The Ellipses

..now that Ron Rivera has been fired by Lovie Smith, Lovie says, "I think you should trust me as a head football coach to put us in the best position to win football games. It’s as simple as that." This from a guy who nearly gave away a playoff game because he didn’t call time outs properly. I guess Lovie doesn’t know that: 1) Trust is earned; and 2) He’s never heard the Yiddish translation of trust me.

..and the new Spring Training hats and jerseys of the Cubs are about as ugly as the come. White “C”s, curving red ear highlights on the caps and two tone jerseys? Who designed these? Shoshana Lonstein?

..so it seems that when Zambrano spouted off last week that he was leaving the Cubs if “Big Z” wasn’t signed by Opening Day he was just overplaying what his agent probably told him to do. Jim Hendry’s downplaying of the comments followed by Zambrano’s backtracking certainly suggest that. Looks like Hendry took some unfair criticism over that.

..who gave President Logan a pardon so he could hang out in a condo near LAX? And is Jean Smart still with him or did they get a divorce? What will he tell Jack Bauer next week?

..can Prison Break get any worse (more on this soon)?

..but the silence on Mark Prior is confusing. No news generally means good news. But with Prior, no news could mean asystole. Ivy Chat will assume the positive on this story for now because reporters in Arizona would sniff out cuticle clippers near Prior if they thought he had a hang nail.

..and the blogroll has been updated. Farewell to those that haven’t posted since 2006. Welcome to Bad Kermit (and his anagram machine) and TJ Brown. Not sure if TJ is correctly categorized.

..not much support for contributing editors around here. Beyond the fact that thread hijacking is fun and often more amusing and interesting than the original thread itself, we don’t have much sympathy around here for people who accuse others of being pedophiles. Well, maybe support from plus-size support hose and a 48-DD bra, but that’s it.