Tuesday Musings.

- I was in Toronto last week and while driving from appointment to appointment in the afternoon I had the pleasure of listening to Kim Mitchell on Q107. I was a little cynical when I heard he would be doing this as a full time gig, but I can honeslty say he's great. His stories are top notch and the fact that Q doesn't play anything released post 1986 works well for Kim because he has partied and jammed with half the musicians he's playing. The only problem is that he doesn't seem to play his own tunes which means I have to switch channels to get my "I am a Wild Party" fix.

- The Jays should not feel too bad about not signing Ted Lilly or Gil Meche. The money they got was insane and Lilly had a career year last year because it was a contract year. He'll never be that good again. The Jays have a great 1-2-3 in Halladay, Burnett, and Chacin. If they can get any consistency from a number four guy they will be fine. But I think they should trade Vernon Wells for that pitching right now. With the money JD Drew got Wells price tag just jumped to at least $16 million a year.

- The money that JD Drew got from the Red Sox is obscene but only if you're not a Yanks or Sox fan. The signing made perfect sense for Boston (unless Drew starts to cry when the fans got on him because he's soft). They are in it to make the playoffs and if Drew helps get them there they will make his salary in 2 home playoff gates. They need another good defensive outfielder, which Drew is, and he can protect Manny in the lineup. And Manny will never be traded. Every year he asks to get traded, it doesn't happen and he shows up and mashes .320-45-130. Manny's goofy but he's also the best hitter of his age group.

- Cindy Klassen deserved to win the Lou Marsh Award as Canada's top athlete. This award is really for the best amatuer athlete in Canada. Justin Morneau would have also been a good choice for his AL MVP year which is more improtant (and more profitable as far as endorsements go). But the most impressive athlete in Canada right now is Steve Nash. As someone who watches a lot of basketball I can't emphasize enough how miraculous it is that a 6 foot something, white point guard from Victoria is the two time NBA MVP. And not only that, he has been the leading force in changing the NBA game to uptempo again. For those of you who don't watch the NBA, a couple years ago the NBA was as unbearable to watch as the NHL was. Horrible offense, defensive mugging and 75-65 final scores. Nash changed all that and made the league exciting to watch again.

- The more things change....Nice to see new Liberal leader Stephane Dion taking the low road and referring to the Harpers "neo-conservative ideology" and Bill Graham comparing the Tories to Nazis by using the name of a former Nazi propagandist during question period. I thought having a bright guy like Dion in charge would help raise the level of debate in the house. Apparently I was wrong. Pathetic.

- Now that bumbling fool Zaccardielli has resigned as head of the RCMP the Tories should depoliticize the role of RCMP Commissioner and have him report to a parliament officer or committee, and not have him report to a Minister while being himself a Deputy Minister.

- At 30 games into the season in the NHL teams are what they are right now. And Leafs, and especially Sens fans - what you are is .500. Deal with it. These teams just are not very good.

- If Minnesota trades for Allen Iverson it will be a disaster. AI has proven repeatedly he can't play with another all-star on his team. He takes terrible shots (sure he always leads the league in scoring but he shoots 40% doing it), has to have the ball in his hands all the time and can't handle having someone better than him on the team. And Kevin Garnett is a lot better than AI.