The Noise Factor

A nice 4-week hiatus is exactly what The Dan ordered.  I kept tabs on what was going on here (with the exception of hotblondemilf, I missed that one).  Needless to say I walked away for a brief period and did it exactly the way I came into this small fraternity - quietly.

One of the lessons I revisted during my time off was the one fact of life that people take for granted: no matter what happens or where you go, everything will continue as it should.  Bloggers will continue blogging, the world will continue turning and life will continue whether or not you are around.  And while I’m still here I may as well do what I can with the time I have.  Speaking of which, I might as well take off my age since I had my birthday last week.  However, starting next year I will be going backward in age.  So next year I will be 24 again, and then 23, 22, 21….

If only we could do that to athletes - on second thought some athletes already do…

MLB Pennant Races

- We all love a photo finish at the end of the season to decide who gets to play in October and who gets to play with themselves while watching it.  Unfortunately, what we will be left with are a few good teams and not much to show in the National League.  Let’s be straight; the Detroit Tigers have shot themselves in the pants badly over the last two months when they were riding high after a big sweep of the Boston Red Sox prior to the All-Star break.  They have played themselves out of a playoff spot in the American League.  But can you tell me the teams out of the NL Central and NL West are better than Detroit?  Not a chance in hell.  There are some weak teams in the Central and the stronger teams in that division cannot take advantage of that.  They have been putrid all year and they could STILL make the World Series.  Why?  Because the hottest team in October prevails.  Ask the previous 5 World Series winners.  I’d consider Detroit the 5th best team in baseball, just ahead of the Mets, and they won’t touch the playoffs.

Why I love Toronto?

I read several blogs pertaining to the team they love.  Nobody wrote about the Toronto Blue Jays so I will and I will keep this brief. 

I don’t have a clue why I love the Blue Jays except for one reason: The Underdog.  They aren’t just an underdog against Boston and New York, they are an underdog in their own city.  The fans turned their back on the franchise who desperately wanted no part of the strike or replacement players at any time.  They are in love with a franchise that steals their money and has no incentive or motivation to win, and that is their joke of a hockey team - The Toronto Maple Leafs.  The hypocrisy of my city that use to draw 50 000 people a night to baseball games and now they draw half that blame the strike of 1994.  They lost fans in 1994 so that is a total lie.  Yet hockey shuts down for a year and not a single season-ticket holder budges.  Not one fan gave up their tickets despite the way the sport and the franchise has treated them.  Hence, the Jays are underdogs.  I root for the underdog.  I loved them when I was younger and when they were winning titles.  But I support them because I am loyal to the team who may not have a great GM but they know their backs are against the wall every single year.  I’ll support a franchise who is hungry than a franchise who will throw their food away.

Federer v. Wood

There is no discussion - the most dominant player out of the two is Roger Federer.  His run over the last 2+ years is something Tiger has never touched - and may never will. 

People want to talk about Tiger’s competition being better than Federer’s and that isn’t true.  Take Roger out of the sport and you have Rafael Nadal who would be well on his way to being ahead of the pace to run down Pete Sampras’s majors record.  At 21 Nadal would be looked at as one of the all-time greats.  Don’t believe me?  Well if he had 5 titles at this age he’d be way ahead of Federer at that age with no Federer to track him down. 

Without Tiger, Phil Mickelson would not even be close to being regarded as one of the best ever. 

Nothing taken away from Tiger because he has jacked his sport to a whole new level, but Federer simply won’t be thought of as the better athlete.  The reason: he isn’t American.  Sorry folks, but it does have an effect.  Being American would give him more exposure in North America and exposure would be huge for him, his sport, and his legacy.

NFL is back

- Thank god. 

I have to cut this short because dinner is calling my name.  Don’t be a stranger - listen to me tomorrow at www.chevradioam.com.  I still leave Thursdays to you.  I hope to hear from you all.
 

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