TNF: Larry Bird was overrated as a basketball player
Just kidding :). As if The Dan could come up with a legitimate argument seeing that I barely watched him growing up. Oh yeah, I saw him in his last 2 seasons trying to play with a shuffled deck of vertebrae. I thought that would be a funny title - hope you laughed.
Now to the serious stuff.
- Chris Benoit - Yes, the guy has gotten more attention for stupidity than he ever did during his wrestling career but that’s because there is a lot of shock-value to this story. Who would kill their wife, kill their son, chill in the house with the dead corpse and then decide to lop his own throat? Are we kidding here? All we needed was a kid in the house to say "I see dead people. No seriously, I see dead people and this asshole did it."
Now, some of you will claim that this was not his fault and that the drugs did him in. What? This out-of-mind character has been self-inflicted the moment he began taking the needle. This is all his fault. Granted, the pressures of being a Wrestler is to be big and bigger. However, shouldn’t there be a time to stop? Shouldn’t there be a time where someone decides that his family is too important to lose? He could have went into rehab, got his life together and live happily ever after, especially after the way his best friend died. But he chose the coward path and there should not be any person here who can sympathize with a man who suffocated his 7-year old son, let alone choke his wife.
Last point, how spooky was this cat as he walked around the house, probably lifted weights, grabbed a drink or 6 and ate food with his wife and kids dead in the house? I find that creepy as hell. Nothing like forcing loved ones to fade out and then leaving them there for hours to chill. Crazy.
- Can anyone honestly ‘make it rain’? People can honestly ‘make you fired’, and that’s what Tank Johnson got. Chris Henry - take notes on that. And yes I know it is Pacman’s catch phrase. Does it even matter? We sit here in the midst of former players fighting for health safety and pension money for all the injuries endured on the field while these guys are taking the game for granted. Football is not for the weak to say the least.
- Who is the best San Francisco Giant position player right now? Probably Barry Bonds. Where is the All-Star game being held? San Fran. Fitting that the man who’s gunning for the homerun record, legit or otherwise, may not be there. In the end, Tony LaRussa will do the right thing and take him to the All-Star game. It’s not like LaRussa has never had a junkie on the team.
Speaking of Barry I was going to drop a post on why he isn’t the greatest hitter of all-time but I did not get around to it. That said, here are the Coles Notes version (In Canada we call those books that help with Shakespeare "Coles Notes")…
1) Would the best hitter ever sport a career average of .299, especially after the BALCO-era numbers he has posted up?
2) Was he a better hitter in the 1990’s than Ken Griffey Jr, Albert Belle, Sammy Sosa, Juan Gonzalez or Frank Thomas? Some of them yes, but if there is an argument to be made we have a confidence problem with Barry.
3) When does ‘best all around player’ translate to ‘best hitter ever’?
4) Even still, was there an argument to be made over the years over Griffey and Bonds? Yes
5) Has he averaged over 100 RBI’s during his career?
Guys, I’ve only scratched the surface. Barry Bonds is not the best hitter of All-Time.
- While I’m hot, looks like the Los Angeles Lakers are having a tough time obtaining Kevin Garnett. Is that because the Lakers don’t have much to offer the Timberwolves? Uh oh, looks like die-hard Laker fans who thought Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum would be enough to get KG were sorely mistaken. Again.
- TOKEN HOCKEY TAKE: Daniel Briere or Chris Drury? Answer: Thomas Vanek. Vanek is a restricted free agent and if I am any team with cap space I take a run at him immediately. This kid could endup a 50+ goal scorer multiple times and be more valuable to the team than the other two guys. Are you willing to lose one of the best Left Wingers behind Alex Ovechkin over a couple of 30-year olds with only a couple good years left? If I am the Sabres, my number one priority is to lock up Vanek.
- Until Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet up, I’ll only watch Men’s Tennis here and there. Once they do not a point will be missed.
- Message to Golf fans everywhere: Never doubt Tiger Woods. If you do, he’ll show you that you’ve made a mistake.
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