Awesomely Awesome Things I Missed in Sports
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by MegECass110
I could write about how this may be the most perfect time in my lifetime as a sports fan. I could tell you that the Patriots are undefeated, Boston College football is undefeated (but overrated in the polls-they're a top 15 team, maybe), the Red Sox are on the verge of ALCS, the Yankees are on the verge of being swept out of the playoffs, and I'm about to go watch my favorite Philly fan Steve stumble into a sad-yet-hilarious drunken oblivion (whether the Phils lose or not). But there are more pressing issues, plus I know how much you all love Boston fans slobbering over their teams' success. And there is a fantastic possibility that if I did write about those things, the Pats would lose to the Browns, BC would lose to Notre Dame, the Angels and Yanks would come back from 0-2 to get to the ALCS, and I would arrive at the party and Steve would be stone-cold sober.
So instead, I will ramble on about some of the things I missed during my absence from AGM. As some of you noticed, I have been absent from here for a little while, eaten up by school and such. Here goes...
1) I never really appreciated college football until this year, which is weird. By college football I mean the sport altogether. I was just so enamored with the NFL I couldn't totally get into college, but thanks to some great action in the Pac-10 and those high-flying Eagles, Saturdays are basically a wash as far as me being productive goes. Almost as much as Sunday is. Much love to South Florida, Tim Tebow, the Louisville defense, Oregon fans (LONGSHORE LIKES ZIMA sign-priceless), and Matt Ryan for giving me yet another reason to procrastinate.
2) I think I like Brett Favre again. I think. He was my second favorite quarterback behind Brady for a while, for being fun, for being awesome, for not acting his age. Then I started to get irritated when he left everyone hanging by a thread on his retirement decision for 3 straight years. His whole whiny, I'm-so-torn thing was really annoying, he complained about the lack of talent/youth around him,and he started playing stupid football. But now, he's playing much better, it doesn't seem like the retirement question will come up again (if they keep winning, there's no reason for him to), and he's having a ball. But I swear, if Chris Berman and ESPN keep kissing his ass, I think his wife Deanna will have to start questioning his fidelity. Seriously, I think he and Boomer are engaged. Yuck.
3) Tony Romo has surpassed Carson Palmer as my second favorite QB. Just in case you were wondering.
4) Baseball stuff...Red Sox hang on, Beckett kicks some ass, Manny and Paps kick some more. For the record, I knew the Yankees were never dead, even when the Sox were up 14.5 games. I never counted them out. Their history is too stable, the Sox' is too sketchy. I said in the middle of the season it would not surprise if the Yanks cut it to three or four games, but I thought the Sox would hang on, which they did. Good for them. Now let's win a playoff series before I crown their asses.
5) But how about the Mets? Dear God, what a collapse. SI did a series of articles two weeks ago with some gorgeous photography of playoff contenders (Paps, A-Rod, Sabathia, etc.). I saw the photo of David Wright and immediately hung it on my wall. SI figured the Mets would be in the playoffs, and so did everyone else (including the Mets players). Sheesh, that's gonna take a while to get over. But then, on the Friday the Phils took over first place, I was driving with my previously mentioned buddy Steve. He spent the entire time on his cell's speaker phone, screaming to his friend back in Philly, who sounded on the verge of tears. Then, the reaction of Brett Myers-just launching his glove into the air-was absolutely perfect. I was happy for the Phils, sad for the Mets, and just ready for the playoffs altogether.
6) LaDainian Tomlinson is borderline dead to me. The whole thing started at the end of last season, where he went off about how classless the Pats were for doing the Merriman spaz dance. I now realize I'd be pissed too, and that he probably said it in the emotion of the moment. But now, he's underachieving on my fantasy team, he's all mopey, he isn't accepting responsibility for how his team is performing (not entirely his fault, cough NorvTurnerPhilipRivers cough, but still), and the Chargers unis now stink. I have the Nike Zoom ad with him on my wall, I'm taking it down the next time he pisses me off.
7) God Bless Kevin Everett.
8) Will the real Marion Jones please stand up? I did track for three years in high school, and my most talented teammates were also the ones who worked the hardest, ran the hardest and were leaders. Marion sets a bad example for all athletes and casts an even larger shadow on a sport I love so much.
9) I was listening to the Yankees-Indians game on the radio last night, with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman (ESPN Radio was getting crappy reception, we had no choice). I started laughing when they started talking about Joba and the bugs bothering him, then they started talking about how it would be a shame that some bugs ruined Joba's playoff debut. I figured they were being ridiculous and exaggerating how many bugs there were. Then I saw the highlights-oh my God. He seriously could not see. I felt bad. But then the Indians won, so then I didn't feel bad.
10) Matt Holliday and Tom Brady for MVP. Josh Beckett for Cy Young. Randy Moss for Comeback Player of the Year. Jacoby Ellsbury for President.
btw, in case you didn't hear...the pats cheat...
hahaha