Wednesday Roundup

Here's your wrapup for a relatively slow Philly sports day.....

Flyers sign free agent Geoff Sanderson - I suppose the missing person alert can be withdrawn as Clarkie finally signed a guy that casual hockey fans have heard of. Signing the 34 year old Geoff Sanderson (pictured above) was a great move....if it was 1999! In all seriousness, signing a guy that scored 25 goals last season has to help. I'm just afraid that he could turn into this year's version of Brian Savage.

Primeau not giving up yet - Thanks, Captain. Way to be a leader and help out the team. This is where Clarkie needs advice from cold blooded Joe Banner. Do you think the Eagles' bean counter would let a player with a history of injuries tie up his beloved cap space? Didn't think so. In any event, some guy "in the know" from my Flyers message board claims that Primeau has been told by his doctor to hang up the skates and it is only a matter of time before he retires and takes a scouting job with the team. At this point, we can only be so lucky.


The "Casa Bonita" South Park episode - (This story fits into the "other interesting topics" category that this blog will cover.) One of the top five episodes in South Park history was re-aired tonight on Comedy Central. Damn, I love this episode. The plot involved a plan put in place by Cartman where he tried to get in Kyle's good graces so that he'd get invited to his birth day party at a local Mexican Restaurant, Casa Bonita. In the process, Cartman hid Butters in a bomb shelter and at a Dump for an entire week in order to open up a free spot so he could be invited to the party. The entire town was looking for Butters and when he was finally located the South Park police went looking for Cartman and chased him into Casa Bonita, which led to a hysterical ending. This is truly a classic episode and I highly recommend it. Interestingly, Casa Bonita is a real place in Denver, CO. I was flabbergasted by this tidbit.

Bobby Abreu gets a big 9th inning hit to prevent a sweep in San Diego - Boy, Bobby must really want to be traded. He's now even producing in the clutch. Right now, he's reminding me of an NBA player who plays hard in the last year of his deal in order to get a bigger deal in free agency. Although, I don't think whatever he does in the next week will impact whether he gets traded. The more I read, the more it seems like he won't be traded.