our starting RG before free agency started.

  As it sits right now, the Detroit Lions have many massive holes to fill. First of all, you still have no pass rush. Cliff Avril, a guy who represented what little bit of pass rush ability you had on the roster, took less money than what you offered him last year to go play for Seattle. Bye bye... don't let the door hit you on the way out. Letting him walk wasn't a huge deal. But pair that with the fact that you blew most of your free agency cash on an aging, underachieving running back and a safety with all of one year of starting experience under his belt, and now we have a fucking problem. You still need starters at the following positions; WR, LT, RT, RG, DE (2), LB, CB, K. That's right, our "face of the franchise" Jason Hanson is still gone. Fucking pathetic.

  Don't fool yourselves, people, signing Reggie Bush isn't getting this team any closer to a Super Bowl. This team has no offensive line... you could have signed Adrian fucking Peterson and it wouldn't make a Goddamn bit of difference. When your entire right side needs to be replaced, on top of the left tackle position, you are fucked no matter who you have lining up at running back. Oh yeah, Reggie Bush is going to open things up for Calvin Johnson... bullshit. There is nobody else in the receiving corps aside from Calvin Johnson. They can still double and triple Johnson and keep an eye on Bush, there are ZERO threats on this team otherwise. Ryan Broyles... he's a fucking cripple. Nate Burleson... see Ryan Broyles. Brandon Pettigrew, the waste of a first round pick on a tight end, he drops more passes than Kate Upton does jaws. This team is a fucking joke, and that's just the offensive side of the ball.

  On defense, you have Suh and Fairley up the middle, Houston at one corner. If he's your #2 corner, that's great. No, he's your #1, and you're paying him like a #1... that's the only reason he's still a Detroit Lion. There is literally nobody else on that defense even worth mentioning... and I'm not going to waste any time discussing it. Delmas is a fucking bum, even when he's healthy.

  If the Detroit Lions are not picking in the top ten of next year's NFL draft... either they traded their first round pick for a bag of magic beans, or they're picking #11! Right here and now, I'd like to officially announce that I do not give a fuck about the Detroit Lions in the year 2013. Will I have a fucking aneurysm if they draft a wide receiver in the second round again? Probably! Will I still rant and rave about whatever the hell they do in the draft... definitely. I would LIKE to announce that I don't care anymore and fuck the Lions from here on out... I just can't! I'm like Lil' Wayne on PCP with this team... just can't kick it.

  So, I'll throw my official 2013 Lions prediction out there... 6-10, miss the playoffs, take last place in the NFC Norse Division, and draft somewhere in the top 12 once again. Oh, and after the season, both Mayhew and Schwartz keep their jobs... same with the coordinators... why not? Fuck it.

 Speaking of things I am trying not to care about, how about that new pope? Yeah... I have just as much authority as the new Pope does... I just don't have as many people that believe it! The great George Carlin gets credit for that, but he's 100% right... aside from Catholics, who gives a shit about the Pope?

  I will give those crazy Catholics some credit... it was kind of cool to watch the media having a shit fit because they had to wait just like the rest of us "common folk" to find out who the new Pope was going to be. The secrecy and lack of leaks to the media were just fucking great. Is it just me, or does the media seem like a bunch of self-important, over-entitled bags of shit these days? They kept a lid on the identity of the new Pope as if it were a molested child trying to point the finger at one of them. Hell of a job gang... if there is one thing the Church knows, it's keeping things covered up.

  Looks like Notre Dame couldn't wait for the NCAA tourney to debut the worst uniforms in the history of sports... they donned them Friday night in the Big East tourney while losing to Louisville. I swear I turned off the TV and still saw those damn things for half an hour after.

  The Detroit Tigers became the first victims of the Biogenisis scandal, as AA pitcher Cesar Carrillo was suspended 100 games by Major League Baseball for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention Program. Why is this significant, you ask? Carrillo was the road roommate of Ryan Braun at the University of Miami. Looks like Braun could be next in Major League Baseball's crosshairs. Hopefully they put him down for a good, long while.

  That's all I've got for the week, folks. Thanks as always for reading and for any comments you leave on the way out. Have a great weekend, Gabbers.