Interesing that people are starting to take sides in the Davis-hedrick controversy. I assert to anyone who has taken sides thus far that we don't have the slightest clue as to the facts of the controversy and that anyone who expresses an opinion is doing so based solely on their own preconceptions and biases.

For example, it could be that Davis has been a total jerk to all his teammates on and off the ice, including by not racing in the team event, who may have made every effort to be friendly and respectful to him and who have treated him like every other member of the team.

On the other hand it could be that Davis has been unjustifiably ostracized from the team by the other members and that they see him as an outsider and a threat to their elite status.

Unless someone has some inside scoop on this we really have no way of knowing which of these or a variation thereof is accurate.

Just who exactly are we talking about that is making Davis out to be the bad guy? He did not skate in a team event and instead chose to concentrate on an individual event. Hedrick in contrast skated in the team event and his individual events. Doesn't that seem to indicate Hedrick might be more of a team player. Without knowing more we can't say for sure, but that is certainly an indication that Davis is focused exclusively on his own goals to the exclusion of the team's. Whether that is admirable behavior or not is questionable, but we should at least recognize it for what it is: self-centered.

Why the criticism of the team pursuit event? You have three guys skating to see which team is three deep. that makes obvious sense. So what if it's not a true relay?

How can anyone plausibly argue that the fact that Hedrick was tired because he skated a race that Davis didn't shows that Davis was right. that logic is ass backwards. All it shows is that what Davis did was best for Davis, which we knew all along. Since when is that admirable in sports? Their motivations notwithstanding, Hedrick's words and actions show flat out that he was more of a team player and that Davis was self-centered. Notably, Hedrick skated the pursuit even knowing that Davis wasn't going to and that he probably wasn't going to medal in that event. That shows sportsmanship and a thirst for competition. Davis's attitude screams of a me first quality.

if they can find room for owners, commissioners, umpires and broadcasters they can certainly find room for Buck O'Neill.

Keeping Walter O'Malley out seems to be a hard-earned victory by those carrying the mantle of the old Brooklyn Dodgers. The day O'Malley gets in is the day my people boycott Cooperstown on behalf of our fathers and grandfathers. But we're not bitter.

Also, just throwing this out there; not really sure what I think about it, but is anyone a little uncomfortable with owners of negro league teams being enshrined. Could they have been complicit in keeping baseball segregated?

I want to get into the world baseball classic. I love the idea that I could watch meaningful baseball in March. So I'm going to give the WBC a chance. The problem is that I'm convinced that I will be disappointed. First of all, so many good players are backing out that it's clear this will not pit each nation's all-stars against the other. It will be the best players who decided to show up -- like Al Leiter. Is he even in the top 50 on the U.S. depth chart? So then what does this tournament really represent.

The second and perhaps more fundamental problem is that they're changing the rules. The pitch count limitations may be a necessity but they will change the way the game is played. Knowing that Roger Clemens can only throw 65 pitches and after that you get to face Leiter or somebody like him changes the way you approach the game. It's also noteworthy to see that Bud Selig has reintroduced his special contribution to baseball into this tournament -- the tie. You simply cannot change the rules in a major way and have the tournament feel like anything other than an exhibition, which I believe is what this is going to be.