Head-Butt earns Respect

Well, I lost $20 on France* perhaps due to an ill-timed head-butt, but the French Captain may have gained countless fans across the Atlantic with his display of brutality. From what I can tell, the assorted NFL, NBA, and NHL fans in the new world would love to see this guy suit up over here as long as he kept it real and made some heads roll. We may not quite get soccer, but we do appreciate violence. Shit--maybe WWE or roller derby. I'm not too worried about my loss, since I have run my stake on bet365 poker up to $1800. Currently the Red Sox look tough enough to put my White Sox money in jeopardy, so this could end up being my first losing season betting on MLB futures. If they met in the ALCS I think the Red Sox would have a tougher time of it, but I think the White Sox are a bit more vulnerable in a short series. I still have money on the Tigers too, so we'll see where they fit into this when the smoke clears.

*roQQ boTTom must disclose that his judgement may have been impaired by the minute amount of French blood in his family. He still thinks France at 23-20 was a better bet than Italy at whatever the odds were. He believed that the game was a tossup, and since the game was decided on penalty kicks this seems to have been the case.

**Note that I never say Zidane through the entire post--not to mention whatever his first name is...yep, this is your Soccer handicapper talking--rQQbTT