R-C Sports Notebook: Just one more week

This will be the last notebook before the high school sports season starts to get back in gear next week. Next week, I'll have a basic snapshot of some of the storylines to watch around the region in the next couple of months.

This week, predictably, I don't have much to say about anything local.

- That's when I'm going to start stripping my clothes off and showing everybody I've never had acne on my back." - Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez, explaining how he'd defend himself when he is "the only Domincan left" who hasn't been linked to performance-enhancing drug use.

- I had the Giants-Phillies game on Friday night downstairs while I was putting my daughter to bed. It was a close game when I took her upstairs - 1-0 Philly to be exact - and in the other room I kept hearing roars from the crowd about every three seconds.

I thought something incredible must have been happening, but upon getting back downstairs, I found the score still locked at 1-0.

Turns out those roars were the "soothing sounds" of the Sleep Sheep that hangs over my son's crib across the hall from my daughter.

Turned out to be a lot more exciting than the anti-climactic 4-0 finish to the game.

- "Boy, it smells like a pizzaria in here ... Boy, it smells like a deli in here ... Boy, it smells like a bakery in here" From the Xpress Redi-Set-Go little cooker infomercial. This is all chopped up over the course time, but that's still a little too much smelling for me.

- One thing I didn't anticipate with two kids is keeping the diapers straight. I've more than once grabbed the newborn diaper and tried to put it on the 2-year-old.

Celebrating Edd Roush, the only player ever ejected from a Major League Baseball game for sleeping in the outfield.

The rugby coach for Team India, after informing his team they were too underweight, suggested eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day.

So just doing the rough math, without the butter or oil or cheese to make the egg in any way appetizing, that's 67.5 grams of fat, 3,225 miligrams of cholesterol (or 1,080 percent of your recommended daily value)and 1,050 calories.

Outside of that, didn't they learn anything from the Sumo-wrestler-turned-offensive-lineman in The Replacements?

The lesson, in case you haven't seen it, is that no one - ever - should be tackled with a belly full of hard-boiled eggs.

Here's one for the "I'm really comfortable with the guys we have going into this season" trash can:

Sports Illustrated reported last week that the Pittsburgh Pirates have only one remaining starter from its 2008 Opening Day lineup. That's almost a complete turnover in about 16 months.