I'm back bitches

Where to start?
Torii Hunter winning a Gold Glove?
Carlos Silva coming back?
Liriano done for '07?
How about we start with the worst and most boring team in the NFL - the Minnesota Vikings.
Seriously, fuck these guys. I got better things to do than watch them on Sunday.
As much as Brad Childress seems like a decent guy I can't fucking stand him. This is not high school football jackass. Running extra wind sprints and going off-tackle 40 times a game doesn't win in this league.
It's kind of embarassing really.
I know there are people out there who think it was important for the Vikings to clean up their image and instill more discipline after last year, but count me among those who don't give a shit what the players do in their spare time.
Want to drive drunk? Bang hookers in stairways? Smoke weed, pay for hummers on a cruise-ship? Guess what, if you're good at playing football - GO RIGHT AHEAD. I DONT CARE.
Vikings tickets are ridiculously overpriced. If I'm gonna pay $75 to $100 to watch a football game, I'd prefer to watch talented athletes than a bunch of mediocre boy-scouts.
Of course, the Vikings actually do still have some talent on their roster, they just have a dumbass coach who either doesn't know how or doesn't want to win with it.
Childress didn't take over a 3-13 team. If he did, none of this would bother me.
He inherited a 9-7 team with plenty of talent. But it's apparent that he isn't interested in winning for another couple of years. Fuck him. I'm not watching this team anymore.
*The Gold Glove is officially the stupidest award in baseball. Torii Hunter was above average at best this year (those were even his own words in describing his play) and detrimental to the team's pitching and defense at worst. Yet he won another Gold Glove.
Hopefully Hunter will be closer to 100% next year, but even if he is, the guy's on the wrong side of 30. The Spider-Man days are probably over.
*It might seem ridiculous to pay Carlos Silva $4.25 million, but with Liriano gone, the Twins need a veteran arm in their rotation, and they decided to stick with what they know. Going out and getting a free-agent like Steve Trachsel or Jeff Suppan would've cost at least as much. Silva will probably never be as good as he was in 2005, but hopefully he won't be as bad as he was in 2006. If he can eat 200 innings with an ERA anywhere under 5, that'd be alright, I suppose.
*Liriano's surgery is good news. Because that means it's gonna get fixed.
I'm kind of pissed the Twins didn't decide on surgery right away, but I'd be even more upset if they went all the way to spring training thinking the ligament in his elbow was going to somehow magically regenerate all by itself. The Twins '07 chances obviously take a big hit without him, but he's the most precious arm in the bigs, and getting him fixed long term is more important.
*Anyone catch the Gopher mens basketball team getting beat by Winona State the other day? Nice. Might as well sign Monson to an extension, too.
It's been a long time since Gopher football and mens' bball have both been so bad at the same time.
* Not much better for the T-Wolves. After winning their first two, they've gone back to being a lifeless team with no direction, no identity. 2nd round draft pick Craig Smith has been a pleasant surprise, but new point guard Mike James hasn't done anything. Might want to go out and catch a game at Target Center this year, because it'll probably be your last chance to see Kevin Garnett in a Wolves uniform.
*Thank God for the Wild. They're 11-4, even with top scorer Marion Gaborik injured for much of the early going. The Wild look like a lock for the playoffs, and if they can get and stay healthy, could compete for a division title, which would guarantee them at least a 3-seed.
I never thought the Wild would become my second favorite team, but that's how bad the Vikings and Wolves have gotten.