A Day Without Sports

After a one day hiatus, I would like to give a fully, hearty "Welcome Back!" to Sports. Yes, we all had to drudge through an entire one day with no recognizable sports in sight. I've always seen the day after the all-star game as being very resemblent to breaking up with a steady girl friend. You take them for granted until they're not there. One minute they are with you on the couch comforting you from your hard day at work, suddenly they are gone and you're left looking around your apartment for some semblance of your old life. Next thing you know you have a two and a half-week-old beard and you're eating Funions off the floor, wondering where it all went wrong. I guess that’s kinda how I felt yesterday at the gym when I had to watch VH1 rather than the baseball, just disorienting in every aspect.

Now with baseball on my sports horizon, I feel sports giddy. Its almost like when you see that said girlfriend from before, only she has lost 20 pounds, changed her hair, and just did an overhaul of her entire body leaving your jaw on the floor. Well unlike that ex, baseball will always welcome you back. Kinda like the scene in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray runs into his old pal, Ned Rhyerson who seems a bit too excited to see him. Let's just be happy that the whole mess is over. Its good to have you back sports, you look terrific.

Mike Young, MVP: Now it seems that I wrote something about him before the game, but oh yeah I did! I'm not gonna say I called it (especially after my atrocious Derby pick) but take that, world! Mike Young looked all growns up on the big stage there as he delivered a two out, two strike, two run triple to win the game for the AL. I am telling you that this guy is absolutely legit. I know it sounds strange to have to say that about a former batting champ, but no one knows who he is. I mean they accidentally put mark DeRosa's picture up when he came up for his first at bat. No respect. This is guy is so clutch that I actually feel safer when he is hitting with two strikes than with anything else. My man-crush is revealed.

Rangers: They head into the second half trying to hold on to first place. I'm not making too many predictions anymore, but if they don't find an arm and a bat for this team they are gonna get lost in this division. Or as RT would say, "They're gonna be running around like a 'tard with a sparkler."

Barry Bonds: There are reports that Bonds will be indicted on charges of purjury and tax evasion. For the record, I dislike Bonds as much as the next guy, but isn't this a bit much? I mean jail time? Sure the guy lied, cheated, and tainted the sport I love, but lets be honest now they are messing with his life. Over what? A game? I think we all need to step back and realize how heavy this thing could be when its all over. Taking a tragic hero and exposing the dark side of his legend, then doing everything we can to throw away his legacy with no regards for his family. I mean his friends are turning on him now. This might force Bonds off the deep end. This has all the makings of the birth of a new super villain.

WNBA All-Star Game: I care nothing for this event, and I am mad that ESPN was littered with it's highlights last night. I am all for women's sports, but the WNBA needs to be taken off the air. It's a ratings nightmare. As a Croatian buddy of mine once said, "Call me what you will, but no one wants to watch a bunch of ugly women running up and down the court bricking lay-ups." Agrred. The Friends spin-off, Joey seemed like a good idea too, but its time we move on past both of these.