Sunday tidbits at the Confluence

• Is it just me, or does the sun a little brighter the morning after the Yankees are eliminated ??
• Joe Torre is rumored to be given the pink slip today, with Lou Pinella given another shot in the Bronx. Anyone else think it won't work ??
• I don't care what anyone says, if you think all of the Yankees' problems are A-Rod's fault, you don't know much about baseball.
• I am so happy for Jim Leyland and his relocated Pirates coaching staff of Lemont, Slaught, Belliard, Van Slyke, and McClendon.
• I am eagerly awaiting to see how crude, lude, and rude the Eagles fans will be towards T.O. today. Nothing they do surprise me.
• By the way, the Mets closed out the Dodgers last night, if anyone could filter out the Yankee coverage on ESPN.
• Word is that Culpepper is gonna sit today vs. the Pats. New England's already 9 1/2 point favorites, are we looking at double digits now, Vegas ??
• Indy favored by 18 1/2 at home today over Tennessee. Wow, I'm sorry, but that's a lot of points.
• Call me a Steelers homer (and you'd be right), but if you're jumping on the Ravens bandwagon after THOSE first four games, don't whine to me when they come back to Earth.
• After the first few games of the NHL regular season, the Sabres seem to have "IT".
• It took 13 rounds of the shootout before the Rangers beat the Flyers last night. It took until the 6th Flyer before they put Forsberg in there, and he said it was because he didn't trust his sticks. Huh ??
• The Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes are 0-2-1 after 3 games. Those injuries on the blueline may start to put them in a hole for later in the year.