The reason we play the games.
Alright, I’ll be honest, my first post was completely wrong. If you are one of the 12 people who actually read my last post, then you will have noticed that I was completely off on my predictions on the MLB playoffs. If I was right, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox would be playing tonight in the World Series, not the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. Though I made my predictions based on some stats and my own personal preferences and my picks made a lot of sense on paper, but as my high school basketball coach would say, “Games, Championships, or anything for that matter, are not won on paper but on the court, this is why we play the games during the playoffs everyone has a chance.” When I look back picking the Red Sox to repeat was a long shot, I mean them winning it once in 86 years was a long shot, but it happened so I was hoping the baseball gods would smile on the fans of Red Sox Nation twice in consecutive years. I understand that the White Sox were worse off than the Red Sox because they haven’t won it all since 1917, but in 1919 they bet on baseball, they deserved it and I think they still do. Bill Simmons had a good point there. The way things are going the Chicago Cubs will win it next couple of years and everyone that has jumped on the White Sox bandwagon can hop on the Red Line train to Wrigley Field.
Before I move on I just want to scold Major League Baseball on the way they have handled this post season. There have been many instances where Baseball has dropped the ball. Like I said before in my last post, San Diego should not have gotten into the playoffs. Two teams in the same division should not be tied at the end of the season and use a tie breaking system to determine who gets the division, that’s what is great about the one game playoff system, baseball fans want to see the one game playoff and since the players play everyday anyway I don’t see why it couldn’t happen. Most would think that I would have to say something about how it is cheap that the White Sox beat the Red Sox, but lets face it the White Sox outplayed the Red Sox and they deserved to move on, as for the White Sox vs. Angels series, making the Angels travel over 11 time zones in three days and playing games all three of those days was unfair and Bud Selig should have stepped in and said, “Hey, Houston and St. Louis, could you play a day earlier and let the Angels get some rest, they deserve it they just beat one of the greatest franchises in sports history.” That wasn’t the case and luckily the Angels won game one. Then there was the missed call that was obviously a turning point in the series, fire the Ump or at least make him take a class on how to make clear what his call are because that is ridiculous. Lastly, the whole ordeal with Houston and the roof in THEIR stadium, you should let them close it, its one of the advantages to playing in your house you get little things that matter in your favor. OK enough about baseball, who’s ready for some football?
It’s week 8 and my Patriots are at .500, OH NO not that! Now if you’re a Philly fan hold off on the celebration for a little while and if you are a New England fan take your neck out of the noose and step down from that wobbly chair, no need to be Brooks from “Shawshank Redemption” just yet. We’re in a division with the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, and the Buffalo Bills. In other words we’re in first place and I don’t see us leaving first place anytime soon. I mean the Jets are on their 4th QB and I believe he just got hurt on Monday. The Dolphins aren’t good with Ricky Williams and they aren’t good without him. As for the Bills, they’re the only team I see giving the Pats any trouble, but without a real distinguished QB I don’t see them lasting long when the games really start to count.
Behind Peyton Manning and a surprising defense The Indianapolis Colts are the lone undefeated team. I can, as much as it hurts to say, see the Colts staying undefeated for the whole season. This is going to be determined by a few things. I can see the Patriots beating them in Foxboro, but only if the Patriots start playing like the team they have been in the past few years (not including 2002). Also they have Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in consecutive weeks, if Cincy puts a beating on them at Cincy I can see the Colts stumbling against the Steelers, another as much as I hate to admit it, but Pittsburgh is a great team and will play the Colts very tough.
The NFC is just as much up in the air with the NFC east looking like the NL east Wild Card race with only Dallas who has yet to have a bye with one extra loss putting them in last place. The whole entire conference is up in the air and is definitely the weaker conference to date. It is going to stay that way too until teams like the Colts Patriots, Steelers, and Cincinnati disassemble their teams, or when guys like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and various others start to get old and not play at the same level they do now.
One more topic I feel the need to cover, I promise this post is almost over. The Vikings, and the Packers; the first word that comes to mind is pathetic. These two teams have been in the upper levels of the league for quite some time and now they are fighting every week just to make it close. The Vikings ordeal is unacceptable with the so called Sex Cruise. If I was Vikings ownership I would have taken it upon myself and suspended everyone on the team and dock their pay just to send a message that this kind of behavior is unacceptable. Who cares how much money I would have lost that week, because athletes are held to a higher standard but they get away with stuff like this all the time; the league dropped the ball on that. Mike Tice should be fired end of story, not because he is losing, but because he is showing a line of behavior that should not be displayed by a coach, player, owner, or anyone involved in this league. The Packers on the other hand are losing because of injury, and their Quarterback has past his good old days and has been for sometime. Brett do me a favor, hang them up soon because I have a lot of respect for you, even though you kicked New England’s ass in the Super bowl in 1996, but I don’t want to see you be the Quarterback version of what Jerry Rice was to Wide Receivers.
Ok I think that covers everything for now, a lot like the Patriots no name secondary covered Freddy Mitchell in the Super Bowl. Oh one more thing Green Bay I know you’re on hard times, but you can’t sink as low to sign Freddy Mitchell. That’s it I’m done, you can now go back to your life.
Before I move on I just want to scold Major League Baseball on the way they have handled this post season. There have been many instances where Baseball has dropped the ball. Like I said before in my last post, San Diego should not have gotten into the playoffs. Two teams in the same division should not be tied at the end of the season and use a tie breaking system to determine who gets the division, that’s what is great about the one game playoff system, baseball fans want to see the one game playoff and since the players play everyday anyway I don’t see why it couldn’t happen. Most would think that I would have to say something about how it is cheap that the White Sox beat the Red Sox, but lets face it the White Sox outplayed the Red Sox and they deserved to move on, as for the White Sox vs. Angels series, making the Angels travel over 11 time zones in three days and playing games all three of those days was unfair and Bud Selig should have stepped in and said, “Hey, Houston and St. Louis, could you play a day earlier and let the Angels get some rest, they deserve it they just beat one of the greatest franchises in sports history.” That wasn’t the case and luckily the Angels won game one. Then there was the missed call that was obviously a turning point in the series, fire the Ump or at least make him take a class on how to make clear what his call are because that is ridiculous. Lastly, the whole ordeal with Houston and the roof in THEIR stadium, you should let them close it, its one of the advantages to playing in your house you get little things that matter in your favor. OK enough about baseball, who’s ready for some football?
It’s week 8 and my Patriots are at .500, OH NO not that! Now if you’re a Philly fan hold off on the celebration for a little while and if you are a New England fan take your neck out of the noose and step down from that wobbly chair, no need to be Brooks from “Shawshank Redemption” just yet. We’re in a division with the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, and the Buffalo Bills. In other words we’re in first place and I don’t see us leaving first place anytime soon. I mean the Jets are on their 4th QB and I believe he just got hurt on Monday. The Dolphins aren’t good with Ricky Williams and they aren’t good without him. As for the Bills, they’re the only team I see giving the Pats any trouble, but without a real distinguished QB I don’t see them lasting long when the games really start to count.
Behind Peyton Manning and a surprising defense The Indianapolis Colts are the lone undefeated team. I can, as much as it hurts to say, see the Colts staying undefeated for the whole season. This is going to be determined by a few things. I can see the Patriots beating them in Foxboro, but only if the Patriots start playing like the team they have been in the past few years (not including 2002). Also they have Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in consecutive weeks, if Cincy puts a beating on them at Cincy I can see the Colts stumbling against the Steelers, another as much as I hate to admit it, but Pittsburgh is a great team and will play the Colts very tough.
The NFC is just as much up in the air with the NFC east looking like the NL east Wild Card race with only Dallas who has yet to have a bye with one extra loss putting them in last place. The whole entire conference is up in the air and is definitely the weaker conference to date. It is going to stay that way too until teams like the Colts Patriots, Steelers, and Cincinnati disassemble their teams, or when guys like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and various others start to get old and not play at the same level they do now.
One more topic I feel the need to cover, I promise this post is almost over. The Vikings, and the Packers; the first word that comes to mind is pathetic. These two teams have been in the upper levels of the league for quite some time and now they are fighting every week just to make it close. The Vikings ordeal is unacceptable with the so called Sex Cruise. If I was Vikings ownership I would have taken it upon myself and suspended everyone on the team and dock their pay just to send a message that this kind of behavior is unacceptable. Who cares how much money I would have lost that week, because athletes are held to a higher standard but they get away with stuff like this all the time; the league dropped the ball on that. Mike Tice should be fired end of story, not because he is losing, but because he is showing a line of behavior that should not be displayed by a coach, player, owner, or anyone involved in this league. The Packers on the other hand are losing because of injury, and their Quarterback has past his good old days and has been for sometime. Brett do me a favor, hang them up soon because I have a lot of respect for you, even though you kicked New England’s ass in the Super bowl in 1996, but I don’t want to see you be the Quarterback version of what Jerry Rice was to Wide Receivers.
Ok I think that covers everything for now, a lot like the Patriots no name secondary covered Freddy Mitchell in the Super Bowl. Oh one more thing Green Bay I know you’re on hard times, but you can’t sink as low to sign Freddy Mitchell. That’s it I’m done, you can now go back to your life.
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