The first weekend of Interleague play kicks off later today, with some very intriguing match-ups to pay attention to.  Here is a look at all of the weekend's games:

Cincinnatti Reds (24-17) @ Detroit Tigers (27-13):  Two of the most suprising teams in the league this season face off this weekend in Detroit.  The Tigers have been hot lately and the Reds have struggled, but it should be a great series to watch all weekend.  Plenty of hitting and pitching in this matchup to find baseball's Cinderella. 

Chicago Cubs (17-23) @ Chicago White Sox (26-14):  Hopefully this weekend's battle between the squads from the Windy City will be better than it look's to be on paper.  The White Sox are playing at a very high level and the Cubs...are not.  Hopefully the excitement of the weekend will put some pep in the Cubbies step. 

NY Yankees (23-16) @ NY Mets (24-16): While both of these teams have solid records, each have very high expectations and this weekends series will go a long way in restoring winning ways to one of the teams from New York.  The Subway Series is the first of two important matchups between the four top teams in the East.

Boston Red Sox (23-15) @ Philadelphia Phillies (22-18): These two teams are in fierce battles for their division and are close in talent.  Just another one of the great match-ups brought to the fan's by the wonderful invention of Interleague play. 

Minnesota Twins (17-24) @ Milwaukee Brewers (22-19): At first glance this may not seem like one of the best series' to watch this weekend.  However, the debut of Francisco Liriano as a starter against the young and talented hitting of the BrewCrew will be some big time baseball and great to watch.

Baltimore Orioles (19-22) @ Washington Nationals (14-27): The battle of the Beltway is going to be the most entertaining to watch all weekend.  Steve McNair, Jamal Lewis and Ray Lewis squaring off against Clinton Portis, Santana Moss and Sean Taylor.  It doesn't get much better than that.  Wait wrong sport.  This stadium will be fans filled with NFL talk anyways. 

Toronto Blue Jays (22-17) @ Colorado Rockies (22-19): Two teams with big time bats should make this an exciting series.  However, Aaron Cook the rookie for Colorado has pitched very well, even at Coors field.  He will get the nod Friday, look for him to slow down the Toronto hitting more than most will expect. 

Florida Marlins (11-28) @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays (17-24): Alot of young talent here that many fantasy baseball lovers will pay attention to.  Other than that, not much going on betweeb these two teams in south Florida.

Texas Rangers (21-19) @ Houston Astros (22-19): Rumor is Roger Clemens will be in attendance and whichever team impresses the most, he will join on Monday morning.  OK, I made that up, but he probably will attend as he lives in Houston.  I think in the end he will end up a Stro. 

St. Louis Cardinals (26-15) @ Kansas City Royals (10-28): This series could be fun to watch just to see how many home runs Albert Pujols will hit.  I'm gonna go ahead and say three....per game.  He did have a day of rest on Thursday so maybe there will finally be some power in his bat.  There is nothing to say about the Royals other than...they are very bad. 

San Francisco Giants (21-20) @ Oakland Athletics (21-19): While all of the focus will be on the 72 year old trying to hit his 714 home run, it should be about more than that.  The Giants and A's are both playing well right now and will be in contention in their prospective divisions all season long. 

Pittsburgh Pirates (13-28) @ Cleveland Indians (20-21): The Indians were expected to challenge the White Sox this year, but instead it has been the Detroit Tigers.  For the Indians to have any shot they need to win these games against the Bucs.  Won't be as easy as it seems, however, with Zach Duke set to take the hill on Friday.

San Diego Padres (23-18) @ Seattle Mariners (17-25): The Padres are hot and the Mariners are not.  A half way interesting matchup to follow for fantasy baseballers, but for the most part...it's a yawner. 

LA Angels (17-23) @ LA Dodgers (21-20):  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Los Angeles take on their City or State rival in a matchup between two teams who should be playing better.  Kent and Vlad are the stars and need to shine for their teams to return to the hunt. 

Gonna be a fun weekend of baseball as Interleague play is always good times.  Whenever  the teams from New York, LA and Chicago get together you know there is going to be some great baseball. 

I shouldn't even be allowed to hit against the Royals. 

This would have been at 2am but the Suns-Clippers game went on forever as the Suns did not go away and finally pulled it out in double OT.   Anyways...ever since my post last night I have been writing down all these one liner's that pop in to my head no matter what time of day.  Last night I actually woke up in the middle of the night just to write down a thought that came to me while I was sleeping....Ok that was a lie, I wasn't even asleep in the middle of the night. Here goes:

-I have a spanish test 30 min. after they announce the finalists. If I am chosen as a finalist, I'm painting my entire body the official foxsports blog colors and going to take the test only wearing that.  I hope they are prompt with the list, I don't want to rush my paint job.

-It is real easy to become a professional poker player.  All you have to do is throw down some loot on a poker site and proclaim yourself a pro.  After that though, is when it gets a little harder.

-If I were the Redskins organization I would hire myself.  Because I would really want me to work for myself.  Umm....yea.

-Matt Cassel hasn't played a meaningful down of football since high school, and compared to most normal human beings, is loaded with cash. 

-Baseball is like my comforting friend to get me through the long periods of time I am without my significant other(football.)    

-I am not a competitive person.  No seriously I'm not.  What? Ok...fine...I will do anything it takes to prove that I am not a competitive person. 

-There's a good chance I will get married too early in life just so that I don't have to go grocery shopping.  I'm not really a big fan of doing anything that has to do with food except for eating it.

-If I am not a finalist, it's no big deal.  I will just call my boy Dr. Dre and drop some ill flows for him while smokin' on that Cali Green and put out a triple gold diamond platinum grill for life album. 

-BREAKING NEWS: Barry Bonds has 713 career home runs.  That is only one behind Babe Ruth.  There is also a rumor he may have at one timed used steroids.  Stay tuned for more. 

-Sam Cassell I'm 89% sure is an alien.  He's a former Seminole and I respect that, but he really looks like an alien. 

-There was a 3-4 day period in which my blog severely suffered.  This is because I was pursuing my professional poker career.  While my career was a lot shorter than originally anticipated, I learned a lot. 

-This contest is like a cage fight.  Then, when someone posts a list on who the best bloggers are, it's like everyone was injected with roids and then thrown back into the ring with bats. 

-Hi...my name is Mitch....and I am addicted to blogging.  (Everyone together) HIIIIIIIIII MITCH!

-Norcal is like Splinter.  He is the savy wise veteran who keeps the rest us of irrational rookie bloggers in line.  If it wasn't for him some of us would be going around swinging our knunchucks at any one who tries to take our pizza.    

-How the hell do I know how to spell knunchucks.  I don't even have any skills.

-Yo Mamma (MTV) is easily the worst show ever on TV.  I would go in to detail but I am getting dumber just writing about that show. 

-If you like that show, my bad.  I would watch it but.........I'm usually to busy sleepin' with....YO MAMMA.

-No for real that show sucks. 

-The Redskins may not win the Super Bowl...but damn...they are going to be siiiiiiick on Madden07.

-Could someone please explain why I can click on "desire for boobs" on a sports blogging website.  By the way....who doesn't have a desire for boobs. 

-Xrooster, I just want to say...I seriously think you may have a legitimate shot at single handedly destroying Kobe's career.  I'll pay you five dollars not to. 

-Who gets more ladies....Scott Podsednik or Carlos Lee?  They both are very good at baseball but.......CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL.   

-Congrats to all of you doing the things you love to do with the people you love to do it with.  You hit the jackpot.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM SHAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAA LAAAAAKA.

The two winningest coaches in the history of college football were elected into the College Hall of Fame today.  Bowden and Paterno were elected into the Hall of Fame after the committee changed the rule-book, just to let them in. 

The previous rule was that a person must be retired before they can be elected in, but the rule was changed so that any person over the age of 75 can now be selected.  This is a great honor for the two coaches and if anyone should have a rule changed because of them, it is definitely these two.  Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno are two old school head coaches, determined to finish their career all the way until the end. 

Instead of sleeping most nights at 2am like I should be, I am usually lying away with random sports thoughts flying around in my head keeping me awake.  So I figured I might as well use the blog:

-After tonight's game Jason Terry could become a star in these playoffs.  I'm just glad the Spurs are going to be eliminated.  This Pistons-Spurs matchup is getting a little boring.

-How come whenever I bench a player in fantasy baseball he immediately follows it up with a huge night, usually consisting of a home run.

- Barry Bonds should retire when he passes Babe Ruth.  But he won't.

-Do the Redskins actually have a chance? There are a lot of haters out there but I think they are pretty damn good.  The team I care about the most winning a Super Bowl would probably cause me to do something drastic.  Hopefully someone will bail me out of jail the next morning.

-Bobby Bowden is like 117.  But he is still the man.

-How impossible is it to become a sportswriter?

-Why do my friends always act like it is breaking/suprising news when they see an athlete with a hot girlfriend/wife? Every woman that athletes are with are hot.  Except for Kurt Warner's wife.  She has the same haircut as her husband. 

-The Sopranos is getting a little rediculous with the gay gangster and biker falling in love or whatever it is.  Tony Really from Around the Horn even mentioned the biker's name on today's show, Johnny Cakes.  After the gay kissing scene they followed it up with a train going through a tunnel.  That is just getting a little dirty.

-I'm glad there are time zones.  Because this way, sports are always on until like 1am.

-Good thing I don't live on the west coast, then games would begin and end so early.

-Why do I devote my life to sports when for the most part I have always failed at what I wanted to achieve.

-Andrei Kirilenko's wife says he can sleep with one groupie a year.  But I can't figure out why he would want to.

-When Tim Duncan is mad...LOOKOUT...you are going to get one mean eyebrow raise.

-If I had to pick one guy in LA not named Matt Leinart that does the best with the ladies, I would pick Luke Walton.  I don't know why, but I am pretty sure that guy is a pimp.

-Chris Kaman is not a pimp...It boggles my mind why people who are losing their hair decide to grow it long.  I mean seriously.  That doesn't make any sense. 

BOOM SHAKA LAKA...

With just one week left until judgment day in my sports blogging world, I am really starting to freak out man.  After discovering who's who in the foxsports blog, I realized I am the equivilant of an unrestricted free agent, struggling to make the squad.  I considered dying my hair green to stand out in blog tryouts, but I decided that if I'm gonna go out, I'm not goin out with green hair.  Instead I compiled five reasons why you gotta pick me:

1) I Need a Girlfriend: I can only imagine the fame and fortune that comes with becoming an NGSII finalist.  With all the positive publicity about my natural ability to let the words flow, the girls will probably be attacking me like those guys on the AXE commercials.  I will need a stick to get them off of me, but I won't have one,  and they will maul me.  Luckily for me, I will like it.  From that first group of adoring fans, I'm positive I will be able to find a girl who I can pay to date occasionally. 

2) I Will Seriously Go Broke: My addiction to online poker will most likely take over my financial aid funds.  I spend hours and hours on the computer every day (Like I said I need a girlfriend) and if I am out of the contest, I will convert to online poker.  I am not the type of person who should play online poker, or anything that involves gambling of any sort.  Most of my problems begin with the confidence I have in myself as a poker player.  Although I feel as though I am better than everyone else, really I am not, and so usually I lose.  Luckily, I am an extremely competitive (obsessive) person and will continue to put money into my account until I win big.  Unluckily, I never win big. 

3) It's A Great Excuse: Right now some (my friends and family) might say I am wasting my time writing almost six hours a day about sports, on a blog no one reads, in a contest I won't win...but not if I am a finalist.  If somehow my name appears on the list I will feel like Jose Mesa winding up to throw a pitch at Omar Vizquel.  Only instead of Vizquel it will be my friends and family.  Not only will I have proven everyone wrong, but LOOKOUT, CUZ IT'S GONNA STING

4) To Be Honest, The Grades Were A Little Low:  I just finished up my junior year at FSU, and unfortunately I lost focus this semester.  I have been in school for a while now, and sometimes, I'm not gonna lie, I am just not amped about school.  When the motivation is not there, and the classes begin at 8am, it gets a little tough.  Now even though I surivived and will still graduate on time next Spring, I still have to tell the parents.  Their are two ways this conversation could go. I could either tell them: A) Grades aren't what you expected loving parents, please don't beat me to hard, even though I obviously deserve it.  Or B) Grades aren't what you expected loving parents, but I am a finalist on the Next Great Sportswriter contest on Foxsports.com...NOW WHAT, BEAT ME AGAIN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.  Yea thats what I thought, you will sit back down and only speak when spoken too, and from now on you refer to me as....The Legend.      

5) I'll Go Postal On Yo Asses: No seriously, if you don't pick me...ohhh man, you don't even know.  There will be at least three heated posts CONSECUTIVELY within the hour after the finalists have been announced.  Soon after that, the silent treatment.  I will give all of you the cold shoulder with a quickness, you won't even know what hit you.  Then where you will be? I'll tell you where...looking for answers.  Then maybe a few weeks down the road you will get a letter in the mail....with tissues in it to dry your tears because you will still be crying.  That's right, if you can't run with the big dogs, stay off the porch. 

The days are winding down until the finalists are chosen, and I am going bananas.  I may be an under dog, but it's not over until the fat lady sings.

AND I DON'T HEAR ANY MUSIC