Absence

The Donut is off to Italy for a few weeks R & R.

But, please come back here around the beginning of October. Who knows what'll be going on then.

The Premier League will be in full swing - or is it now the Catch the Chelsea League.

England play Austria and Poland in must win World Cup qualifiers.

I'm assuming the Nats will be mathematically eliminated by then.

Who will be calling plays for the 'Skins?

We might have calmed down over here following the Ashes victory.

And, the NHL can't be that far away.

Finally...the U.S. got beat by Cuba in the quarter-finals of the World Cup Baseball tournament. Diegomar Markwell (who I think used to pitch in the Blue Jays system) shut out Puerto Rico to take the home side, Holland, to the semi-finals. They play South Korea, surprise winners over Japan. Cuba take on the dangerous Panamanians.