Sunday Hits...

* In several of his latest blog posts, Peter Gammons has continually utilized the term "rat" to describe Brian McNamee as well as other generic informers in the Mitchell investigation. While players through MLB should receive a lion's share of the blame for not seeking to bring this issue to the forefront instead of watching their collective reputations flushed down the toilet, is it a wonder that so few would step forward when one of the most respected baseball journalists is tossing unseemly terms like "rat" around? Yes, McNamee only began releasing names when faced with criminal indictment and long prison sentences, but the motivation does not lessen the veracity of his statements.

* Hoping for an entertaining BCS championship game tomorrow night. But, with a team that has had a month off to recover from injuries sustained during their bruising run through the SEC, it's hard to see Ohio State keep up. If the Buckeyes can establish the run and pound away with Beanie Wells, they could make a game of it. But, I don't see the Buckeyes keeping Glenn Dorsey and Co. from getting penetration and halting the running game. Of course, if it is a tight, close game, I'll likely have to watch the end on my DVR since I have a flag football game. God, my team sucks. Nice guys, bad hands.

* The Giants are impressing in a rout of the Buccaneers. Their offensive and defensive lines are playing some physical football. Ahmad Bradshaw continues to contribute in the change of pace role for the offense, which was an important addition after they lost the productive Dedric Ward earlier this season.

* I understand that people oftentimes vote for candidates who best represent their own personal beliefs. In the case of Mike Huckabee, evangelicals boosted him to a larger than expected winning margin in Iowa. But, isn't a concern that, in a time when a president with a grasp of the foreign policy issues that surround the United States is vital to the nation's interests, Huckabee has repeatedly demonstrated an incomplete and inaccurate knowledge of world affairs?