What Bothers You, Bothers Me Too

The Schloss-Blog usually talks about what bothers him, but today, we want to talk about what bothers you.

For instance, does it bother you that for all of their complaining, the Republicans are complaining about the process of the impeachment inquiry but not the actual items that will become lines in the Articles of Impeachment, should they be drafted (when they are drafted)?

For instance, does it bother you that ESPN keeps telling you what any certain team's chances are - in specific percentages - of making the College Football Playoff or the NFL playoffs, respectively? I can do that just by eyeballing any team's remaining schedule, as I'm sure you can too. How the heck do they figure out the specific percentages anyway? Who does ESPN think it is, Caesers Palace?

Does it bother you that Jim Jordan of Ohio is a jerk, just a jerk? This is a guy who, as an assistant wrestling coach, allegedly did not report sexual violations in his program but he's more than eager to accuse anyone who's not a Republican of every crime, violation and ethical misjudgment he can possibly think of.

Does it bother you that the Houston Astros have once again been accused of overt cheating, this time stealing signs with sophisticated technology and then communicating them to their hitters with garbage can drum rolls and whistles? Last time, the Astros were accused of hacking into the St. Louis Cardinals' computer systems and were fined for it.

Who do they think they are, the New England Patriots?

Speaking of the Patriots, Tom "I'm gonna' play until I'm 45" Brady has been putting up rather pedestrian numbers of late, especially since starting off the season with two spectacular games and another pretty good one. His QBR, that rating thing the NFL loves, is now at 58.6 though for the season, pretty ordinary. Worse than ordinary.

There is not another Gronk out there to save him or another Edelman or even a Welker. The prediction here, Gisele talks him into retiring (she's retired) and "banged-up" Andrew Luck comes out of retirement to replace him, while Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels becomes head coach in Bill Belichick's place.

Just watch. At least that would put an end to Belichick's entertaining press conferences.

But does it surprise anyone else not that Roger Stone was found guilty, rather quickly, of all seven counts against him, but that Trump could pardon him? Will he? Or would doing so be an admission of Trump's own guilt? Stone lied to Congress and federal investigators to protect Trump as part of the Mueller investigation (remember that?). He regularly predicted he'd be acquitted. Looks like he who lives in glass houses shouldn't be named Stone.

Ask Paul Manafort about a Trump pardon. Ask Mike Flynn. Ask Rick Gates. Ask George Papadopoulos (remember him - he started this whole thing). Heck, ask Celebrity Apprentice contestant Rod Blagojevich. His prize was a prison sentence.

The Mueller investigation, however, so dismissed by the president and his congressional patsies, continues to knock out home runs.

Finally, does it bother anyone that the Bears passed on Patrick Mahomes and DeShaun Watson in the draft to take Mitchell Trubisky? You get what you pay for and boy, did the Bears pay for this. If the Bears don't make the playoffs, should GM Ryan Pace be dusting off his resume?

Calling it a  night. Good night Mrs. Calabash. No radio show tonight - technical difficulties.