I’m Boned.

Well, I got screwed last night when Blake Griffin (who is a black ginger, by the way. Does that mean he still has no soul?) and Oklahoma beat Syracuse, who I had in the Final Four, and defending champs Kansas got knocked out by Michigan State. That leaves me in 11th place and embarrassingly behind MN Preacher, just when I had a really good joke about the fact that Jesus must not care about his picks.

Rank	Team Name	Score	Correct	Best Score	Best Correct	Champion
1	Some Chick	77	45	165	51	Pittsburgh (190)
2	Benny Bagels	76	44	172	51	Pittsburgh (127)
3	Big Broski	74	42	162	48	Louisville (158)
4	Our Lawyer	73	42	169	49	Connecticut (165)
4	Wogga Bear	73	42	145	47	Pittsburgh (104)
6	Chuck Miller	72	41	168	48	Oklahoma (144)
6	AngryBlackAle	72	43	168	50	North Carolina (160)
8	Coach K	68	41	132	45	Pittsburgh (162)
9	Barry Obama	67	38	155	44	North Carolina (155)
10	MN Preacher	66	38	154	44	Louisville (136)
11	Done	61	38	133	43	Connecticut (201)
12	TPTBNL	60	37	140	42	North Carolina (151)
13	Jimmy Junk	59	36	123	40	Pittsburgh (142)
14	CutFromLittleLeague	41	27	121	32	North Carolina (186)
15	george freeman	0	0	0	0	()

The big Sox news this morning is that the rotation has been set (with no surprises) up until the first time that they need a fifth starter (April 12). It’ll be Beckett, Lester, the Wiggler, and Wake for those first four spots and the fifth spot will likely be up to how Brad Penny performs this afternoon against the Twins (this one is for the Mayors Cup, 1:00 on NESN). Buchholz, who is obviously out to show me us since I spent the winter advocating his departure in a trade for Jarrod Saltalamacchia (0.46 ERA), is the other guy up for the job in the embarrassingly deep Red Sox rotation, but will likely start the season in Pawtucket if Penny proves that he can be ready for the 12th.

It’s another beautiful 55 degree spring day in Boston, the Sox are on at one and I’m losing in my NCAA bracket. Spring must be here.

F winter.

Go Sox.

Done.