20 Questions which need Answers

1. First and foremost, after listening to today's game, why am I a Cubs fan? Even when they come back and win like today, it physically drains me to follow them. Why am I a Cubs fan? Wait, I'll answer that one, because following them physically drains me.

2. Is it just me or is Larry Brown the most selfish coach ever? For a guy who preaches selflessness on the court, doesn't he always just do what is best for himself?

3. Is there a correlation between amount of air/print time spent on stories or individuals by those in the sporting news world and how much animosity there is towards them?

4. JG touched on this the other day, but who would you rather be in this situation; Sidney Ponson or Phil Nevin? Ponson is in the position of someone at ESPN almost getting fired until Max Kellerman decided not to take their job. If you're Ponson, don't you throw every game on purpose? He hasn't been throwing well all season, so this wouldn't even be that hard to disguise!

5. How long will or should I say can the Curt Shilling bull-pen experiment possibly last?

6. Which will happen first, Danika Patrick wins an Indy Car race or Michelle Wie wins a professional event? Oh yeah, and who cares, no really, who seriously cares? Anybody, anybody, Bueller, anybody?

7. When are the Brewers going to take our advice and make the nickname of Miller Park, The Keg, and start referring to it as such?

8. Is there a better indicator throughout color commentators as to how a team is doing than Ron Santo?

9. Would you accept free season tickets right behind home plate for you favorite team if there was not a protective net hanging there? How about if you weren't allowed to bring a glove?

10. Non sports related, but why did this heat wave all of a sudden become national news when it hit the east coast and not when it was making us Midwesterners wish for death?

***Horrible joke warning***

Man, 4:00, I need another hour of work like Matt Clement needs another liner to the head! Oh, too soon?

(Seriously, Matt, get better, hope you can regain your old form and have no lasting side effects. It looked quite vicious.)

11. How long will it be until the New York/ Larry Brown love fest turns into booing and Larry wanting out? Oh yeah, two years, never mind.

12. Will anyone ever care about cycling again, ever? Not many people did before, but Lance Armstrong put a face on the sport, now it has nothing. So, seriously, will this ever again matter?

13. When will Wes just admit to everyone in Austin that he is in fact Abe?

14. If the Brewers don't make a run at a playoff berth in 2007, what then?

15. How can Drew Rosenhaus get up in the morning, look himself in the mirror, and not want to punch himself?

16. Who wins more games this year, Packers or Bears?

17. Is anyone actually excited that hockey is going to be back and just had their first day of business again since the lockout? Why do we as fans still put up with this?

18. Would we have our own sponsored website if The Daily Brew had come out when we first started this whole ordeal?

19. How many of the lines from Wedding Crashers does everyone think I can use at the wedding I am going to be at this Friday? Fine, I won't be that guy, but you're taking all the fun away.

20. Why do the Cubs want to try and make someone a closer who has a strikeout to walk ratio of just under 2.4 to 1, and has been quite wild this season (21 walks in 54 innings)? I don't understand this. Also, since we (Cubs fans) all know he will never be the pitcher he was during the 2003 run, why don't they try and trade him? Actually, this deserves it's own column.