Since I'm sick and not quite in the holiday spirit, here's a list of my least favorite sports teams. There's usually one reason for why I don't like the team very much.

1) Texas Longhorns
Mack Brown's whining enabled them to steal votes and prevent Cal from going to the Rose Bowl in 2004. And please don't tell me about what happened in the bowl games, since that's irrelevant to how the teams were chosen.

2) Los Angeles Dodgers
Frank McCourt's spineless firing of Paul DePodesta showed everyone that his most trusted advisors are media hacks like Bill Plaschke.

3) Los Angeles Lakers
Kobe Bryant: the reason for the dismantling of a 3-time champion, the rape charges, the trade demands...

4) USC Trojans
Pac-10 players shouldn't get paid as if they're in the NFL.

5) New York Yankees
Mainly because the media is obsessed with them. And anyone who thinks Scott Brosius is more valuable than Alex Rodriguez doesn't understand the definition of value.

6) Stanford Cardinal
Normally, they would be higher, but even when we lost to them, it was more because of our failures than anything they did.

7) LSU Tigers
Les Miles' complaints about the Pac-10 or how his team is undefeated in regulation put this team on the list.

8) New England Patriots
Bill Belichick, spygate, tuck rule...

Today at work, our department had a Mas Macho Burrito Challenge. We knew that the consulting group already tried this challenge and that 5 of their 6 participants were able to finish. So a few of us went to try to claim the title for our department.

Here's what we were assigned to finish at lunch in one sitting:



The Mas Macho burrito has meat (in my case, carnitas), beans, rice, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, sour cream, and sauce in 2 layers of tortillas.

Note the size of the pepper dispenser and sugar packets in comparison to the burrito. I wouldn't be surprised if this was about 5000 calories.

Unfortunately, one of the guys couldn't finish, so we only had 4 out of 5 people in our group finish. Not wanting to fall short of the other group, 3 of us decided to one-up the other group by adding a taco onto our order.



So 3 of us finished one Mas Macho burrito and one taco, each. It's definitely the most I can remember eating in a long time, and I'm still full from the meal (over 12 hours later).

The things we do for departmental pride...

Currently eating...



Tastes like...



Eating it with soy milk. The best part about soy milk is that it takes a lot longer to expire, so you don't have to throw it away if you can't finish it in a week.

The Angels didn't land Miguel Cabrera, who got traded to Detroit. From rumored reports, it appears that the Angels were not willing to give up 4 players in exchange for Cabrera-- probably Howie Kendrick, Jeff Mathis, and 2 pitchers (maybe Nick Adenhart and Ervin Santana).

At this point, the Angels are in a tough spot. While the Angels have a pretty good farm system, it's time for them to start playing for the present instead of the future since most of the team's best prospects have already graduated to the majors. And what they need in the present is a power hitter. And no, Torii Hunter isn't the answer.

Even as I'm writing this, I'm still not sure if the Angels should've pulled the trigger on a 4-for-1 trade for Cabrera. I can definitely see the arguments both ways:

Pros of making the trade:

As I mentioned, the Angels should be in win-now mode since their outfield is old and the pitching is as good as it's going to be in the next few years. Obviously, the Angels chances of winning the World Series in the next 2 years increase significantly if they trade for Cabrera.

By trading for him, the Angels would've had a much better chance of locking Cabrera to a long term deal. The team that gets the best player in a trade usually gets the better end of the deal, and Cabrera would probably be the best player in the trade over the long run.

Cons of making the trade:

Giving up 24 years of price-controlled service (4 players times 6 years of service time before the player becomes a free agent) for 2 years of Miguel Cabrera is a lot to give up.

And who's to say that Kendrick wouldn't be the most valuable commodity in the deal, at least financially? If he hits .310 with doubles power (which he already did at age 23), he's going to be paid about $20 million less than his market value. That's more than the savings they'd have on Cabrera, who's going to make more than $10 million this year. Plus, the Angels may be able to sign Cabrera in 2 years if they still want him then.