Random Thoughts: Big Stack of Nothing Edition
Random thoughts while wondering whatever happened to Gary Redus:
Listening to all of the sports talk and reading all of the sports blogs and columns about the Mitchell report has been a real hoot. The feigned indigence of so many do gooders has just made me laugh. The bottom line is a small group of players, desperate to find a fountain of youth or recover quickly from career threatening injuries, found it in a needle and an undetectable substance. Now that they've named names, reputations have been tarnished and records questioned. But really not by fans. This has been a great media event at a time of year where things are very, very slow. And at the end of the day, Bud has his hands tied, Don Fehr has all the leverage and Roger Clemens will always be looked at with a jaundiced eye. Congrats, Senator. Your work is done. You spent $20 million of somebody's money to play Captain Obvious.- And the fans let out a resounding yawn.
- The only guys that got hurt by these revelations may be Clemens (who is probably retiring anyway) Pettitte and Tejada. The rest of them are fringe players who won't ever change history. I doubt even roided up, F.P. Santangelo was going to hit 75 home runs. So really, what's the big deal? Follow the time line and you'll see what I mean. Take Jim Parque. Parque may (or may not depending on the story) have used after the White Sox let him go and he was with Tampa trying to keep his pitching shoulder from falling apart. Again, the majority of these guys weren't trying to pass Henry Aaron, they were merely trying to stay in the game. I get that and even though they cheated, I understand it.
- I wish congress would spend more time and our tax dollars on tax relief for the middle class, rooting out the conspiracy between hospitals, doctors, drug companies and insurance companies and building a fence in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona then messing around with baseball. It's like when you were a kid fellas: You can have your pudding after you eat your meat.
- For all of the bitching and whining and weeping and wailing of so called professional journalists about us bloggers and "untrained" purveyors of sports opinion and information, look in the mirror and get your own house in order, you pompous asshats.
- Important high priority memo to Kenny Williams: This is not your big fish. Repeat, this is not your big fish.
- David Cutcliffe sets himself up for failure a second time. He's a good and decent man, but when it comes to making career moves, he just doesn't get it. I sure hope he understands that at Duke, football is a dirty little secret that plays out back until midnight madness starts.
- Rick Rodriguez, slowly back away form the Wolverine and stay where you are.
- This whole notion of selling Wrigley Field to the state of Illinois will be a nightmare for Cub fans. First, there will be PSLs. Then, massive changes to the stadiums makeup due to the adding of skyboxes. Then, lots and lots of ads. And finally, a lease that will keep an owner stuck there through 2035, which is way past Wrigley's usefulness. I hate to say this, but if I were a Cubs fan, I'd hope for an owner who would come in and consider building a stadium in Schaumburg, Naperville, Addison or on the lake front. If you are a Cub fan, ask yourself this: Do you want the state of Illinois, one of the most poorly run and corrupt in the country running your stadium?
- The Chicago Bears hope to avenge their earlier loss to Minnesota Monday night with Kyle Orton at Quarterback and a defense that's totally beat up. It's too bad it's not the Sunday night game because if the Bears won, Al Michaels could reprise "Do you believe in miracles, Yes!"
- It's really sad when your child dies suddenly, perhaps due to negligence and you use it as your own personal lottery ticket. Even the appellate courts are beginning to rule that pain and suffering has its monetary limits.
- Northern Illinois throws the Kill switch.
- The folks at the NFL revoke the Tennessee Titans hunting license. Shouldn't they also be fining the person that ordered the code red?
- Some humorous takes on the Mitchell report from Bugs and Cranks, Bugs and Cranks and Kissing Suzy Kolber.
- I applaud the owner at Geno's in Philly and wish the liberals would see the wisdom of his ways. It's okay to ask someone to speak to you so that you can understand them so long as you still serve him if he can't. But it is okay to ask. And for those of you that honestly believe this is a form of intimidation, ask yourselves this: If we don't start demanding people speak English, why should they learn? The only reason we don't is because companies want to reap the financial benefits NOW rather than later when non-English speakers finally get around to learning it.
- Today's list: Ten drinks men should never order.
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