A potential solution one of the Vikings problems for this weekend

So the Metrodome roof has collapsed in a piece of video that looked like it was directed by Michael Bay.

Now the Vikings need to play more football on Monday night and it looks like they will try to play it at the University of Minnesota.

According to Yahoo Sports, there are big problems… like the cold weather freezing the concession stands… clearing off the field… clearing off the stands.

All difficult problems that need to be solved.

Then there is the seating.
They sold 63,000 tickets but TCF Bank Stadium only sits 50,000.
Should they build extra seats.

HELL NO!
What you do is you find out who the 63,000 ticket holders are and say “Hey! It’s a MONDAY NIGHT in December in Minnesota. It’s freezing. You’ll be sitting on metal seats. The Vikings stink. It’s on TV. We need 13,000 of you to come to your damn senses and we’ll send over your ticket value’s worth of hot cocoa.”

That should help the problem.

Now enjoy that awesome video again.

The six identities of the post-1988 Dodgers – My latest for The Hardball Times

The Dodgers haven’t won the National League Pennant since winning the 1988 World Series. And since then what was once the most stable organization in baseball keeps drastically changing their identity every few years… and 2011 will be the beginning of yet ANOTHER incarnation.

I wrote about the six identity changes the Dodgers have gone through since the Kirk Gibson homer in The Hardball Times.

Read the Article Here.