Sports Metaphors of the "Surge"

Cursor.org points out that pundits are debating whether to call it a troop surge, an escalation, or (my favorite) a punt.

Also 'Mike Lupica observes that Bush will offer another in an "endless series" of plans for Iraq, after moving managers around "the way sports owners do it with bad teams, as a way of showing some kind of movement to the fans when there is none in the standings."'