Well the men have lost, the women have lost, and I have done my very best to not say "I told you so" to the better half who said I would jinx them if I flew the flag.

Between the BB losses and the continuing kick them when they are down attitude of the media towards the football team and Coach, what's a loyal Buckeye to do. Read something different I guess. So I am.

One thing I have been reading is the nice handwritten thank you I just received back from Coach Tressel, after I sent him a card with note of support and encouragement a couple of weeks ago.

You can't read that from where you are at obviously , but I can recommend something else for you. With baseball season around the corner, and my continuing to do some research on the old Negro Leagues baseball stars for my book, I pulled out and just read for the second time The Soul of Baseball:A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America, by Joe Posnanski. It was every bit as good the second time around as the first, and you can buy it for a song from a used book seller on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The Cleveland Plain Dealer called this "One of the best baseball books in years" it 's not just a baseball book, SI called it Engaging and spirit-lifting and the Detroit Free Press said "If your eyes don't get moist by the end, perhaps the air is too dry in your casket?

It is the perfect spring tonic for some mean spirited things going on in our crazy world right now.