Hey gang! How was your weekend? Mine was busy with previews.
A-Rod
Holy balls is baseball in trouble! If you haven't heard, Yankee 3rd baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs between 2000 and 2003 while playing shortstop for the Texas Rangers. In an era of asterisks being put next to records and McCarthy-like steroid witch hunts it seemed as though it couldn't get any worse for America's pastime. It did. I don't know about you guys, but I am sick of hearing about this shit! My father's generation had Mantle, Dimaggio, Mays, and Aaron. Our generation is saddled with question marks like Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Clemens, and now A-Rod. I love baseball. I hate what it has become. Who do you blame? The players, the owners, the commissioner, or all of the above? Something needs to change. Either expose them all or keep it all under raps. Why was it necessary to bring this info about A-Rod to light 5 years after the fact? Why did the players union let this happen? There will be no punishment for him because he used before specific rules and tests were put into place to do so. So why bring it up? Just to put another blemish on this already pockmarked league? Commisioner Selig needs to take control of this shitstorm or step down and let someone with more stones do it for him.
Al-J
MN Timberwolves star Al Jefferson is out for the season after tearing his ACL this week. Just when you thought there might be a light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel fucks you in the ass!
Sorry I'm so grumpy gang. I'll sleep on it and have some brighter things to chat about tomorrow. Same Bob-time, same Bob-channel!
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What exactly did you expect the Wolves to do this year with Jefferson? Were they gonna make a run? This'll set us up for a better draft pick.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as far as I'm concerned, the guys in your dad's generation are my guys, too. My home run kings are still Ruth, Maris, and Aaron.
Ben-
ReplyDeleteThe T-Wolves were on a bit of a run. I'm not saying they were going to make the playoffs. But they were becoming interesting to watch again. Draft picks are great, but what have we done with them in the past few years? Not a whole lot.
I am on board with your baseball philosophy.
Setting up a team like the Wolves with a better draft pick is meaningless, considering nearly all the draft picks they've ever made.
ReplyDeleteJosh Gibson would've been the home run king if only he'd been allowed. Meh, whatever. I wouldn't care if Barry held it forever, now that everyone knows he cheated. It'll be worse now that his name will be on the books as a cheat forever.