My kids are horribly addicted to television and whenever their favorite shows go to commercials, they pretty much spend the entire time pointing to whatever toy happens to be advertising and saying, “I want that.”
My answer is always one of three five things.
- “You don’t need that.”
- “You already have that.”
- “We can’t afford that.”
- “Not a chance.”
- “Maybe Santa will bring it for Christmas.”
I get the feeling the winter GM meetings in baseball are little like that. You get the team brass together in a hotel room or wherever they stay, and they talk about all the things they want for the upcoming year while the GM provides answers pretty much similar to the ones I give my kids whenever they see a commercial for Little Princess’ Bake & Fun Kitchen or whatever.
In that spirit, let’s take a look at some of the sports-related things that I would like to receive for Christmas.
- A brand-new Cubs’ Fukudome jersey. Of course, for this to happen the Cubs need to sign him. Answer: Somewhere between “Maybe Santa will bring it for Christmas” and “We can’t afford it.”
- An 2007 Rose Bowl Champions Fighting Illini T-shirt. Answer: I hate to admit it, but it’s probably “Not a chance.”
- A Devin Hester 2007 Highlight package. Answer: “You already have that.”
- A “No Yankees, Red Sox, Patriots or Barry Bonds Day” gift certificate from ESPN. Answer: “Not a chance.”
I’m sure there are other things. What do you think?
