You know what time it is…SSP!!!
Check me out on ESPNEWS “The Hot List” at 5:10 ET this afternoon.  I’ll be talking about this Sheffield/Torre stuff.

Business…here’s a look at players that have other team’s numbers.
So I decided to kinda take a day off today. Usually, I try to make Thursday the off day, but that didn’t totally work out this week. Anyway, I’m on my couch being as useless as possible.
Friend of mine just mentions that she’s watching a classic episode of A Different World–Whitley’s wedding.
You may recall this one. After breaking off her previous engagement to Dwayne, Whitley is set to marry Byron Douglas III. In real life, he’s Joe Morton–AKA Brother From Another Planet.
Long of the short…the wedding comes, Whitley’s at the altar, and Dwayne decides he wants to marry her and it must be done and he comes charging down the aisle to claim his wife.
Byron asks him what the hell he’s doing–I believe that’s a quote–and Dwayne apologizes for his clear, obvious violation of the Code. Guess you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Plus, I’m sure he was playing on the fact that Whitley kept thinking, “didn’t you take your eye out once?” Not sexy.
Well, lemme tell you–yeah, you, you, you, you and especially you–what the deal is.
(ahem)
If anybody tries any monkeyshit like that at my wedding, you will be dealt with. Dudes that might wanna do that will get nicely acquainted with the groom’s party and my brother. Trust me on this one–you want no parts of any of them. I’m the only skinny one, but I ain’t the tallest.
And ladies…well, that’s not the best way to meet my future mother-in-law. Pleasebeleedat.
It’s funny how I found this scene to be so romantic and things when it happened. Thought it was beautiful that these two characters we’d followed for years made it work, even if it went down to the 11th hour.
But there’s one big problem–Dwayne showed absolutely no regard for the Code. None. That’s the most flagrant disrespect for the governing dynamics of a G’s life there could possibly be. You had your chance, pimp. You blew it. It beez like that sometimes. Take it to the side and look for some other chick that has nothing “going for her” other than being light-skinned.
Don’t matter that she was with it. You got the woman, but you lost the Code. And while having a woman love you forever is a spectacular thing, you’re gonna need the Code at some point. And the Code will scoff at you, you fairweather G you.
Ain’t gotta worry about that at mine, though. Along with holy matrimony, my wedding will take place in the spirit of the Code. And if you don’t give the Code its respect, it will be taken.
So come. Sit. Cry. Smile. Eat afterwards. See what’s up with the bridesmaids. I believe they’ll all be single. Couple of the groomsmen, too. Have a ball.
But stay in your lane. Whether it’s my freeway orsomeone else’s, stay in your lane. Show some respect.
And don’t let watching too much TV get you made an example of.

Business…here’s today’s Jump.  Also, another piece coming later today.
Oh, and chat with me at noon ET.  That’s pretty much now.

…how did you stumble upon this site?  That was raised in the comments of a different post, and I’m kinda curious.  Most folks that read this, I’ve found, didn’t quite get here from Page 2.  Kinda interesting to find these things out, especially as the voice of the site has changed a bit.
Plus, having a real job doesn’t allow the time to blog that I used to have.  I really miss that.  Rappin’ with y’all has been one of the most fulfilling things to happen to me in a long while.
And business…here’s today’s Jump.  Doing it on Thursday, too.