An open letter to Ron Gardenhire

Dear Ron,
Please wake up and smell the pennant race! While your players are willing to compete every game you’re finding ways to get out managed on a consistent basis. Please step up whatever baseball managing skills you have to ensure you don’t hold your players back from winning a pennant.
Last night your team [...]

Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media

Here is an article from The Onion about a Fantasy Baseball owner ripping his club.
Dets, I think your squad Suck It needs similar treatment. I can call for a press conference for 5:15pm Today @ the Buckhorn if you’d like???
Being a Chris Young (on the DL after being hit in the face on a [...]

Times, they are a changin’!

As each day goes by there seems to be one constant in my life, I am getting older. I’m still by no stretch of the imagination, old, but I am definitely not as young as I used to be. Some things point this out to me on a daily basis, like my distaste for loud [...]

Man Etiquette

I haven’t been too vocal lately, not because things haven’t been bothering me, but because lately when something has been bothering me I’ve been too upset to think about it, so there was no way I could write about it. One of those brutal stories was the arrest of the parents of a four year [...]

Jeter drinks wine coolers

Here you go Jimmy a top 100 reason list from 2006 to hate Derek Jeter…
http://www.torontobaseballguys.com/jeter.html
Here’s the top 10 to start with:
1. The Fist-Pump – Jeter’s trademark celebration for a home run, key single, stolen base, finding a nice parking spot…
2. The Number – When he joined the Yankees, Jeter wanted a single-digit number, noting [...]

My rant

Here is the definition of rant according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online

Function:intransitive verb 1 : to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner 2 : to scold vehemently [...]

I don’t know, and I don’t care!….Bartender!

Thank you to Jim Carey for this little nugget.  As we approach Election ‘08 I can only believe that I will be uttering this phrase, either outloud or just in my head, many times in the not so distant future.  I know this is just another small thing that probably shouldn’t upset me so much, [...]

To Wave or Not to Wave?

No, I’m not talking about partaking in the exciting sports tradition, this is something that hits closer to home for me and I think it’s something that needs to be addressed.  What’s the deal with people not waving?  I can somewhat understand not responding to the unsolicitated wave from a stranger, although even that annoys me (yeah, I’m that [...]

What I liked/didn’t like about the Super Bowl this year

Alright these are just a few quick things that I liked and didn’t like. I’ve probably forgotten a few of each, so I’d like to hear a few more opinions.
Liked

The Terminator kicking the crap out of the Fox robot. I can’t stand watching the fox robot jump up and down like it needs [...]

Ridiculous!

I generally won’t take any jabs at Shaquille O’Neal, considering he was one of my favorite athletes when I was younger, but a story recently came to my attention that I had to bring to everyone’s attention.  Shaq, I’m sorry, but this just can’t go without a comment.  Recently Shaq and his wife of 5 [...]