Thank God Gload and TPJ are now stinking up Surprise

We had this ready to go last week during the Big 12 tournament but forgot to post it. The headline was going to be "Rock chalk." Or: "Don't mess with Baylor."

There's some interesting stuff in the news lately that hits home. First, the New York Times has published a great story about Springfield Cashew Chicken. Then we find out that the smartest breed of dog, of course, is the border collie. (NOTE: We had the link last week, but now we're too lazy to go back and find it.)

We would wager that the border collie is also the most neurotic breed of dog. (Dogs are a lot like people.)

OK. So we're going to list the Royals potential Opening Day lineup along with what we expect out of them without being too optimistic. Which ones jump out at you as guys who are especially likely to perform over or under these predictions? (We're using the Big 3 old school stats: Avg., HR, RBI.)

Coco: .285 10 60
Aviles: .285 14 70
Dejesus: .295 14 84
Guillen: .275 22 91
Jacobs: .259 26 88
Butler: .295 18 82
Gordon: .275 25 87
Olivo: .259 14 58
Callaspo: .295 2 44

P.S. Our Final Four picks are Louisville, Missouri, Pitt and Oklahoma. Our first round upset special is Northern Iowa over Purdue. Semi-surprise teams that we think might go deep in the tournament include Arizona State and West Virginia.(NOTE: our picks suck every year.)

P.P.S. At some point during his first game this season (very early in his first game), Manny Ramirez will have already earned as much money as we make in a year.