J.D. Mo here, perpetrator of the Bob Boozer Jinx, filling in for daily drinkster Dan Walsh. GREAT job by Post-it-note Paul yesterday!  Dan, as you know is off in th' upnorth escaping the dog days of summer in chilly lake Superior, celebrating his wedding anniversary and

1) escaping the Favre drama as it escalates toward an anti-climactic settlement (or does it?);

2) seeking relief from the pain of Brewer losses to da Scrubs, knowing that by the time he returns Dan will have missed a Jeff Suppan start and the crew will be back to their winning ways with Sheets, Sabbathia and Parra. 

3) running for higher office, please see video evidence below.

With NFL commissioner Roger Goodell holding up Favre's reinstatement and Favre mulling a $20 million retirement deal from the Packers, all Favre has to do is figure out what he really wants. As we know, this has proven difficult for a guy who, for a few years in the 1990's was the Michael Jordan of football. Come to think of it, Favre's various tactics -- pressing his case in the media, pushing the Packers to the brink to get the trade he wants or his job back -- are the kinds of things Jordan would have done to get what he wanted. Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball have a lot in common, both willing to sacrifice "team" for their personal interests, assuming as they would that their interests are the team's best interests. Jordan took a year-and-half off to play baseball and came back midseason when it suited him, not the Bulls. Like Favre with the Packers, Jordan wasn't really encouraged to come back after his last Bulls season. So he "retired" -- and unretired three years later. Favre may or may not be physically able to unretire at will (although, like Jordan, he can probably do that too) -- but Favre will play football again. The question is for whom?

The Jets? The Press Gazette reported that, as of last night, talks with New York were heating up.

Milwaukee media' has lost its mind in the story, and of coure, so have our friends at ESPN (that's what they do best). The up to the minute news is that Favre texted ESPN about the $20 million offer:

The text sounded more like something Deanna would say, didn't it? But here's another update from Chris Mortensen:

No, Favre won't be in Green Bay today, and won't head for camp until reinstated, his agent says. THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED ....

And here's a suggestion from Chris Mortensen, quoting Silverstein in the Journal Sentinel that the Packers may be willing to trade Favre within the division, if he turns the dough down and pushes them (the Jordan rule of thumb).

If you've still got your job after watching all of that at your desk, can you put in a good word for me there?

The sCrubs swept the Brewers, and it pains me to write that. I may just pretend it didn't happen and surf around for more Favre updates. But 'Enuff of that. There is an upside: 1) The Cubs have left town. No I'm not going to say anything rotten about Cubs fans, though my buddy Adam once got tossed in the hoosegow after a yuppie Cubs fan beaned him (accidently?) in the head outside the Cubby Bear bar near Wrigley. This occured as people were filing out of Wrigley after a Cubs loss. Adam picked up the ball, beaned him back and a big scuffle ensued that ended with both Adam and the yuppie Cubs fan in handcuffs. The Chicago cops actually had the good sense to put them in adjacent cells at the police station house, and they spent a couple of hours screaming at each other through the vents. A true story. Adam may be the one guy from the north side of Chicago who hates the Cubs more than Brewer fans do.

Upside #2 - The Brewers have six more games against the sCrubbies, plenty of opportunity for payback.

Sept. 16-18 @ Wrigley

Sept. 26-28 @ Miller Park to close the season.

Upside #3 - Still in second place despite the sweep, tied with the Cards at five games back.

Now about yesterday's 11-4 loss, I have a theory about Dave Bush. I like to call it "The Dave Bush Theory of Abject Mediocrity." Bush will get the Brewers to the 5th inning and, most of the time the Brewers will still be in the game. By the 6th inning, Yost is taking his chances leaving him in, and often does. Bush was Bush again yesterday, although this time the Cubs got to him in the 4th -- but then the Cubs lineup always gets to Bush. He's now 1-7 lifetime against the Cubs. Still, Yost left him on the mound and Bush held the line until the 8th when the Cubs chased him with 4 runs. Mediocrity at its most mediocre. That's our Dave Bush, now 5-9 with an abjectly mediocre ERA of 4.69, slightly above his career ERA. He's no longer starting on the road with the Bush/McClung home-and-away platoon, but when the home team mustered only a run against Rich Harden, there wasn't much Dave Bush could do but ... be Dave Bush.

The Cubs acquired Harden recently from the A's, and in two National League starts (1-1), Harden's ERA is a miniscule 1.11, a figure that can't possibly hold up down the stretch. (Apparently, I'm in a "silver lining" mode today).

Upside #4 - The Brewers head for Atlanta and games against two batting practice Charlies:

Tonight (6:30PM), Jeff Suppan (5-7), hammered by the Astros last Sunday and looking very hittable since he came back from injury vs. Chuck James (2-3, 8.22 ERA).

Saturday (2:55PM), C.C. Sabathia (10-8, 3.33) goes against Charlie Morton (2-4, 7.26)

Sunday (12:30PM), Ben Sheets (10-4, 3.14) gets middle reliever/starter Jorge Campillo (5-4, 2.76). Sheets hasn't recorded a win since the All-Star break. He's due.

Here's some good news: Jim Powell reports that Yovanni Gallardo's rehab is going very well, and a September return looks positive.

Ready for the Olympics?  I don't know how it happened but I might be coming down with the Olympics bug over at the Bob Boozer Jinx. Andrew Bogut rung up Angola for 32 points and 11 rebs in a warm up tournament win yesterday. Bogut's leading his Aussie Boomers against Manu Ginobli and Argentina in Nanjing, China, this morning CST. (Bogut was played sparingly against Argentina due to a minor ankle injury and the Aussies lost 95-91.)

Aussie sports journalism is hack heaven! Here, Bogut is unabashedly lauded. Here they have Team USA roasting Turkey yesterday.

Energee! held its final tryouts last night. No final squad posting from the Bucks yet, but here's the page with all 29 of the finalists. No sign of the Bob Boozer Jinx girl, Meghan, either. Hmmm. I don't think there's any doubt that Stephanie will be back ...

And in honor of Post-it-note Paul's trek to Lollapalooza tonight ... Jane's ...