I’m not sure if it was Confucius, Mr. Peabody or Al McGuire that said, “Cold is colder when you aren’t feeling great.” I do know that spending time on a corner for crossing guard duty and playground duty in the bitter cold affects one’s thinking.

Everyone that follows the Bulls in Chicago has just come to the conclusion that the two mopes running the day-to-day operations know less about their job than the aforementioned Mr. Peabody. They sold the media and fans a bill of goods-that their product was any good or rather that the individual players on the roster were better than the Washington Generals. I have yet to hear anyone in the Chicago media that has been supportive of their moves at the trade deadline. It’s all anyone can talk or write about as everyone takes a much-needed four-second break from stressing oveer the Bears.

The reaction has been overwhelming for me as I didn’t know so many people bought the crap these two have been selling since they arrive in town. This wasn’t a situation akin to Theo Epstein taking over the Cubs after producing a WS winner in Boston.

While I don’t think any baseball fans in the city or folks covering the Sox or Cubs believed that either team was ever going to sign free agent pitcher, Framber Valdez, his signing with Detroit does impact both clubs-if only indirectly. I’ve had to search far and wide to find anyone willing to talk about it.

At the very least, I’m going to consider seeing the Tigers in a complete road series this season. The one-two punch of Tarik Skubal and Valdez is rather intriguing. At least for me, it’s more compelling than musing about 34, second-round draft picks.