Okay, so I got a voicemail last night from my boy out in Toronto...so KP, this is for you. I'm going to touch on a few topics today, some of them have been beaten to death on ESPN and the radio, and the only reason I know that is because I'm home all day sort of trying to find a job. Other topics might be slightly off for those that have been reading this, but eventually even I have to discuss something semi-serious.
And just for your consideration, print this thing out and bring it to the crapper with you. You'll probably still need your copy of SI to get you thru your lunch time "break", but it's the thought that counts. Who knows, maybe this should be flushed, too.
1st up is the American League Cy Young voting...honestly, I could care less that Josh Beckett didn't win, and CC Sabathia did. Whoop-di-damn-doo. It's a regular season award. The rings are the things, and this kid Beckett has 2 in 5 years. 20 years from now, if anyone brings up this year, we'll all nod in agreement that while CC won the battle, Beckett won the war. CC went 19-7, while Beckett went 20-7. And I know we all think that 20 wins is an automatic award, not when CC pitches 40 more innings. And has a better strikeout to walk ratio. This isn't even the greatest Red Sox award snub in the last 10 years. Think I'm kidding? Remember Pedro coming in 2nd in the MVP voting in 1999? Losing it to Pudge Rodriguez?? Check out the numbers...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1999.shtml#ALmvp
There is no way I-rod (or whatever lame ass nickname he's called) was the MVP that year. He led the league in 1 category...GIDP (that's Grounded Into Double Play, for those scoring at home), was 7th in BA, 10th in slugging %, 6th in runs, 5th in hits (back to that in a second), 7th in total bases (which goes hand in hand with Runs scored), and tied for 2nd in caught stealing. Back to those hits, 199 of them...134 were singles, good for 67% of all his hits. Really tore the cover off of that one. Based on that, Jody Reed should've won an MVP. He was on a Texas team with Juan "Ow My Hammy" Gonzalez and Rafael "I have never done steroids" Palmiero. They won 96 games, the Sox won 95.
Pedro went 23-4....that's right, 23 wins. Winning percentage of 85%, 13 K/9 IP, 313 K's-113 more than the next closest person! A K/BB ratio of 8.46...the next highest guy was 3.13. There were writers who didn't put Pedro on their ballot. If they had, he would have won. This still ticks me off! The best part about that year? Being across the country going to a bar whenever Pedro started to watch, because it was electric. And that's what all my friends told me if they got a chance to go see the Sox that year. The ballpark was different. I thought so watching, but I wish I could've been there.
Next is the Celtics....all I can say is that it's awesome to see them leading Sportscenter. And the Knicks and the Lakers just suck. The Knicks are going thru some weird crap. Oh, and Stephon Marbury needs to be committed. To either the E! network or an asylum. Dude is flat-crazy. Telling the papers he had permission to leave the team and having his sexually-harassing coach say, "no he didn't". And then the $195K fine comes out, and all of a sudden Starbury is on a plane to come off the bench and score 13 pts. The Knicks suck, and I couldn't be happier. They deserve everything that's happening to them. They have a tyrant for an owner, and I can't wait until his daddy comes down to MSG and spanks him in front of millions. Oh, it's coming. The team stinks, the coach/GM/VP Isiah Thomas has the Un-Midas touch, and the roster would get spanked at the Rucker. Who would've thunk it that Zach Randolph looks normal in this crew? Talk about the company you keep....Oh, and why does Isiah have a job? Everything he touches turns to shit. Seriously. He torpedoed the CBA to bankruptcy, almost killed the Raptors, killed the Pacers only ever realistic shot to make a finals run, by losing to the Celtics when they had 2 players, and has not only put together this God-awful $86 Million payroll, he's lost a sexual-harassment case. Isiah, you ought to thank the good Lord you're black, because you either have naked pictures of owner James Dolan with a goat and a midget, or this is affirmative action gone horribly wrong.
That the Lakers are a soap opera and looking to trade the best player in the league is laughable, just as sad as Phil Jackson calling their loss to the Spurs a "Brokeback Mountain" game. If that means you got raped, so be it. I never saw the movie, and I never will. But I think it's about gay cowboys or something....
3rd is the Pats. You know what, Sports Illustrated can keep putting Boston teams on the cover, and it doesn't matter. People can bitch and moan about cheating all they want, and I don't care. Indy pumped in noise, watch YouTube, and no one says anything. Now I have to hear that the Colts are hurt, boo-hoo. It's called football. You have to pay the piper sometime. The Pats have Buffalo this Sunday night, and I think it will be competitive for the 1st quarter, I really do. Buffalo is going to be nuts, or did you not see the Monday night game against Dallas. I know they won't have their #1 RB, but they'll be keyed up. And then it will be over.
And I'll say it, I was impressed with Indy Sunday night. They didn't play horribly. They have just sacrificed 1/3 of the team for the sake of the other 2/3. Manning threw 6 picks. Granted, I've never seen anyone throw 6 picks in a game, but I have seen Tom Brady throw 4 here in Denver. It's a crappy feeling. But San Diego never put the Colts away. And it brings up an interesting point....what do you think the Chargers record would be if they had Dungy or BB as their coach? Perish the thought, I know. But I know we all talked about this after the 2003 ALCS, if Little and Torre were switched, we all thought the outcome would've been different.
So, I'm still looking for a job. Not that hard, mind you. But I am looking. I'm starting to get bored sitting around. Who knew I'd get bored? I figured I could do this for months on end....not so much.
Went out last night....to a country bar. It was for someone's birthday. I can't stand that music. I think I'm still bleeding from the ears. At least the ladies look good. Can't stand the music they listen to, but they sure do look good in them jeans....
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