The Water Cooler: Volume two, part five

Celebrating Columbus Day has always been a little weird to me. Now, I’m not bothered about getting a day off from school to recharge my batteries, but I’ve always been curious about how America celebrates Columbus when we don’t even know for sure if he discovered America.

Hey, I’ll even celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Detroit Lions going 0-16 if it means me being able to sleep in and get a day off of school. By the way, since I’m on the subject of getting days off, when is the next one?

St. Louis Cardinals
In a previous column, I predicted a World Series of Yankees versus Cardinals … That prediction was right on point. Ha! The Cardinals were mopped up in three games, but everyone knows that series was over in game two. Poor Matt Holliday, the right fielder, dropped a game-ending line drive in game two against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He pretty much dropped his team right out of the playoffs.

Here’s a quote from Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright: “That ball got lost in 50,000 white towels shaking in front of Matt’s face. It doesn’t really seem fair that an opposing team should be able to allow their fans to shake white towels when there’s a white baseball flying through the air. How about Dodger Blue towels?”

Really? That’s a good one. You’re a major league baseball player for a reason Mr. Holliday, and when a ball comes right to you, it’s your job to catch it. They say in football when a ball hits your hands, it’s your duty to come up with it. Then again, those little white towels are so distracting.

Miscellaneous
I know boxing is all but dead in the U.S., but the Super Six Tournament coming up in the super middleweight division could spark new interest. You have six of the top super middleweights in a round robin format, and the winner will be a well-deserved champion.

The first two fights got the tournament off to a thrilling start as Arthur Abraham sent Jermain Taylor to the hospital, and Carl Froch got the controversial decision over Andre Dirrell. The Super Six Tournament could be the move that brings boxing back. I’m going with Andre Ward from Oakland to win it all…

Imagine a welterweight tournament between Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Andre Berto, and Luis Collazo. One word — explosive….

Idiots of the week
Dré Bly and Donnie Avery. I’m sure everybody has seen Bly’s interception against the Falcons when he started showboating, didn’t tuck the ball away and fumbled it back to the Falcons. This is all with the 49ers down 35-10.

Avery, a receiver for the St. Louis Rams, caught a touchdown and started doing the stankey leg (a ridiculous dance move). This guy was dancing like he just won a new set of pots and pans at Wednesday night’s bingo gathering. Go figure, his team was down 31-10 to the Minnesota Vikings when he scored.

Those two things, my compadres, are what makes a player the idiot of the week…