Little help?

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reportedly fired Grady Little and hired Joe Torre as manager. Poor Grady can’t catch a break. He has a .552 career winning percentage and has never had a losing season in four years with the Red Sox and Dodgers and yet he’s now been fired for the second time. I feel kind of sorry for the guy. Now that the Sox have won two championships in four years since we left, can we find it in our hearts to forgive him for 2003, Red Sox Nation?

Boor-as

Agent Scott Boras has apologized for announcing during Game 4 of the World Series that client Alex Rodriguez was opting out of the final three years of his contract. If you believe Boras is actually sorry for his classless act, then you also believe he and A-Rod will be looking for a new deal with a team that gives him the best chance to win.

Romo gets a promo

Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys agreed to a six-year, $67 million contract extension. More power to Romo, who frankly hasn’t proven enough yet to earn a six-year extension. It’s tough to blam the Cowboys, either, because Romo at least seems to be headed for at least a good career. But it speaks to the lack of talent at the quarterback position in the NFL that someone as unproven as Romo can get a $67 million contract, with $30 million guaranteed.

Brazil nuts for World Cup

Brazil has been chosen to host the 2014 World Cup. But then, Brazil was the only candidate to host the 2014 World Cup. Something about this doesn’t feel right. Nobody else wants to host a lucrative event like the World Cup seven years from now? Is someone planning a coup? Can Brazil even have a coup? Will someone tell us by then whether we’re supposed to place the emphasis on the first or last syllable of Pele? Is Kaka going to have to change his name? No, this doesn’t add up at all.

Any excuse to rally

They were swept in the World Series, but the Colorado Rockies will get a rally in downtown Denver today to celebrate the National League pennant they won. Boston fans were on the verge of ridiculing their Denver rivals until someone reminded them that they held a rally for Ray Bourque when he won the Stanley Cup – in Colorado.

Satellite state

Connecticut officials are upset that the university’s first game as a ranked football team, to be played Saturday night against Rutgers, will be televised on ESPNU, which is not carried by a major cable provider in the state. So, what, they don’t have sports bars in the state of Connecticut? Nobody has a dish? I’ve driven through some parts of Connecticut where they’ve got dishes on top of their dishes. If the earth ever loses its gravitational pull and all of the satellites hurtle off into space, the first state to panic will be Connecticut.