Smokey the Chimp's (Late) Morning Roundup

Reporting to you at the crack of noon, here's what's happenin' in the world today:
Hey folks, Smokey the Chimp here. It was a rough weekend here at NMTE as my rally monkey brethren gave the Sox and their fans all they could handle in Anaheim for the past couple of days. Needless to say, Ben is feeling a bit under the weather this morning and has asked me to fill in the gaps while he recuperates. Let’s go to the headlines!

The Royals followed up their 19-game losing streak snapping win against the A’s on Saturday with a dramatic extra innings win on Sunday. Somewhere Mickey Tettleton, Billy Ripkin and Joe Orsulak are weeping into their hands.

I just drafted Lawrence Phillips onto my fantasy football team...is that a bad thing?

Young Eli Manning’s elbow injury, sustained in the second quarter of the Giants’ preseason game against the Panthers, is just “a sprain and a bruise” according to Giants coach Tom Coughlin, ending speculation that Manning’s injury could be worse than it is. Manning’s status, says Coughlin, is “week to week”.

The Yankees Randy Johnson gave up 4 home runs in one inning, including to three consecutive batters—Tad Iguchi, Aaron Rowand and Paul Konerko—in a 6-2 loss to the White Sox on Sunday that dropped them 4 games behind the AL East leading Red Sox.

And speaking of those Red Sox…meh, I’ll let Ben take care of that when he’s back.

That’s my time, folks. Enjoy Dexy’s Midnight Runners.