IF MANNY RAMIREZ WERE YOUR TAILBACK

I just either saw Manny Ramirez or Sideshow Bow doff his helmet--again--trying to score from second base in Game 3 of the World Series. It looked as if Manny made a nice slide at home (did the hokey-pokey slide: "you put your arm in/you pull your arm out") but was called out anyway. My feeling? The ump called him out out of spite.

Anyway, what happens if Manny's habit becomes a trend? If football players start throwing their helmets off mid-play? Will this catch on?

Craig "I left ESPN for CBS ten years ago and Kirk Herbstreit totally owns that role now" James just said, "Hartford, Massachusetts." He's from Texas.

In all this football viewing, I hope you didn't miss the "Quill Book Awards". I believe my local NBC affiliate aired them at 7 p.m. Or maybe it was ABC. One of them. Anyway, nothing says glamour and glitz quite like authors walking the red carpet. " Why can't Helen Mirren write an autobiography already?