The Super Bowl… the Santana Trade… political primaries… how much can the average person handle? Hopefully the Pats win this Sunday (just don’t blame me if the stock market crashes), ’cause I’m at my breaking point. They say sometimes talking about things is the best stress release, so if you’ll be kind enough to listen, here’s what I’m thinking right now:
First, the Santana trade: If you’re a Met fan, you’ve got to be in a state of catatonic delirium right now. I know I’m going out on a limb here, but somehow I don’t see the Mets choking like dogs again anytime soon; kinda hard to lose 12 of 17 with ol’ number 57 toeing the rubber every five days. As a Yankee fan, though, this all makes me want to puke. How does Twins GM Bill Smith wake up this morning with a job? If someone offers you two everyday players, one of whom is destined to be a top-of-the-rotation stud (Phil Hughes) and the other is a talented young OF-er (Melky Cabrera), how do you then turn around and trade one of the best pitchers of his generation for a bag of crap? I guess if you’re a jackass you would, but you’d have to hope a professional sports executive would be somewhat intelligent. Then again, Steve Phillips was a GM for almost four years, so what do I know?
Alright, the Super Bowl: can they just play the damn game already? I’ll have gotten married, had a kid or two, and retired by the time this thing kicks off. And seriously– what purpose does Media Day serve? If I want to hear bizarre anecdotes and random thoughts on life, I’ll just call up my friends and we’ll talk about what went down last weekend. Though Tuesday confirmed the obvious– Tom Brady is the freakin’ man. Some babe from one of those Spanish TV networks proposes to him, and how does he wiggle out of it? By getting every woman in America to have an even BIGGER crush on him by saying “[No,] I’m a one-woman kind of guy.” Guys, if you want to pick up chicks, stop reading “The Game” and just wait for Brady’s autobiography to come out after he retires.
And last, and DEFINITELY least, politics: Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering how politicians seem to be the only human beings capable of sharing a “mutual respect” for people that they’d just as soon like to see hit by a bus? If someone spent the last five months trying to convince the public that you suck at what you do, that they can do a job infinitely better than you could ever hope to, and that you’re basically the worst thing to happen to America since trans-fats, I’m thinking “respect” would be way down on your “things-I’d-like-to-do-to-that-person” list.
Phew, I feel a lot better now. Time to go watch some more mindless Super Bowl coverage…
January 30th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Alright, the time has come for me to admit that the Pats are a pretty damn good team. As much as it pains me I have to give it up to them, their ability to stay focused and remain so consistent over the last few seasons is unreal. But hell, can Pats fans (sorry Monnie D.) start to have some self respect and act like they have been there before. These are the same Pats fans that celebrated their first Super Bowl victory in Kenmore Square chanting “Yankees Suck.” Six years ago NE didn’t even know they had a football team and now all I hear and read about is this dynasty. Now I’m not saying that Plax didn’t go and stick his foot in his dumb mouth but maybe NE fans should stop being so cocky. I’d like to remind “red sox nation” of 2004 in which they were down 0-3 and miraculously came back to beat the yanks in the playoffs… see the thing is, stranger things have happened in the sports world, and to use and old cliché, “that is why we play the game.” It is a dangerous thing to be overconfident [see: barstoolsports.com – who have already made “dynasty” t-shirts and “19-0” t-shirts], stop acting surprised and offended that the rest of the sports world is against you right now. You (I say “you” cause its clear all NE fans think they actually play next to those players they watch on TV or actually believe they are part of the team [see the asshole who had Tom Brady’s helmet tattooed on his bald head]) beat every team you played against this year, obviously other fans are going to be rooting for the other team, that’s how sports work – I know winning is new to you all but if you ask any other fans they will tell you the same thing. It’s about time the “nation” grew up and acted more like the people they despise (Yanks fans). The Yanks have been a true dynasty for nearly a century and are hated by every sports fan around the world… and how do they and their fans react? That’s right we don’t, we respect the fact that other teams are out to beat us, revel in the fact that other fans love to see us lose, don’t need bulletin board motivation, and act like we have been there before. I urge the “nation” to do the same and people might start to respect this “dynasty” of theirs.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:07 am
barstool sucks… and so do massholes