Friday Fryer (October 26, 2007)
by Christof
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A look at the sports week's biggest losers…
by Christof
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Welcome to another Friday night edition of the Friday Fryer, where we take a look at who was the sports world's biggest idiot / loser this week. The rain is coming down in buckets here in Philadelphia. Hence, the Chair is awful sparky tonight. I hope no innocent person gets zap by it! So without further ado, let’s go take a look at our three finalists and, of course, the person or team who is being dipped into the Fryer....
THE FINALISTS
| National Lacrosse League
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| The NLL is an indoor lacrosse league in North America. The sport has been around since the mid 1980’s. Players in the league have day jobs. The top pay for players is only slightly over $20,000.
And guess what, the NLL had serious labor issues. These labor issues between the owners and the players were so severe that the league cancelled the upcoming season.
When I heard that, I did not know whether to laugh or cry. A minor league sport barely hanging on is canceling a season because of labor issues. Wow!
The good news is that the NLL owners and players this week the suicide that they were commenting. Hence, on Thursday, they agreed to a labor deal. A complete disaster adverted, but enough damage was done to earn the NLL a Friday Fryer nomination. Welcome to the big leagues, NLL!
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| Paul Byrd
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| Paul Byrd is a member of the Cleveland Indians. He has been in the major leagues for nearly a decade. He has never been a hard thrower. He has battled through injuries. He is what you would a hard worker.
Unfortunately, it was reported in the mass media that Byrd received over $20,000 worth of HGH a few years back. HGH is what Barry Bonds is suspected to have used. Say it ain’t so, Paul!
Paul did not do so. Instead he admitted to the HGH, claiming that it was used to treat a problem. Oh my, the integrity of baseball takes another hit. One can only wonder who else will be outed when the final report on steroids is released before the end of the year. Talk about an easy Friday Fryer Chair winner that week….
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| David Stern and the NBA
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| In the Spring, the NBA was rocked with a serious gambling charge against a referee. This charge led to a guilty plea in federal court by the disgraced referee. So what does David Stern do? He is now allowing NBA referees to do some gambling!
HELLO! Is anybody home? Does anyone associated with the NBA have an IQ above 40? You all just escaped a serious crisis that could have destroyed your league. The crisis involved a referee gambling. So what do you do? You increase the referees’ option to gamble.
You all know that this is not going to have a happy ending. The handwriting is on the bookie’s wall. But who really cares? If the NBA does not, why should we? Nonetheless, this stupidity earns the NBA and David Stern a Friday Fryer nomination.
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AND THE LOSER IS . . .
| Cleveland Indians
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| Cleveland rocks! Right? If Cleveland rocks, then why do their teams choke in the big game? The 2007 Indians team is just the latest in a long sorry line of losers. Really, Cleveland is the only city that makes Philadelphia sports look good.
This week, the Indians lost the American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox. The series went the full seven games. Now, this may not make the Indians big losers, until you realize that the Indians were up three games to one in the series. Game 5 of the series was held in Cleveland. An appearance in the World Series was at hand. Surely, the Indians and their fans could taste it.
Of course, the Indians lost Game 5, in commanding fashion. This led to additional losses in Games 6 and 7. Now, the Indians are at home, watching the Red Sox try to win their second World Series of the 21st century.
Only the New York Yankees and their fans must be more depressed than the Indians and their fans are currently. But least the Indians won the Friday Fryer Chair for this week!
Until next Friday, AMF!
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