2011 NFL Mid-Season Awards

This guy just can't do it like Pey Pey!

If ESPN, NFL.com, Grantland.com, and the countless other sports websites on the net didn't already give you a heaping portion of jargon-filled NFL analysis this week, we're here to help. Here are our thoughts on who's been fantastic, mediocre, and downright pathetic over the past eight weeks.

Congratulations to the Cards

Well, I guess it works. No matter how much my fellow bloggers said "La Russa sucks!" or "La Russa overmanages!" or "Prove you're not a donut", Tony La Russa has one more ring on his hand. Make it 3, and 2 in the last 6 years. I'm not going to pretend to be some avid Cards fan, but I have to admire this squad and their highly criticized figurehead. I will brag slightly and have you know that I have long been using the La Russa approach on MLB The Show. Hot Tub Ninja (Brian) can attest to that, often facing my pitcher in the 8th hole and then feeling the wrath of 2 consecutive leadoff hitters.  

It's All About Perspective

As David Freese rounds third base, a faint cry emerges: "That one's for Tony!"

    I really had no clue what to write about for my first official post on this spanking new blog.  T.J. Lang's damaged testicles were definitely an option, as was the goose-bump inducing call by Joe Buck last night 20 years after his father said it best. Countless minor sports options came to mind, but then I remembered that we have a miscellaneous section on this smashing blog of ours! So I decided to write about the future, seeing as it dominates the majority of my thoughts right now. Well, the true reason why I had the idea to write about the future is that I received a letter from my (and Schlaggy's) favorite college...