Idle Thoughts, while waiting for the Sun's season opener, Jacoby Ellsbury's speedy recovery and a round of applause for UConn-Avery Point's awesome World Series run:

• Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, humbly asks Mayor Finizio to check with him on all sports matters from now on.

Dr. I would have told you that there's no way the Triple-A team from the Red Sox (or anyone else) would be approved to come to New London.

The Professional Baseball Agreement gives certain territorial rights to all minor league teams, essentially going by counties.

Teams holds rights to the counties in which they play as well as adjoining counties, regardless of state boundaries. Any organization can veto the move of any other affiliated minor-league franchise that wants to move into its territory.

Hence, the Connecticut Tigers must give their blessing.

Good luck with that.

• Dr. I wonders: How long till the Patriots sign Ray McDonald?

You know. Him. The serial domestic violence offender.

He'd fit right in with the former homicidal tight end, current cheating quarterback and the recent signee, Fred Davis, following a suspension for substance abuse.

Patriot fans could even hold a rally in the parking lot for McDonald, proclaiming his innocence.

They're good at that.

• Somebody named Richard Rothschild wrote on si.com recently that the Yankees shouldn't have retired Bernie Williams' number because "his career WAR barely cracks the top 200 for position players."

That sure settles it.

The idea that Bernie amassed more than 2,300 hits, won a batting title, ALCS MVP Award, hit 22 postseason homers, drove in a record 80 postseason runs, won four Gold Gloves, went to five All-Star games and stole 147 bases?

Irrelevant.

Somebody needs to slap these stat people silly.

Note to Mr. Rothschild: In regard to this matter, please consult Edwin Starr.

War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

• Dr. I was giving strong consideration to running for the new president of FIFA.

He'd take all his soccer guys from this corner of the world – Roy Collins, Matt Forde, Leo Roche, Alan Sheehan – and implement the following rules:

TV timeouts.

Four quarters.

Bigger goals.

No offside.

And Italy gets a bye into the World Cup round of 16 every time.

• So let's see: Windham High wins nine football games, a state wrestling title, makes the semifinals of the ECC basketball tournament and quarterfinals of the ECC baseball tournament ... but somehow was placed in Division III, the weakest division of the new ECC?

Please explain.

While we're being nitpicky, please, all you ECC people, don't schedule a prom for championship Friday next spring.

That's usually the last Friday in May when the league crowns champions in baseball, softball, boys' lacrosse, girls' lacrosse and tennis.

Proms tend to alter start times.

• Observation: Jeremy Sagun, the kid at Montville High, is the best defensive shortstop Dr. I has seen around here since the great John McDonald.

So there.

Another observation: Apologies to Montville's Josh Handler, whose name Dr. I butchered the other day.

See? And you thought Dr. I never made mistakes because the last one was so long ago.

• Note to President Obama:

Dr. I demands the identity of your speech writer who thought it would be cool to mention  Hanafin's and the Bulkeley House during the Coast Guard commencement speech.

You omitted Mr. G's.

Where Coast Guard kids have been eating for the last 49 years.

• Did you see where Plainfield softball beat Waterford and Plainfield baseball beat Ledyard all in the same week?

Dr. I thought that went against the Geneva Convention.

• Finally, Dr. I's favorite new tweet comes from the best writer of them all, Steve Rushin at Sports Illustrated: "Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion, or 220 million payments of $19.95 a month."

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro.

Twitter: @BCgenius