Watch out Miss Pacman. You could be next. The NFL suspended Adam Pacman Jones for the season for a series of off the field transgressions. New NFL commissioner Roger Goodell got it right. The Commissioner said today that playing in the NFL is a privilege not a right. Well put. The only way to make these guys learn accountability is to hit them in the wallet. By suspending Pacman Jones and the Bengals Chris Henry (for 8 games) the league is sending a message to other potential rule breakers to think twice. You watch. The off the field nonsense will come to a screeching halt. No one should be happier than Bengals coach Marvin Lewis who had 9 player arrests in an ugly 9 month span.

On a happier note, it is good to see A-Rod playing so well. He is the best baseball player I've ever seen. But he has struggled in the clutch with the Yankees. This amazing start (5 homers in 4 games as this is written) should give him confidence and allow him to ignore his critics. Baseball needs A-Rod to keeping hitting homers. 10 years from now you, me and baseball would much rather have A-Rod as the all-time home run king than Barry Bonds. I have interviewed Bonds. I am not a fan. No person has ever been any more rude to me than the future home run king. More on that when he breaks Hank Aaron's record (a man who is a true class act).

Lastly, can Yaz smile. He was many favorite player as a kid. As a fellow lefty and outfielder I imitated Yaz all the time (or at least tried to). I loved his intensity. I only wish he could show a little lighter side now. But I guess this son of a Long Island potato farmer will always be set in his ways.

11 more days to my son's little league season opener. Coach Nathan can't wait. There will be a lot of smiles that day, no one paid like A-Rod and no need to suspend players for the season like the NFL. It doesn't get any better than that.