Earlier yours truly watched some of the Minnesota

Earlier yours truly watched some of the Minnesota  @ San Fran NFL exhibition game. Likely to the surprise of few, the 49ers were giving the Vikes a bit of a beatdown. Then something else happened not once, but twice.

That was a fan running on to the field. Hard telling what provokes certain fans to do such a thing on rare occasions. Maybe too much alcohol, maybe a dare or a bet, or maybe their lover just jilted them in the stands a few minutes earlier and they snapped resulting in them running amok. Who knows?

But the TV people are the ultimate hypocrites when such things happen. In their, ahem, infinite wisdom a while back, the TV folks, likely with the approval of the NFL, decided when such things happened they would not show the person or persons running on the field. Evidently, they came to the conclusion that giving an "idiot" air time would only encourage more copycats to do the same. After all, EVERYBODY wants to be on TV, right? 

nfl jerseys Detroit Tigers' manager Jim Leyland made an astounding statement

Recently, Detroit Tigers' manager Jim Leyland made an astounding statement. When asked if he was an opposing manager, would he consider "pitching around", if not intentionally walking Miguel Cabrera? Leyland replied he might, if there was a "singles" hitter batting behind Cabrera.

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Well, no kidding. Give that man a Marlboro. If the good people in Oslo had a Nobel prize category for stating the obvious, Jimbo would win in a landslide.  But Leyland went on to say he wouldn't do it considering Prince Fielder bats behind Cabrera.

Really? Does that make sense? Or is Leyland up to yet another of his not-so-clever ploys? Let's take a closer look.

In a very recent snapshot, Miguel Cabrera was batting .360, with 43 home runs, and 130 RBIs. The man doesn't appear to have any weaknesses at the plate. Be they fastballs, sliders, curves, change-ups, doesn't matter. Besides anything in the strike zone, he can hit high, low, inside and outside pitches -- hard. Whether the pitcher is a righty or lefty doesn't seem to make any difference either. The man's a walking-talking wrecking machine when he steps into the batter's box. To boot, he's been on a home-run hitting tear since the All-Star game. It seems like every game -- there goes another one.

On the other hand, Prince Fielder had 20 homers, 88 RBIs, and was hitting about .260. A full hundred batting average points behind Cabrera. On top of that, Fielder isn't exactly fleet of foot. 
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The question would seem to be -- why pitch to a proven stud that can hurt you, when you can walk him and have a decent chance of the guy behind him grounding into a double play? 

Yeah, Fielder's 2013 stats beat the hell of out, say, the numbers long-time Tiger Brandon Inge used to put up. But .260 doesn't exactly pose a clear and present danger.  nfl jerseys cheap

If you're an opposing manager -- which guy would you rather pitch to?

I know what I'd do. Whatever happens, I am not, repeat NOT going to let the most dangerous hitter in the world hurt me. I'd put him on base every time and take my chances with the next guy.

Jim Leyland keeps hoping nobody else will figure that out.  cheap nfl football jerseys