• George Sherrill is 1-0 with 15 saves and an ERA of 3.79
• Erik Bedard has started 6 games, with a 2-2 record and a 3.48 ERA.
• The Mariners have 16 wins.

If the trade is straight up, with those numbers, I’m not even sure that I pull the trigger. I want my money back. Or at least Adam Jones please.

So there are rumors flying around that the Cubs will sign recently-released centerfielder Jim Edmonds. Please don’t… please no. Edmonds is one of my least favorite baseball players of all time. Perhaps it’s because he was a Cub-killer when we was with the St. Louis, or maybe because he just seems like a smug punk.

The Cubs need a lefthanded bat, sure. But he’s old, and injury-prone. He’s a clubhouse leader. Do the Cubs need that? I suppose that if he is willing to take a limited role, and just contribute the small amount that I think he has in the tank to a Cubs championship run, it’d be ok. Well, I still don’t like it. Please don’t do it. You can find a lefthanded bat elsewhere.

Another Mother’s Day and more pink bats. I love the tradition that MLB and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure started two years ago to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research and awareness. On this Mother’s Day, I also wanted to send love out to my Mom. I love you, thanks for encouraging my love of sports.

CBSSports.com reports:

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.

Cut him. Cut him now. Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith should cut their losses on this guy. He’s only been trouble since the Bears drafted him and now they have a legitimate exit plan. Cut him.

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For all of the crap that Richie Sexson gets here in Seattle, Thursday’s home run was his sixth of the season and 100th since becoming a Mariner. Richie hit the century mark in 463 games, that’s the fastest in team history. Alex Rodriguez reached 100 Mariner home runs in 470 games. I am a huge fan of Big Sexy, but I never thought I’d say that Richie was a more successful Mariner than A-Rod in any category. Nice work Richie, forget about the boos, and the strike outs, and just bask in the glow of 100. But not for too long. Your team needs you. And remember Richie, don’t swing at sliders in the dirt… they eat you up.

There is some good news and some bad news.

Good news first:

• If Memphis could hit free throws, I would have locked up my second consecutive Vigilante Sports contests

Now for the Bad news:

• Memphis cannot in fact hit free throws when it counts
• Mario Chalmers can drain a prayer of 3 pointer to tie the game

All that to say (through gritted teeth), congratulations to the Kansas Jayhawks who picked up the 2008 NCAA National Championship. Also congratulations to Mark Smith, who bested everyone in the 2008 Vigilante Sports NCAA Bracket Challenge.

I do have to say that Mark and I both picked 45 games correctly. His counted for more and he picked up the win. I will definitely be back to bring the still non-existent trophy back to it’s rightful owner… ME!

It’s Mid-March and the brackets were released today. It’s time for the Third Annual Vigilante Sports NCAA Bracket Challenge. We’ve have 2 great years, let’s make it 3. Last year we doubled the amount of entries in our Challenge. Let’s do that again. If you’re interested please post a comment. It will submit your email address to me, but not show it to the public. I’ll take care of your email address (ie. not share it with anyone else). So, submit a comment and I’ll get you an invite to the greatest (or at least the most fun) bracket challenge around.

There hasn’t been any money on the line and there still won’t be… but fame and glory will be yours as you might add your name next to mine on the non-existent Vigilante Sports NCAA Bracket Challenge Championship Trophy. And that’s not too bad.

If you participated last year, you should have already received an email inviting you back.

Lance Briggs signed a 6 year, $36 million contract to stay with the Bears. Bernard Berrian was signed by the Minnesota Vikings.

The signing of Briggs helps ease fears about the Bears defense. He has been consistently one of the best outside linebackers in the NFL. Especially with Brian Urlacher’s back and neck issues, the Bears had to hold onto Briggs.

Berrian on the other hand would have been a luxury. The money needs to be spent elsewhere. With no proven quarterback to throw him the deep ball and no other receiver to take away the double team, Berrian was bound to be under utilized at best.

The Bears front office did the right thing in both situations. Something that must feel so out of character. Let’s see if that continues as they prepare for the draft.

The games are over, the chips stale, and the victory is oh so sweet. Once again, I came out on top. I was successful in combining correct picks with my confidence in those selections. Congratulations to Mark Smith who picked 24 of the games correctly (Derek McCarthy came in with 23 and myself and my sister scored 22 correct picks). But folks, it wasn’t just about picking the games correctly, they needed to be weighted correctly to score you enough points to dethrone me… and no one was able to do that.

Below are the final results. There will be another chance to knock me off my high horse. There will be a March Madness tournament here on Vigilante Sports. So come on back for that. I certainly plan on taking that contest too.

A bright 46 to you. Some buddies and I are competitively prognosticating how many points the Patriots will dump onto the Jets this Sunday. Following are our geusses (at first I was going to omit the names to protect the missed guessers, but since everyone still carries a nickname in their back pocket, they are the only ones who will know who’s who). See predicted number in ‘bold’ font…

Pats Points Versus Jets
Feef - 70 (love that one)
Hoom - I can’t drive 55
Shafular - How many days does Kiefer get to spend in the clink?… 48!
Ritzer - Go ahead, I dare you to play it with The Wizard of Oz, for a ‘Dark Side of the Rainbow’ experience: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is exactly 43 minutes long.
Tomes - Waving his home run fair to win the game… 27!
Jedi - Wants to wake up to a score of 33. Wants to wake up to a score of 33. Wants to wake up to a score of 33 (Groundhog Day is the 33rd day of the year).
Bushes – 38 Shill’s number & the number of slots on an American Roulette wheel
T.H. - John Steinbeck dubbed it “The Mother Road’. What is Route 66?
Stoit - The Stoner 63 is a semi-famous machine gun used by the U.S. military from 1963 up until about 1971. I believe a Stoner 63 is what the Jets will need this Sunday to pull off what Stoit predicts — a win in which the Jets score seventy points of their own (or the JPVP ratio).
Eh-Prop – Because 46 in Japanese can be pronounced as “yon roku”, and “yoroshiku”（よã‚?ã?—ã??） means “my best regards” in Japanese, people sometimes use 46 for greeting.

Winner of this contest gets unmitigated bragging rights for 48 hours, to be scrupulously timed, immediately following the conclusion of the football contest.

Loser gets to step to the plate against Clemens with a cracked bat and take their chances battling the lesser known HGH-rage as he flings your shattered stick back at you on your weak nubber to the mound.

So, 46 to you and have fun watching…