RB James heads to desert, WBC madness and more

	Cuba's red pants are a nice deterrent for anybody thinking about defecting. AP

So Edgerrin James is now a Cardinal? I didn't even know he was Catholic.

It must have been the rich history of Arizona Cardinals running backs that pulled Edgerrin to the Southwest. Or maybe it was the excitement of wearing a bright-red, prison-release-colored uniform that made Edge pack his bags. It certainly couldn't have been for the money, like many people have been writing. The Colts paid James $7 million last year. Every University of Miami player knows that $7 million can buy a lot of rims.

• Daunte Culpepper proved that old people really do love Florida. Daunte decided to get his "roll on" where Ricky Williams rolls his own, and signed a multiyear deal with the Dolphins.

If you scroll through my archives, you will see that I have the Dolphins in next year's Super Bowl. Everyone laughed at first, but with Grampa Daunte taking his achy joints where the average taxpayer looks like an extra from Cocoon, I like the Dolphins' chances even better.

• Doesn't Boston College's basketball coach, Al Skinner, look like Woodsy Owl? Have you ever seen the two of them in the same place? Give a hoot! Don't pollute -- and just make sure you beat Pacific out of the chute.

• After watching more of the World Baseball Classic, I'm 100 percent sold on its importance. Where else can a fan of the great game watch Bartolo Colon pitch at 300 pounds? Holy smokes, this guy's a tank! I have been told that after sex, Colon likes to smoke a ham.

• There has been a lot to cheer about in Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan. Dominicans, Cubans, Venezuelans and Puerto Ricans all have commissioner Bud Selig thinking up a way to write the words to God Bless Latin America.

The crowds in Puerto Rico have been rabid. In my opinion, MLB needs to look no farther than San Juan the next time the league plans to expand. With all the whistles, and with the mascots dancing and singing on top of the dugouts, it sounds like a lot more than 20,000 people are there. If Bud relocates a team like, say, the Brewers to San Juan, he won't have to add any additional seats.

• By the way, do you think the bright red pants are truly a part of Team Cuba's uniform, or are they designed to make it harder to defect?