To those celebrating Easter and Passover, happy holidays.
I am sad to say that while we are distracted by religion, something unfortunate is taking place.
With the exception of a guy named Kevin in Oregon, nobody could appreciate this.
Against my deepest wishes, baseball season has not been canceled.
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I normally reserve sports for Sundays, but I am on a plane tomorrow. Besides, baseball is not a sport. It is a three hour nap with occasional scratching and spitting.
I even made an Easter wish that players would go on strike. Like the French, if baseball players went on strike, the thought would be “how could you tell?”
Jesus did not come through for me. Yeah, I know, I have never done anything for him, being a Hebrew and all. Well he has punished my being an infidel by refusing to answer the one prayer I beseech of him.
Every year this d@mn boring game never fails in it’s failure to be remotely interesting.
If baseball were any more boring, it would be soccer. If soccer were any worse it would be golf.
In Tiger Woods news, he and golf are both still incredibly dull. If he ever gets his finger on the nuclear button, he will be remotely important, although still dull.
The Final Four March Madness tournament is gearing up. I don’t care. Any school that cannot be geographically identified by its name should be banned. I can find Georgia Tech on a map. I know where North Carolina State is. What the heck is a Valparaiso?
Butler is not a school. It is a guy who talks in an upper crust voice who changes bed linens.
Duke is the title of the person having the linens changed, which explains the arrogance of the school. Also, how does a “Sh” sound form a K? It is phonetically intolerable.
Speaking of intolerable, from an auditory standpoint Dick Vitale needs to never say the word “awesome” or “baby” again. For a grown elderly man to have that much interest in young boys is a tad disconcerting. Somebody check his computer to see how deep and inappropriate that enthusiasm runs.
In five months, NFL football returns. Until then, I would sooner watch an Easter Egg Roll on ESPN than that infernal game involving a pitcher playing catch with a first baseman for thirty minutes before throwing something to a catcher. Hey, if July 4th can bring a hot dog eating contest, than surely an Easter Peep eating contest could be watchable. Besides, I like eating Peeps.
I don’t want anyone to buy me peanuts or crackerjacks. I don’t want to hear about the beauty of 162 games to decide something when we all know that most of the teams have no chance before the season starts.
Just give the George Steinbrenner Yankees a playoff spot and tell their competitors to go home. I will root for anyone else. Heck, I will root for Valparaiso if it means no more baseball this year.
At least let the players get juiced up as much as they want. They are anyway, and it would spare the ridiculous Bud Selig comments about how the integrity of the game matters. It doesn’t. Fans want home runs. A 1-0 pitcher’s duel is not thrilling. It is Sominex.
Kevin is busy preparing to lambaste me. I can picture him reminding me that “baseball is a thinking man’s sport, and therefore not for everyone.”
Maybe ultimate frisbee golf or dwarf bowling is on television.
When I hear the umpire yell “Strike one,” I wll say a prayer and hope that he means that the first strike of the season has taken place, and that the players have walked off the field.
If baseball is canceled, what can we replace it with?
Anything else at all that is not soccer or golf.
Time to watch reruns of 1980s sitcom “Alf.” He played a game called “Bouilliabaseball.” One of the statistics kept was “splats,” when the fish hit the ground.
At least I am on the plane tomorrow, and will not have to hear about baseball. Now to find ways to avoid hearing about the other 161 com inducing games.
eric
Yeah, its a little concerning when baseball has always been called “Americas favorite past time”
Hey, cheer up! The draft is just three weeks away!
Your Raiders are a mystery as usual when it comes to the draft this year. They need help in a slue of areas – and it starts at QB. Word is McNabb does not want to be traded to the Raiders, but he seems like the kind of guy that would give it his all if he was, but unless Davis ramps up that offensive line, McNabb would probably not survive a whole season. As on offense, the defensive needs are up front and in back. The draft would be great for some of the problems with both lines, but for backs on both sides of the ball, free agency may be a better bet. Whatever QB they go with, a veteran from free agency is absolutely necessary.
My Jets have needs too. They should be drafting for premier receivers and LBs. A free agent veteran QB behind Sanchez may not be a bad idea, as would a free agent extra TE.
JMJ