Too good to pass up

I'm having breakfast at an undisclosed location (for now) with wireless access. I wasn't going to post anything this morning, but while checking the stories on the Midwest League Playoff games.....

Kernels victorious in playoff opener

CEDAR RAPIDS - In the baseball comedy ``Major League,'' a fictitious member of the Cleveland Indians wanted to sacrifice a live chicken for good luck before a big game.

A couple members of the Cedar Rapids Kernels unintentionally sacrificed a live deer while driving just outside of town Tuesday night.

It wasn't particularly good luck for the deer or designated hitter Matt Sweeney's truck. It sustained about $1,500 worth of front-end damage.

But if you're the superstitious type, you could say it turned out to be a good thing for the Kernels in their Midwest League playoff game last night. They ran over the Clinton LumberKings, 4-1, before 1,219 fans at Memorial Stadium.

For the record, it was Pedro Cerrano who wanted to sacrifice the live chicken. Pepper and Jake Taylor got the bucket of KFC. Willie Mays Hayes said that they should've gotten the live chicken.

More on the MWL playoffs in a bit. Just, let me finish my breakfast.