This Little Piggy, Wisconsin Version

All around Green Bay Packer Nation, there's no bigger game right now than This Little Piggy...since the little piggy in question is on the left foot of Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

We've all been anxious as Rodgers plays through the injury. We've all wondered whether he'll have surgery or not. And how will it affect his performance.

As Rodgers & his toe goes, so go the Packers. At least that's how it seems as Green Bay heads into the final five games of the regular season, taking a 9-3 record with it. Thankfully, three of those are at home and the finale is against the woeful Detroit Lions.

So Packer fans, join me in saying This Little Piggy Went Wee Wee Wee...all the way to the Super Bowl.

It's about time! Baseball has finally corrected an injustice and is putting Buck O'Neil in the Hall Of Fame. This great from the Negro Leagues, never given a chance to play in Major League Baseball because of the color barrier, should have been named a HOFer when he was still alive and could savor the moment.

Having read a lot about the Negro Leagues, and O'Neil, I continue to admire the men who played then. Some pretty amazing athletes. And you gotta hand it to O'Neil. He could have been bitter about the fact that he never got the opportunity, but never was. As a manager and scout, he helped guys like Ernie Banks and Willie Mays take the giant step he was never allowed to take.

In the later stages of his life, O'Neil was pretty much a constant presence at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, ready to talk baseball and tell stories to anyone and everyone.  And if you're a true baseball fan, you have to make this trip and visit it.

So, prior to the end of baseball's current CBA, there were a LOT of free agent signings and movement. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder, Avi Garcia, for example, inked a deal with the Miami Marlins.

Good for Avi, I say. Hope it works out for him and he enjoys the quiet and solitude in Marlins Park.

Quiet and solitude, you ask. Well, the Marlins don't draw flies when it comes to attendance. Since 2018, they have averaged 10,000 or less -- this past season, just 7,934 per game. The Brewers, on the other hand, averaged over 22,000 fans. And keep in mind that, for much of the season, they were limited to numbers due to Covid. For example, only about 11,000 of us got to attend opening day for a game that usually sells out to over 42,000!

In 15 of the last 16 seasons, Miami has ranked dead last in the National League in attendance. So Garcia will have a lot of quiet time to think during games.

Minnesota Gold Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan is coming back for his SIXTH college season, Perhaps he should change his name to Tenure??

This past weekend, week 13 for the NFL, Green Bay had it's bye week. Pretty late, for sure, and I pictured millions of Packer fans shuffling around Wisconsin, feeling out of place and out of sorts without their Green & Gold heroes in action.