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Big news in the baseball world today is the New York Mets signing Jason Bay to a big-time deal, 4-years at $66 million. I like the signing for the Mets. They desperately need a left fielder to roam ever since Moises Alou left. And they got themselves a big name. But I don’t like the move for Bay. He’s coming out of career years in Boston, where he hit 45 homers in his 200 games. I know for a fact these numbers won’t carry over.

Baseball today isn’t about power hitters like it was in the Summer of 1998. Bay can surely slug for the fences, but he won’t in Citi Field. It destroyed David Wright and now I expect it to take a toll on Bay. It’s not a hitters park, it’s a pitchers park. It’s just a gigantic field. Wright goes from 33 homers in 2008 to 10 homers in 2009. That’s a big drop. Bay’s going to have to become a better hitter now, and become more relaxed and play the ball where he can. If he hit .267 in 2009, I expect that to get worse in 2010. It’s an interesting move considering Bay is only 31 and in the prime of his career.

Anybody considered the low media attention the Colts and Saints are getting after 14 weeks? They’re UNDEFEATED, yet it doesn’t seem that way. I’ve got a theory as to why.

Sports in the United States come down to two cities, New York and Los Angeles. If you reside here, we’ll you’re part of the craziness. I think I’ve heard more this year on Mark Sanchez’s up and down’s and his bum knee injury than I have on Drew Brees’s magical numbers. Bottom line is, these media outlets are bottom feeders. They’re the hamster on the wheel that never stops. They’re pipe out any story they can just to be a story.

Week after week two years back, the Patriots we’re undefeated and getting the glory. I count them in Boston, which is another huge city. So that explains their attention. Being undefeated is a big deal. Imagine if they win out and meet up in the Super Bowl. Biggest game EVER?

I don’t think either of these two teams win out, and maybe the Colts lose tonight against Jacksonville. But let’s give some attention to them. Winning isn’t supposed to be easy in the NFL, every game is to be tough. This is unheard of play.

I’m looking forward to the Heisman ceremony tomorrow night on ESPN. I can honestly say I’ve never gotten psyched for this before. But that’s what happens when somebody is in it that kept you glued to the TV all year, and that would be Ndamukong Suh.

What a year it’s been for the big fella. Does he win it tomorrow night? Probably not. I personally think that if he blocks the last-second field goal in the Big XII Championship game, then he does. You need a Heisman moment, and that would have been his. I won’t be disappointed if he doesn’t. It’s the fact that he made it there, on center stage, as a defensive player. That’s just unheard of.

He’s undoubtedly the best interior lineman I’ve seen play at Nebraska. He runs through people.

Since Heisman’s are a beauty contest, Mark Ingram of Alabama will win. He had his moments on the best defense in the country with Florida last Saturday. Suh will get second followed by Toby Garhart, Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow.

Want an easy laugh? I got a kick out of this photo shopped image of Tiger Woods floating around today . The joy of the Internet can add a new dimension to how we view things. Now I don’t support Tiger for what he did. And I wish him good luck towards reaching back to his wife. All athletes cheat, but who would have guessed Tiger? The most cleanest of clean guys it seemed out there? How he’s so focused on the golf course now after these stories have stirred up is unbelievable. And how he easily swept these girls under the rug for so long and not having his wife find out. But in the end, this is bad timing. The Holidays are a time for gathering and he’d be lucky to get a sniff at his family this month.

If you asked me whether Mark Mangino was safe at Kansas, I’d say no. We’ve seen it in the past, any coach that answers questions about their future sees the writing on the wall. It happened here to Frank Solich. It happened to Bill Callahan. It’s been talked about for awhile now between Bobby Bowden, Charlie Weis and just this weekend with Mangino. You’re just not safe, and if Mangino thinks he can defend himself and his football program by going on radio stations and in newspapers, he’s wrong. The damage is done.

I credit Mangino for what he’s done since going to Kansas in 2002. He’s taken them from being down under. But six straight losses, anger management problems, and soon no bowl game will account to being fired. It would be scary to be a week-to-week coach. But winning is what cures. They’re not winning now, and won’t win anytime soon once recruits jump ship and a guy like Dezmon Briscoe declares early for the NFL Draft.

When LeBron James came out last week and said he’s giving up No. 23 after this year and wearing No. 6 for the remainder of the season, I quickly sided with him. It’s not his number and we all know that. “If I’m not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it,” James said. Maybe he’s showing some admiration for Michael Jordan. Maybe it’s genuine respect for MJ. But it brings up a good question: How come the NBA hasn’t retired Jordan’s number yet? The NBA surely owes him some respect.

As for LeBron, he should have been his own guy in the first place. We all knew of the God he was going to be coming out of high school. But the moment he stepped into the NBA, he should have worn his own number and been himself. Dwyane Wade wears No. 3 and Carmelo Anthony wears No. 15. Those are unique to them. Problem for LeBron is, he was the poster child to Mike. He was almost forced to wear No. 23. He was the guy to rejuvenate basketball and he surely has since. But without MJ, is there even a King James?

So good move LeBron, it doesn’t seem arrogant to me. You’re a class act. Nobody has the merit to wear No. 23, and it’s crazy enough that 13 players wear it. Is this LeBron’s foreshadowing move towards New York next year? Or is he just saying he will never surpass the standard of Jordan?

I got an ESPN text alert this morning that Kansas City released running back Larry Johnson. Was I surprised? No, not at all. This was a move that was a long time coming. Now, I’m bugged at the fact that the Chiefs didn’t try to get anything for him. Immediately some team out there will pounce on him, and who knows, maybe Oakland (ha ha). A long shot may be Washington since Clinton Portis went down this weekend.

Point is- anyone that attacks their head coach or front offices should be unemployed. When Johnson went after Todd Haley and called him slurs, that should have been the end there. You don’t criticize your head coach.

The question just now turns to, well what’s the answer in K.C.? After nine weeks, it’s clearly not Matt Cassell. How do you figure anymore? They’re still a horrible team. I don’t mind this move, maybe it stirs things up. The Chiefs need a break, and this will clearly help.