What's it feel like to play right field for the Cubs?

This week I took my son to his first baseball game at Chicago's storied Wrigley Field. What he didn't know was that he was taking his dad to HIS first game at Wrigley as well.

As cool as the experience was, nothing beat a sneak peek through an open fence just below the right field foul pole. Which enabled me to capture the feeling of standing on the green grass yourself (see photo). You can practically taste the Copenhagen dip in your left cheek.

Vrabel jumps on the C-Bus

Former Ohio State linebacker Mike Vrabel has agreed to return to his alma mater and join coach Luke Fickel's staff. It's good to see people passing up the money and going back to help fix problems the schools they used to play/coach for are facing.

Coach Vrabel should take heart in the fact that the same storyline is playing out at that school three hours to the north. Greg Mattison gave up the defensive-minded coach's dream job - running the defense of the Baltimore Ravens, and coaching the best defensive player in pro football, Ray Lewis - to come back and remedy what that used to be the cornerstone of Bo Schembechier's Big Ten championship teams. Last year the Wolverines defense ranked 110th in Division 1 (yes, there are that many D-1 teams). Coach Matt used to be Lloyd Carr's defensive coordinator in the 1990s, and built the defense into the wall that ultimately shut down twelve straight opponents and won the national championship in 1997.

Vrabel is coming back to help something that has yet to be completely defined: the level his beloved Buckeyes will have fallen once the NCAA lowers the boom on the program. Not a power move, be sure. But an easy choice for someone who bleeds scarlet and gray. He's still a Buckeye, but he's a good man in my book.