Fantasy Lapides shares his dream Jeopardy board

Many are the perks of being the originator of sports talk in Memphis and the host of the longest running sports talk show in America. Among the best is having the day wide open after the show ends at 9am.

My post-show day pretty much revolves around being home at 3:30 to watch Jeopardy! on Newschannel 3. As you might suspect (from my prowess on Trivia Thursdays) I'm pretty darn good at playing. 

After all these years of playing along, I've come up with my "dream board". If I were ever a contestant and these categories came up, I'd frankly be unstoppable.

1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. SEC Football
3. Memphis Tiger Basketball
4. Restaurants/Places to Eat
5. Directions/Fastest ways to travel
6. Potent Potables

It's obvious that these are not the only areas of my expertise. So I'd likely ace other categories too. In the interest of fairness, I've instituted a self-imposed ban on actually being a Jeopardy contestant and will continue to play along in front of the T.V.

Cardinals vs. Dodgers in divisional series

Even with their weak finish, I'm picking St. Louis to win it all this year. Lots of great hitting and defense, but I'm a little wary of their starting pitching. All in all, I like their chances.

Here's the Cardinals' first round schedule:

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 12:09 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis

Thursday, Oct. 7, 7:19 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis

Saturday, Oct. 9, TBA
St. Louis at Los Angeles

Sunday, Oct. 10, TBA (if necessary)
St. Louis at Los Angeles

Monday, Oct. 11, TBA (if necessary)
Los Angeles at St. Louis

The entire first round schedule is on my other Web site.

Ankiel looks good-postseason a possibility

I'm told by folks in St. Louis that Rick Ankiel, who has pitched really good this month, has an outside shot of making the Cardinals postseason roster as a reliever. Yeah, a reliever. But Tony LaRussa might be a little reluctant to throw Ankiel back into the playoffs, seeing as how his troubles began when he threw nine wild pitches in the 2000 playoffs. Whether or not he's on the playoff roster, one thing is certain: the Cardinals are never, ever going to loose another game.

St. Louis beats Milwaukee

Clearly, the Cardinals are never going to lose another game.