By now whether you follow sports or not you've probably heard of the Toronto Maple Leafs fan who got busted for throwing waffles on the ice. Before I get into my rant I just want to make it clear that I do not agree with this fans method of expressing his frustration. This rant isn't going to be so much about what this fan did, as much as it's a tirade on MLSE!!!
Coles notes of what happened for those who may not know...basically a couple of weeks ago at the end of a Toronto Maple Leafs game versus the Philadelphia Flyers a fan threw a waffle onto the ice as the Leafs exited the ice. Then just last week in a 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers a fan threw waffles on the ice during play.
For his efforts this fan has been banned from the Air Canada Centre, BMO Field, the Richo Coliseum and all other MLSE affiliates for life. What really bothers me about this is that this was a victimless crime. No one was hurt in the throwing of these waffles and really it is just entertaining for other fans to see this new trend continued. So for throwing a couple soft, weightless pieces of debris on the ice this guy can no longer enjoy his favorite team live. Would the mental giants at MLSE prefer we throw beer, perhaps popcorn, maybe our jerseys? When you put a product on the ice night after night that doesn't meet or even come close to reaching expectations people are going to be frustrated. In the last few home games the Leafs have had some stiff competition playing teams ahead of them in the standings but they have also blown a lead in the last minute, only to lose in overtime, have been blown out by one of the worst teams in the NHL and have shown night in and night out they have no interest in competing. All of these events leads to fan frustration and there are many means of venting this frustration, but sometimes you can't stop a boiling pot from overflowing.
This act of this extreme punishment given to this fan is just another example of MLSE's flexing their muscle at anyone who tries to throw an egg on the face of any of their affiliates. Whether it's a calculated answer from a coach or banning a fan from future visits, the MLSE will do everything in their power to not be defeated, similar to the Evil Empire in the Star Wars movies. Lately I think a lot of Toronto sports fans look at the MLSE that way; an evil empire. They want to silence any form of criticism or negative attention. In this season of The Holiday Spirit of giving, MLSE is giving life time bans and receiving millions of dollars from the fans of Toronto teams who over the last 7 years have watched a less than favorable results come seasons ends with zero playoff appearances for both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto FC.
Dear Fan,
Good on you for what you did and I am truly sorry you've been banned for life. Next time someone should throw a flaming bag of shit on the ice, that'll get the point across! You put shit on the ice, so will we!
Dear MLSE,
Much darkness I see in you? Fear is the path to the dark side....and continue to treat fans this way and guess what...you won't have any left!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Rock 'Em, Stick a Sock in 'Em
My feet are still pretty wet when it comes to this whole world of blogging and I openly admit I do not have a lot of followers, but one of my friends and diligent followers of the blog has made a request. He has asked my opinion on Don Cherry, one of Canada's National "Treasures". I am going to give my opinion and thoughts to this topic and at the end of my rant, I will have attached a link to the Montreal Gazette which was very well written and almost made me consider not writing this blog because the composer of said article and I share very common opinions. I highly recommend after reading my blog you read this article.
Don Cherry....for years this man has been a thorn in my side. There is nothing more I love to do on a Saturday than watch my boys in Blue take to the ice, but then I am subjected in the 1st period to listen to this grumpy old man rant about why he thinks the sky is blue. When I first read that Don Cherry would be part of the inauguration of Toronto's newest mistake (thank you very much residents of suburban Metro Toronto, you freak'n morons!!!) Rob Ford aka "Chris Farley" (this is opinion 1 I share with the Gazette), I could not believe that a ceremony of this magnitude would involve such a circus act. I am not here to talk about how much I dislike Rob Ford and how he is going to destroy a great city, but I am here to talk about how Don Cherry should keep his hideous fashion sense and 1950's opinions out of politics. Here is a man who many people do enjoy watching, because they either respect his opinion or just like to get a laugh, but over the years it's just gotten worse and worse. He uses his 7 minutes or so to force his opinion on those watching the CBC Hockey Night in Canada Broadcast. Whether it is a hockey related matter where he is calling out European players for being "sissy's" or going on about politics; which includes his opinions on the Operation in Iran, Afghanistan and surrounding countries. Poor Ron Maclean sits there and has to listen to him and try to keep him on track, which often times leads to verbal abuse from Cherry directly to Maclean. As he gets older, Don Cherry does not get wiser, he gets more and more aggressive and inappropriate. His rants lead to media outcries and usually leaves someone or some group offended. Yet week after week the CBC parades their circus act out there to yell and scream his thoughts so that people might think, "Hey, he's pretty animated about this, maybe I should think like Don...he makes a good point, all Europeans are "sissy's"." Don Cherry is the last person that anyone in this country should base their thoughts or opinions on. He spews verbal diarrhea weekly in hopes that he gets a reaction or that he can look at something such as a mayoral election win and think "I am the reason he won, because I'm Don Cherry Canada's National Treasure." What Don Cherry needs to realize is that the people who surround him merely agree in hopes that he shuts up! What I am about to say next may offend people and it's not intended to, but it's how I feel. On a very regular basis Cherry talks about the "war" and goes on about those participating in the war. I know that the soldiers have a lot of support in Canada and I support them as well, as much as I disagree with Canada's participation, BUT this is the last thing people want to see or hear about during a hockey game!!!! Most evenings on the news, most days in the paper we are reminded of the terrible things going on as part of this "war" and the live too soon lost because of it, BUT again, this is the last thing someone wants to see during a hockey game!!! This is just another example of Cherry pushing his beliefs and opinions down the throats of Canadians. If Cherry was sitting on his perch telling people to go to church or believe in the God he believes in they wouldn't stand for it. For some people politics are as big as religion, so I ask; CBC why are you not doing anything???
Dear CBC,
DO SOMETHING FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!! Don Cherry is an angry, bitter, racist and opinionated old man who needs to be silenced. I have never met the man, but I don't imagine he'd be easy to get along with if I did.
Dear Don Cherry,
Just go away. When you die, despite a lot of peoples desires you will be celebrated as a Canadian Hero. Can't you just wait until you die to get undeserved respect???
Don Cherry....for years this man has been a thorn in my side. There is nothing more I love to do on a Saturday than watch my boys in Blue take to the ice, but then I am subjected in the 1st period to listen to this grumpy old man rant about why he thinks the sky is blue. When I first read that Don Cherry would be part of the inauguration of Toronto's newest mistake (thank you very much residents of suburban Metro Toronto, you freak'n morons!!!) Rob Ford aka "Chris Farley" (this is opinion 1 I share with the Gazette), I could not believe that a ceremony of this magnitude would involve such a circus act. I am not here to talk about how much I dislike Rob Ford and how he is going to destroy a great city, but I am here to talk about how Don Cherry should keep his hideous fashion sense and 1950's opinions out of politics. Here is a man who many people do enjoy watching, because they either respect his opinion or just like to get a laugh, but over the years it's just gotten worse and worse. He uses his 7 minutes or so to force his opinion on those watching the CBC Hockey Night in Canada Broadcast. Whether it is a hockey related matter where he is calling out European players for being "sissy's" or going on about politics; which includes his opinions on the Operation in Iran, Afghanistan and surrounding countries. Poor Ron Maclean sits there and has to listen to him and try to keep him on track, which often times leads to verbal abuse from Cherry directly to Maclean. As he gets older, Don Cherry does not get wiser, he gets more and more aggressive and inappropriate. His rants lead to media outcries and usually leaves someone or some group offended. Yet week after week the CBC parades their circus act out there to yell and scream his thoughts so that people might think, "Hey, he's pretty animated about this, maybe I should think like Don...he makes a good point, all Europeans are "sissy's"." Don Cherry is the last person that anyone in this country should base their thoughts or opinions on. He spews verbal diarrhea weekly in hopes that he gets a reaction or that he can look at something such as a mayoral election win and think "I am the reason he won, because I'm Don Cherry Canada's National Treasure." What Don Cherry needs to realize is that the people who surround him merely agree in hopes that he shuts up! What I am about to say next may offend people and it's not intended to, but it's how I feel. On a very regular basis Cherry talks about the "war" and goes on about those participating in the war. I know that the soldiers have a lot of support in Canada and I support them as well, as much as I disagree with Canada's participation, BUT this is the last thing people want to see or hear about during a hockey game!!!! Most evenings on the news, most days in the paper we are reminded of the terrible things going on as part of this "war" and the live too soon lost because of it, BUT again, this is the last thing someone wants to see during a hockey game!!! This is just another example of Cherry pushing his beliefs and opinions down the throats of Canadians. If Cherry was sitting on his perch telling people to go to church or believe in the God he believes in they wouldn't stand for it. For some people politics are as big as religion, so I ask; CBC why are you not doing anything???
Dear CBC,
DO SOMETHING FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!! Don Cherry is an angry, bitter, racist and opinionated old man who needs to be silenced. I have never met the man, but I don't imagine he'd be easy to get along with if I did.
Dear Don Cherry,
Just go away. When you die, despite a lot of peoples desires you will be celebrated as a Canadian Hero. Can't you just wait until you die to get undeserved respect???
Again, read this article...better written then mine, but he get's paid for it!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sal Alosi, Shame on You!
Sal Alosi,
I bet before Sunday afternoon, unless you are a die hard Jets fan, you had no clue who this guy was. Now the whole sporting community knows who he is, but for all the wrong reasons. Sal Alosi is the strength and conditioning coach for the New York Jets of the NFL. On Sunday, during the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets game Alosi took it upon himself to trip a member of the Miami Dolphins as he ran down the sidelines during a kick return. This is the video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgYXBpIYnvU. When you see it live action it looks as though the Dolphins player just trips, but watching it again and again in slow motion I think to myself, "What the hell is this guy thinking?" Obviously he wasn't, because it is clear in the video that this was premeditated, this wasn't something he decided to do at the last second. You can clearly see in the video that he is in a forward stance that allowed him to just stick his knee out and trip the player. This is just an act of complete stupidity. There could be many reasons why he did it, the Jets were losing and had lost their last game and depending how they finish the season could miss the playoffs, frustration from all of this could have led to his decision, but I think it is just because he's an idiot! This collision was knee on knee and the Dolphins player was running at full speed, Alosi is lucky there wasn't any injury to the player, because that would have spelled imminent trouble for Alosi. As it is the Jets have suspended him for the remainder of the season, including playoffs as well as a $25,000 dollar fine. The NFL plans to take no further action, which is understandable as Alosi is an employee of the Jets. Following the game Alosi said in response to a question from the media about why he did what he did; "You're asking me to give you a logical explanation to an illogical act," he said. "I can't do that. I can't explain that."....yeah the media is going to ask you why you did it, it's what they do...be honest, say "Because I'm a god damn moron!!!". There have been many incidents in all sports where coaches and players interact, even mascots get into it with opposing players from time to time, but nothing that I can remember like this. This was an attack on a player without warning and really could be look at as a criminal act of abuse. Alosi is fortunate that that Jets didn't out right release him of his duties with the team. Perhaps Alosi should throw on some pads for the next game the Jets play and see how he likes being taken down, but in the way that a football player is supposed to be taken down and not blindsided.
Dear Sal Alosi,
Shame on you, your mother is or would be disappointed in you (she could be dead for all I know...or maybe he never had a mother....) whoever you cherish the most is disappointed in you!!! You are no better than Sean Avery who runs around delivering sucker punches to other players in the NHL. You have a job that most people would love to have. You got to go day in and day out, hang out with stars of the Jets and the entire NFL!!! Then for one moment you decide you are going to trip a guy and why? To get a laugh, out of frustration or just shear stupidity and now it's all gone, for this season at least. As a sports fan, it would be a dream come true for me to work with or on a sports team in any facet and guys like you who take it for granted don't deserve your jobs.
I bet before Sunday afternoon, unless you are a die hard Jets fan, you had no clue who this guy was. Now the whole sporting community knows who he is, but for all the wrong reasons. Sal Alosi is the strength and conditioning coach for the New York Jets of the NFL. On Sunday, during the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets game Alosi took it upon himself to trip a member of the Miami Dolphins as he ran down the sidelines during a kick return. This is the video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgYXBpIYnvU. When you see it live action it looks as though the Dolphins player just trips, but watching it again and again in slow motion I think to myself, "What the hell is this guy thinking?" Obviously he wasn't, because it is clear in the video that this was premeditated, this wasn't something he decided to do at the last second. You can clearly see in the video that he is in a forward stance that allowed him to just stick his knee out and trip the player. This is just an act of complete stupidity. There could be many reasons why he did it, the Jets were losing and had lost their last game and depending how they finish the season could miss the playoffs, frustration from all of this could have led to his decision, but I think it is just because he's an idiot! This collision was knee on knee and the Dolphins player was running at full speed, Alosi is lucky there wasn't any injury to the player, because that would have spelled imminent trouble for Alosi. As it is the Jets have suspended him for the remainder of the season, including playoffs as well as a $25,000 dollar fine. The NFL plans to take no further action, which is understandable as Alosi is an employee of the Jets. Following the game Alosi said in response to a question from the media about why he did what he did; "You're asking me to give you a logical explanation to an illogical act," he said. "I can't do that. I can't explain that."....yeah the media is going to ask you why you did it, it's what they do...be honest, say "Because I'm a god damn moron!!!". There have been many incidents in all sports where coaches and players interact, even mascots get into it with opposing players from time to time, but nothing that I can remember like this. This was an attack on a player without warning and really could be look at as a criminal act of abuse. Alosi is fortunate that that Jets didn't out right release him of his duties with the team. Perhaps Alosi should throw on some pads for the next game the Jets play and see how he likes being taken down, but in the way that a football player is supposed to be taken down and not blindsided.
Dear Sal Alosi,
Shame on you, your mother is or would be disappointed in you (she could be dead for all I know...or maybe he never had a mother....) whoever you cherish the most is disappointed in you!!! You are no better than Sean Avery who runs around delivering sucker punches to other players in the NHL. You have a job that most people would love to have. You got to go day in and day out, hang out with stars of the Jets and the entire NFL!!! Then for one moment you decide you are going to trip a guy and why? To get a laugh, out of frustration or just shear stupidity and now it's all gone, for this season at least. As a sports fan, it would be a dream come true for me to work with or on a sports team in any facet and guys like you who take it for granted don't deserve your jobs.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sports Movies Are Like Priest and Rabbi Jokes
......there hasn't been a new good one in years. Last night I was lucky enough to come across the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks. It was a staple in the '80's and early '90's (not the actual Mighty Ducks movies) but sports movies and good ones at that, before they started using animals as the saviors of sports teams. When you think of sports movies I'm sure we all have different ideas of great ones. I automatically think of Slapshot, The Longest Yard (the original not Adam Sandler's remake....all though I liked it too) or maybe the Mighty Ducks. If you are American you probably think of the Miracle on Ice or Mystery Alaska, but the Miracle on Ice is American Propaganda and Russell Crowe was in Mystery Alaska so it sucks for that reason. I just don't understand why out of all the great sports stories in history or all of the writers, directors and production companies why someone can't come up with a good sports movie. Perhaps everyone is too busy making movies about real life events like the end of the world or a clan of blue natives whom the army is at war with or Jack Dawson controlling your dreams. It's not that difficult to put together a sports movie, you just need to have an under dog, the hated rival and an inspirational story that ends with the movie fading to black with "We are the champions...." playing. So why no new sports movies? When did they lose their popularity or appeal? People still pay big money to watch live sport and some even pay hundreds a year in cable subscriptions to watch all kinds of sports everyday of the week. It seems to me as sports movies lost their steam it became about dancing movies or movies that used the same formula that a sports movie would use. Sports movies bring viewers to their feet, tears to their eyes and all in a different way than a Robert Pattenson or the final ending of Harry Potter. Over the years these great sports movies have made their respective production studios plenty of movie, Christ the Mighty Ducks created an NHL team! Sports movies of the early '90's gave fans of struggling francises hope. With the Major League movies came the end of years of losing for the Cleveland Indians who did make a World Series appearance in 1996. There was Little Big League and Rookie of the Year which took their teams from mediocrity to respectability. Don't get me wrong, I'm not attributing the sudden success of these teams to the fact that a movie was made about them, but it the movies provided hope.
Daer Hollywood,
Forget love stories or war movies, books turned into movies or disaster films. SPORTS!!! GO SPORTS GO!! Give me what I want! Sports and maybe Zombies....yeah a Zombie Sports Movie...it'll be just as good as Basketballs or even better!
Honorable Mention
- Happy Gilmore
- Blades of Glory (doesn't count as a sports movie because figure skating is an art, not a sport)
- Semi Pro
Daer Hollywood,
Forget love stories or war movies, books turned into movies or disaster films. SPORTS!!! GO SPORTS GO!! Give me what I want! Sports and maybe Zombies....yeah a Zombie Sports Movie...it'll be just as good as Basketballs or even better!
Honorable Mention
- Happy Gilmore
- Blades of Glory (doesn't count as a sports movie because figure skating is an art, not a sport)
- Semi Pro
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Winning Records vs. The Other Guys
So it's been talked about a lot so far this week, whether or not a team in the NFL who doesn't at least hold a .500 or better record at txhe end of the season should be allowed to make the playoffs, even if that team leads their respective division. Some have agreed with the idea that unless you have a winning record you do not belong in the playoffs. This is absolutely, the stupidest thought I have encountered. Teams play every season, in every sport to win as many games as possible. As Herman Edwards once said "you play to win the game!". The notion that a league can decide or set out rules that determine if a team can make the playoffs is ridiculous. Twice there have been teams who have been 9-7 and not only made the playoffs but gone to the Super Bowl. This season it appears that the NFC West will be won by a record of 7-9 (currently led by the St. Louis Rams). My belief is that whether you win 12 games or 6, if you are the best team in your division you have every right to be in the playoffs. You play those other teams in your division twice a season, so at the end if you are at the top you have obviously done something right.
This same problem has been occurring in the MLB for the past few years. No division is as strong as the other. To win the AL East you need to win at least 95 games, where as in other divisions teams are winning with records just over .500. To those fans in the cities where there teams are missing the playoffs with better records it is frustrating, but you can't take away that competitive advantage, it's just not sport.
Dear NFL,
Leave it be! No matter who makes the playoffs you are still going to make way too much money from tv deals and commercial profits, you should actually hope the Pittsburg Steelers make the playoffs because then you can make more money off of James Harrison.
This same problem has been occurring in the MLB for the past few years. No division is as strong as the other. To win the AL East you need to win at least 95 games, where as in other divisions teams are winning with records just over .500. To those fans in the cities where there teams are missing the playoffs with better records it is frustrating, but you can't take away that competitive advantage, it's just not sport.
Dear NFL,
Leave it be! No matter who makes the playoffs you are still going to make way too much money from tv deals and commercial profits, you should actually hope the Pittsburg Steelers make the playoffs because then you can make more money off of James Harrison.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
So Much to Talk About, So Little Concentration
It's been over two weeks since my last post and for that I apologize. To be perfectly honest the sports world has be rather boring for these last few days, but I do have a few little small rants.
Dear Kevin Garnett, who are you to call Charlie Villanuva a cancer patient? You two have the same hairstyle? Not only is it offensive to him, but to a large number of the general population. Half the time you look like the Incrediable Hulk with your over exaggerated expressions. You should be careful, you're old you might pull something, give it up douche!
Dear NFL, good for you for not suspending Andre Johnson and that white kid he kicked the crap out of. Sometimes events likes this are good for your business and you need to look the other way with some of these things and with the war path Roger Goodell has been on this year it's good to see him lay off, perhaps he was afraid Johnson would whip his ass if a suspension was handed out.
Is Sidney Crosby a dirty player? I believe he showers so probably not and who is Brandon Dubinsky? No names should not call out world class players because it sheds light on how shitty you are!
Dear Dirtbags! Who steals a dead man's stuff? Pat Burns who recently passed away was laid to rest yesterday. During a reception following the mass his widows vehicle was broken into and personal items of pat's were stolen. Player signed jerseys, jewelery and Pat's wallet. This news disgusts me! Who would do such a thing? Some people are just so insensitive....anyone want to buy an autographed jersey?
Dear Kevin Garnett, who are you to call Charlie Villanuva a cancer patient? You two have the same hairstyle? Not only is it offensive to him, but to a large number of the general population. Half the time you look like the Incrediable Hulk with your over exaggerated expressions. You should be careful, you're old you might pull something, give it up douche!
Dear NFL, good for you for not suspending Andre Johnson and that white kid he kicked the crap out of. Sometimes events likes this are good for your business and you need to look the other way with some of these things and with the war path Roger Goodell has been on this year it's good to see him lay off, perhaps he was afraid Johnson would whip his ass if a suspension was handed out.
Is Sidney Crosby a dirty player? I believe he showers so probably not and who is Brandon Dubinsky? No names should not call out world class players because it sheds light on how shitty you are!
Dear Dirtbags! Who steals a dead man's stuff? Pat Burns who recently passed away was laid to rest yesterday. During a reception following the mass his widows vehicle was broken into and personal items of pat's were stolen. Player signed jerseys, jewelery and Pat's wallet. This news disgusts me! Who would do such a thing? Some people are just so insensitive....anyone want to buy an autographed jersey?
Monday, November 22, 2010
Ron Gardenhire Manager of the Year or Just a Pitty Vote?
Last week Ron Gardenhire was named the American League Manager of the Year after being runner up the previous 5 years. Some think this was a great and well deserved victory for Mr. Gardenhire, but I think it's complete horse crap! Big deal you've led the Twins to the playoffs 3 of the last 5 seasons, but come on, the Twins play in the Central which has been competitive once in the last 5 years. He also has not made it past the divisional playoff round in any of those 3 seasons. Guiding the Twins to Central Division Titles is like walking to get the mail everyday. It has to be done, someones has to do it, so you just do it. I'd like to see Gardenhire lead his team to division titles in the East or West. The Central Division in the Major Leagues is like the East and West Divisions "slow" cousin. I won't take anything away from the fact that the Twins had one of the best records in the majors this year at 94 - 68, but they still did not make it past the divisional round. They were in the top 10 of all batting statistics (which you almost need to be to make the post season), but again did not make it past the divisional round. What I can't figure out is how Gardenhire has been on the ballot for the last 5 years with some of the dismal records the Twins have posted. In my opinion the person who deserved the award was Ron Washington of the "where the hell did they come from" Texas Rangers. Over the past couple of seasons the Rangers have slowly improved under the watchful eye of Washington. They reached their full potential this season making the playoffs for the first time in a decade and winning a playoff series for the first time in franchise history (They won two!!! In one playoff season!!). They were 1st in Batting Average, 5th in Runs Scored, 6th in On Base Percentage and 9th in Slugging, but they did this all with a team patched together of former drug addicts, a guy pitching in the Japanese leagues just a year ago, a guy who's career seemed to be over and a group of young guys who just love to play the game. Washington even inspired a youngster from Texas to dress up like him for Halloween. I didn't see any kids from Minnesota dressing up like Gardenhire for Halloween, they were probably busy dressing like Bret Favre and sending pics of their junk to friends or perhaps playing hide and find Randy Moss. I just can't understand what the media personnel who get to vote for these awards were thinking? Do they feel bad for Gardenhire being a bridesmaid but never a bride? Did they not watch the 2010 baseball season and playoffs? Have they not watched the Twins fold like an accordion during their last 3 playoff appearances. It's too bad that Washington didn't win, but perhaps next year if the Rangers fail to make the playoffs they voters will feel for Ron Washington and vote him to win because that seems to be the logic.
Dear Ron Gardenhire,
Do something that makes you worthy of winning manager of the year...like maybe...WIN!!!!
Dear Media Personnel Who Voted for Manager of the Year,
WTF is wrong with you? Is it because Ron Washington is black? If so, you disgust me!!! It didn't go unnoticed that both managers that won manager of the year are white...I'm on to you...this must be a Bud Selig conspiracy...I'll get to the bottom of it, you racist bastards!
Dear Ron Gardenhire,
Do something that makes you worthy of winning manager of the year...like maybe...WIN!!!!
Dear Media Personnel Who Voted for Manager of the Year,
WTF is wrong with you? Is it because Ron Washington is black? If so, you disgust me!!! It didn't go unnoticed that both managers that won manager of the year are white...I'm on to you...this must be a Bud Selig conspiracy...I'll get to the bottom of it, you racist bastards!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Pest or Performer?
Sean Avery, you either hate him or you love him. If you are a New York Rangers fan you love him, if you are any other hockey fan you hate him. His latest action has drawn a lot of ridicule from around the league, especially within the Oilers organization. If you don't know what he did check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZF1Cdx7Eo. Now for those of you who follow hockey very closely you know this isn't out of the ordinary for Sean Avery. Just last year Avery was cut from the Dallas Stars when he made a comment about Dion Phaneuf's girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert, referring to her as his "sloppy seconds". Avery has always had an edge to him, but is this such a bad thing? It gets people talking about hockey even if you don't watch hockey. I for one think he is a complete douche, with no balls. He often walks away from fights he starts or gets the bigger guys on his team to finish his battles. Some of Avery's other well documented incidents include his dance routine in front on Martin Brodeur during the Stanley Cup Playoffs a couple of years back (see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4WaZMVtyE). He also called Jason Blake a cancer patient, when in fact he had cancer. Not a real top notch guy, but he is entertaining. There are only a handful of guys like this in the NHL and probably for good reason. You have Steve Downie, Daniel Carcillo and Sean Avery. These are the guys who are always in the headlines. To be fair, Steve Downie is a good hockey player when he focuses on hockey and not being some psycho running around on the ice trying to kill someone. Daniel Carcillo was a healthy scratch during the 2010 playoffs a couple of times because his coach thought he was not focused enough on the team aspect and that he could be more of a problem then a solution for them to win a game and just the other night Carcillo at full speed left his feet and lunged at an opposing player, but missed and is now out with ligament damage in his knee. But back to Sean Avery and his antics. Do they belong in the NHL? Probably not. Do they make the game fun to watch? Yes, at times. Should something be done about Sean Avery? No not by the NHL, but perhaps by other players. No one has ever stepped up and beating the living piss out of him. Does he deserve it? HELL YES he does. Sean Avery probably doesn't have too many friends, even on his own team. In interviews and on the ice he comes off as a narcissistic, bipolar, out of control, unstable individual. I tried to look up any community work he does (as most athletes do) and I couldn't do anything, not saying that he doesn't but I think parents and community groups would be hard pressed to sell someone like him to the community. Sean Avery can be a good hockey player, but I think that sometimes he gets too caught up in his "bad boy" persona and spends all of his energy making people hate him instead of playing hockey.
Dear Sean Avery,
Did you mother not love you? Did you father tell you constantly that you were a mistake? Did you brother/sister make out with your girlfriend in highschool? Did you get pants by the school bully during a Christmas Concert where you played one of Santa's little elves? Because you certainly act like it!!! Tell you what Sean, I like you antics (when they don't lead to a concussion) but do the NHL and all it's fans a favour, keep them clean, fun and show people that you know how to score goals, not just annoy the piss out of everyone!
Dear Sean Avery,
Did you mother not love you? Did you father tell you constantly that you were a mistake? Did you brother/sister make out with your girlfriend in highschool? Did you get pants by the school bully during a Christmas Concert where you played one of Santa's little elves? Because you certainly act like it!!! Tell you what Sean, I like you antics (when they don't lead to a concussion) but do the NHL and all it's fans a favour, keep them clean, fun and show people that you know how to score goals, not just annoy the piss out of everyone!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Checking Out and Reality Checks
I'm not much of a basketball fan, but you can't help to read or see things in the news about Lebron James and Chris Bosh. All this media surrounding the big signings by the Miami Heat in the off season, building a dynasty team, sports writers predicting they are going to win over 70 games (they've already lost 4, all to good teams and their wins; with the exception of one have come against mediocre teams). Outside of all this hype is the fan animosity towards both James and Bosh. Throughout this whole process both players have denied giving up on their respective former teams, but both were quick to turn their backs on the cities that made them superstars. The fans of Cleveland have taken their displeasure a little further then those in Toronto by doing their own spoof of Lebron's Nike commercial (check it out here if you haven't seen it yet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F959ukD6nBc). For Bosh it's been more the media and his former general manager that have taken him through the ringer. Call out Bosh for quitting on the team, making a big media frenzy over Bosh's comments that he left Toronto so he would get more "tv exposure.". To me all of this is crap. Bosh did an interview with a Toronto sports station where he makes excuse after excuse (or what sound like excuses) about why the second half of his season wasn't very good. Maybe your just not very good Chris? Your play thus far in Miami has been average. You are not playing your role on the team. You are the big fish in the pond, going to the ocean. You play with Lebron James and Dwayne Wade...two elite athletes who are much better than you. Plus you are injury prone and will likely not make it past the all star break before your season is done. As for Lebron James, I can't say a whole lot. He's a good player, he was drafted by a crap team and he made them a playoff team, and championship contender, BUT! You did not need a network special to make your decision and tell North America who would be lucky enough to have you, because you play thus far hasn't warranted any of that publicity.
Dear Chris Bosh and Lebron James, until you help Dwayne Wade bring a championship to Miami (which could still happen this season, I'm not discounting that) you will simply be two players who were supposed to make a team unbeatable, but until you both realize that the Heat is Wades team and accept your roles as team players instead of being the team you are not going to win anything. I hope you meet the Cavaliers or Raptors in the first round of the playoffs and they beat you in four games. Neither of you deserve to win a championship and as the season progresses and the losses begin to accumulate lets see you not quit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F959ukD6nBc). For Bosh it's been more the media and his former general manager that have taken him through the ringer. Call out Bosh for quitting on the team, making a big media frenzy over Bosh's comments that he left Toronto so he would get more "tv exposure.". To me all of this is crap. Bosh did an interview with a Toronto sports station where he makes excuse after excuse (or what sound like excuses) about why the second half of his season wasn't very good. Maybe your just not very good Chris? Your play thus far in Miami has been average. You are not playing your role on the team. You are the big fish in the pond, going to the ocean. You play with Lebron James and Dwayne Wade...two elite athletes who are much better than you. Plus you are injury prone and will likely not make it past the all star break before your season is done. As for Lebron James, I can't say a whole lot. He's a good player, he was drafted by a crap team and he made them a playoff team, and championship contender, BUT! You did not need a network special to make your decision and tell North America who would be lucky enough to have you, because you play thus far hasn't warranted any of that publicity.
Dear Chris Bosh and Lebron James, until you help Dwayne Wade bring a championship to Miami (which could still happen this season, I'm not discounting that) you will simply be two players who were supposed to make a team unbeatable, but until you both realize that the Heat is Wades team and accept your roles as team players instead of being the team you are not going to win anything. I hope you meet the Cavaliers or Raptors in the first round of the playoffs and they beat you in four games. Neither of you deserve to win a championship and as the season progresses and the losses begin to accumulate lets see you not quit.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
NFL Rules, Firings, and Can Some One Tell Me What a G6 Is!???
So Wade Phillips got fired....we'll I guess it was about time. The Cowboys are absolutely terrible, and as a casual fan of the NFL I don't have a favorite team but you could always count on the Cowboys being competitive and making a run at the playoffs. When Romo went down two weeks ago you could almost feel the crowd collectively accept that the season was lost. No offence to John Kitna but he's terrible. Any time he's been brought into a game you can pretty much kiss that wager goodbye. What gets me though is that whenever a team is playing poorly the coach always gets fired. I guess he is the guy who's supposed to motivate and keep a team on track, but the coach always seems to be the fall guy. It's too bad but maybe now Wade could get himself a job with the rest of his Keebler Elves!
Now with all these fines and rule adjustments. One quick note on this...it's football, guys are going to get their bell rung game in and game out. Yes the opponent should have enough respect to try and avoid making contact with the head, but just as in hockey and other high impact sports it's going to happen. These are fast pace games where a guy has only seconds to react. Players wear helmets for a reason, just as easily a guy could have his kidney ruptured or a rib break and puncture a lung on a hard hit to the midsection. So tell me Roger Goodell and the NFL, are you going to eliminate hitting all together? Let's have flag football from now on!
Dear Far East Movement....What the FUCK is a G6 and how can you be "Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard"....and what do you mean when you verbally vomit about "When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard. Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6"...this shit will cause your brain to go to muss quicker than James Harrison laying a crushing hit on you!
Now with all these fines and rule adjustments. One quick note on this...it's football, guys are going to get their bell rung game in and game out. Yes the opponent should have enough respect to try and avoid making contact with the head, but just as in hockey and other high impact sports it's going to happen. These are fast pace games where a guy has only seconds to react. Players wear helmets for a reason, just as easily a guy could have his kidney ruptured or a rib break and puncture a lung on a hard hit to the midsection. So tell me Roger Goodell and the NFL, are you going to eliminate hitting all together? Let's have flag football from now on!
Dear Far East Movement....What the FUCK is a G6 and how can you be "Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard"....and what do you mean when you verbally vomit about "When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard. Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6"...this shit will cause your brain to go to muss quicker than James Harrison laying a crushing hit on you!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Jockey Boxing
I have a lot to say today....
Breeders cup started today and organizers couldn't have asked for a better start. In case you haven't seen it check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lujax6gMAqU then continue to read.
This is exactly what horse racing needs! Horse racing has always been portrayed as a classy sport for classy people, but let's be honest. Horse racing is for average joes like you and me. You can't go to a race track now a days that doesn't have some form of a casino attached to it. You've already got people there pouring money into odds on a horse winning why not add a slot machine or two to entice them to win back what they lost on the horses on the way out. A racetrack in the city where I call home has tried to encourage a younger crowd by adding a "party" tent during weekend races complete with a bar, food and Beer brand girls. It is these things that will attract a younger crowd to horse racing. All young people want to do at sporting events is to enjoy live sport and a few beverages. If you add the possibility of winning money and women in small shorts and shirts this is just a bonus, not to mention a fight of two. Whether it's because of controversy during the race or if the two little guys just don't like each other a fight every once and a while is good for the sport, especially when the participants in the fight are pretty much midgets!!!! Sorry, little people, big fights!!!
Dear Sport of Horse Racing,
Let the little guys fight!!!! Keep the horse out of it, but you know maybe merge the idea of UFC in the winners circle. You could call it JFC (Jockey Fighting Club) - you can have that one for free! Thank me later.
Breeders cup started today and organizers couldn't have asked for a better start. In case you haven't seen it check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lujax6gMAqU then continue to read.
This is exactly what horse racing needs! Horse racing has always been portrayed as a classy sport for classy people, but let's be honest. Horse racing is for average joes like you and me. You can't go to a race track now a days that doesn't have some form of a casino attached to it. You've already got people there pouring money into odds on a horse winning why not add a slot machine or two to entice them to win back what they lost on the horses on the way out. A racetrack in the city where I call home has tried to encourage a younger crowd by adding a "party" tent during weekend races complete with a bar, food and Beer brand girls. It is these things that will attract a younger crowd to horse racing. All young people want to do at sporting events is to enjoy live sport and a few beverages. If you add the possibility of winning money and women in small shorts and shirts this is just a bonus, not to mention a fight of two. Whether it's because of controversy during the race or if the two little guys just don't like each other a fight every once and a while is good for the sport, especially when the participants in the fight are pretty much midgets!!!! Sorry, little people, big fights!!!
Dear Sport of Horse Racing,
Let the little guys fight!!!! Keep the horse out of it, but you know maybe merge the idea of UFC in the winners circle. You could call it JFC (Jockey Fighting Club) - you can have that one for free! Thank me later.
Thanks for Helping Us Win the World Series...Now Take Your MVP Trophy and Piss Off!
So I haven't blogged in a couple of days because I've been off from the job that actually pays me, so I haven't had compute access as often as I do when at work, but today I saw a story on the ticker on SportsCentre that just made me angry.
Edgar Renteria was let go by the Giants today when they opted out of his option year which would have paid him $9.25 million next season. This was obviously a business decision, free up some cash so you can try to bring in another big bat which they have already admitted they need to try and repeat as Champs next year but Renteria wasn't awful this season. He batted .276 with an OBP of .332 and Slugging percentage of .375. Now he only had 3 home runs but he has also never hit more than 16 in his entire career, but he has two big ones from this years World Series.
Now my beef isn't so much with the fact that the Giants cut him, right after he was named the MVP of the World Series, who pretty much won the clinching game for them, but that they put this contract together. Obviously his term of payment for next year has a lot to do with performance bonuses. I can't imagine that he was signed for $9.25 million over two years. Obviously the performance of the ball club and his contributions lead us to this figure.
Ball clubs throw all these performance bonuses into contracts of these players to motivate and help their chances of landing a said player. You can't tell me that when Renteria was signed in the off season that the Giants actually thought they would compete for the World Series and that Renteria would be one of the key reasons. The treatment of Edgar Renteria and 2 time World Series MVP is simply unfair and a kick in the nuts. I certainly hope that Renteria lands with another contender for next season and finds himself in the World Series, NLCS or NLDS agains the Giants and he shows them that he maybe was worth $9.25 Million.
Dear San Fransico Giants,
You are worse than Anna Nicole Smith...you used an old man to get ahead. I hope you and your fans enjoy this win cause it'll be the last one you have for another 54 Years!!! You now have the Curse of the Ria on you...nobody wants anything ending in Ria on them!!!
Edgar Renteria was let go by the Giants today when they opted out of his option year which would have paid him $9.25 million next season. This was obviously a business decision, free up some cash so you can try to bring in another big bat which they have already admitted they need to try and repeat as Champs next year but Renteria wasn't awful this season. He batted .276 with an OBP of .332 and Slugging percentage of .375. Now he only had 3 home runs but he has also never hit more than 16 in his entire career, but he has two big ones from this years World Series.
Now my beef isn't so much with the fact that the Giants cut him, right after he was named the MVP of the World Series, who pretty much won the clinching game for them, but that they put this contract together. Obviously his term of payment for next year has a lot to do with performance bonuses. I can't imagine that he was signed for $9.25 million over two years. Obviously the performance of the ball club and his contributions lead us to this figure.
Ball clubs throw all these performance bonuses into contracts of these players to motivate and help their chances of landing a said player. You can't tell me that when Renteria was signed in the off season that the Giants actually thought they would compete for the World Series and that Renteria would be one of the key reasons. The treatment of Edgar Renteria and 2 time World Series MVP is simply unfair and a kick in the nuts. I certainly hope that Renteria lands with another contender for next season and finds himself in the World Series, NLCS or NLDS agains the Giants and he shows them that he maybe was worth $9.25 Million.
Dear San Fransico Giants,
You are worse than Anna Nicole Smith...you used an old man to get ahead. I hope you and your fans enjoy this win cause it'll be the last one you have for another 54 Years!!! You now have the Curse of the Ria on you...nobody wants anything ending in Ria on them!!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Did You Lose a Bet? I'm Betting You Did!
Dear Ken Rosenthal,
Did you lose a bet? You have gone from dressing like a normal sports reported to dressing like Pee Wee Herman. What is with your new style of dress? What is with the bow ties, and pastel colored shirts? Was this an idea of the 20th Century Fox broadcasting company or someones idea of a cruel joke as part of a bet? I am truly hoping that this is something that you are being made to do and not something that you decided to do on your own. If it is something you came up with on your own then why would the people at Fox let you do it??? Why would they let you dress like a Pee Wee the pervert during the biggest sports broadcasts of the year? You look like something the '70's threw up!!! You are reporting on baseball, not the financial forecast for the upcoming fiscal year!!
Dear Fox Sports,
WTF!!!??? Do something about this!
Did you lose a bet? You have gone from dressing like a normal sports reported to dressing like Pee Wee Herman. What is with your new style of dress? What is with the bow ties, and pastel colored shirts? Was this an idea of the 20th Century Fox broadcasting company or someones idea of a cruel joke as part of a bet? I am truly hoping that this is something that you are being made to do and not something that you decided to do on your own. If it is something you came up with on your own then why would the people at Fox let you do it??? Why would they let you dress like a Pee Wee the pervert during the biggest sports broadcasts of the year? You look like something the '70's threw up!!! You are reporting on baseball, not the financial forecast for the upcoming fiscal year!!
Dear Fox Sports,
WTF!!!??? Do something about this!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Drink, Cheer and Jeer but Don't Ruin it for the Rest of Us
I'm a big sports fan and there aren't many other things in this world that I enjoy more than going to a live sports event. The atmosphere can be electric and you get to be apart of something the the television audience misses out on at home. Unfortunately with the good there can sometimes be bad. Loud mouthed, hot air blowing idiots who carry on the entire game with comments distracting those around them from the in game action.
I was at a hockey game last evening where the home team won 3 - 1. I along with my friend we in the upper bowl of the arena with what some would say are "real fans". In our section alone I counted at least 25-30 younger children, ranging in age from maybe as young as 8 to as old as 13 or 14. In the first period there was this large gentleman sitting almost directly behind me who seemed to have a comment for everything. One player would touch the puck he'd have a comment, the referee would blow the whistle, he'd have a comment. At one point he dropped a number of rather crass words, too harsh for publication on this blog...fuck is mild compared to some of the words this ass was using. Immediately to my friends right was a young boy, no more than 7 or 8 years old and this neanderthal is just spewing garbage out of his mouth in front of this child. My friend just leaned over to the young fan and said, "Don't listen to him.". In the second period he had moved a little further down the aisle, but was no less aggressive with his words. Finally in the third period another fan had heard enough from this over sized whoopee cushion and they exchanged some words, which again distracts the rest of those in the area away from the one ice action.
I'm all for going to a live sports event, enjoying a beverage or two and cheering your home team, or jeering the opposing team. Sometimes though, there are people who just seem to think they are the only one in the entire venue and that everything coming out of their mouth is as funny as they think it is. This social reject seemed like he was only there to get drunk, it was apparent he was not a fan of the home team, nor was he a fan of the visiting team, he was just there to drink and annoy those around him. If you want my opinion, that's an expensive night if you are simply going to listen to your own verbal diarrhea, you could have easily stayed at home, grabbed a two-four and screamed your obscene vocabulary at your what I assume would be an over sized tv, to make you feel better about your obesity issue and small penis!
Dear Annoying Ass Face,
Your Zellers sweater and Giant Tiger dress shirt didn't hide, but exemplified that you are a complete douche! Perhaps you could afford better quality clothing if you didn't spend all your money on expensive sports tickets and booze just so you can put on your idea of a comedy show. You annoyed not only me, but on several occasions distracted a very young fan from the game with your profane language.
Go crawl in a hole, take a shit, eat it, then maybe your mouth would be cleaner for it! Next time you're at a game, look around you, take note of any young children and then maybe use your judgment and just leave before you ruin someone else night PRICK!!!!
I was at a hockey game last evening where the home team won 3 - 1. I along with my friend we in the upper bowl of the arena with what some would say are "real fans". In our section alone I counted at least 25-30 younger children, ranging in age from maybe as young as 8 to as old as 13 or 14. In the first period there was this large gentleman sitting almost directly behind me who seemed to have a comment for everything. One player would touch the puck he'd have a comment, the referee would blow the whistle, he'd have a comment. At one point he dropped a number of rather crass words, too harsh for publication on this blog...fuck is mild compared to some of the words this ass was using. Immediately to my friends right was a young boy, no more than 7 or 8 years old and this neanderthal is just spewing garbage out of his mouth in front of this child. My friend just leaned over to the young fan and said, "Don't listen to him.". In the second period he had moved a little further down the aisle, but was no less aggressive with his words. Finally in the third period another fan had heard enough from this over sized whoopee cushion and they exchanged some words, which again distracts the rest of those in the area away from the one ice action.
I'm all for going to a live sports event, enjoying a beverage or two and cheering your home team, or jeering the opposing team. Sometimes though, there are people who just seem to think they are the only one in the entire venue and that everything coming out of their mouth is as funny as they think it is. This social reject seemed like he was only there to get drunk, it was apparent he was not a fan of the home team, nor was he a fan of the visiting team, he was just there to drink and annoy those around him. If you want my opinion, that's an expensive night if you are simply going to listen to your own verbal diarrhea, you could have easily stayed at home, grabbed a two-four and screamed your obscene vocabulary at your what I assume would be an over sized tv, to make you feel better about your obesity issue and small penis!
Dear Annoying Ass Face,
Your Zellers sweater and Giant Tiger dress shirt didn't hide, but exemplified that you are a complete douche! Perhaps you could afford better quality clothing if you didn't spend all your money on expensive sports tickets and booze just so you can put on your idea of a comedy show. You annoyed not only me, but on several occasions distracted a very young fan from the game with your profane language.
Go crawl in a hole, take a shit, eat it, then maybe your mouth would be cleaner for it! Next time you're at a game, look around you, take note of any young children and then maybe use your judgment and just leave before you ruin someone else night PRICK!!!!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
17 Years and Nothing
Pardon my patriotism for a moment as I go all Canadian on ya!
Yesterday was the seventeenth anniversary of the Toronto Blue Jays winning their second consecutive World Series, seventeen years since "Touch 'em all Joe, You'll never hit a bigger one..". Seventeen years ago yesterday and what do we have to show since then???? Seventeen years and only five Canadian teams have made it to a championship final, (only 4, all from the NHL if you don't count NLL as a real professional sport). Granted there are not a lot of Canadian teams in major sports our only championship comes from Montreal, which doesn't really count because they don't want to be apart of Canada anyways...plus I hate the Montreal Canadians...
Dear Carey Price....thank you for helping the Canadian Junior team win gold...but it wasn't you it was Johnathan Toews....fuck you Price!
Moving on...one of my biggest beefs is with Canada's largest city. Toronto. Toronto has a team in every major sport other than the NFL and we have, in seventeen years only been able to manage 3 Grey Cups (CFL), 5 Champions Cup (NLL), 0 World Series Titles, 0 Stanley Cups, 0 NBA Championships, 0 MLS Cups. Seventeen years and nothing!!! In seventeen years you would think that the largest city in Canada could produce something.
As a fan of Canadian sport it's difficult year in and year out, season start to season end to watch as our home grown teams get beat out by American teams filled with our home grown talent (mostly in the NHL). It's lucky we have the Olympics every two years and that as a nation we can come together for those two and a half weeks every two years, because for the two long years in between the summer and winter Olympics this nation and it's cities don't give sports fans a lot to cheer about!
Yesterday was the seventeenth anniversary of the Toronto Blue Jays winning their second consecutive World Series, seventeen years since "Touch 'em all Joe, You'll never hit a bigger one..". Seventeen years ago yesterday and what do we have to show since then???? Seventeen years and only five Canadian teams have made it to a championship final, (only 4, all from the NHL if you don't count NLL as a real professional sport). Granted there are not a lot of Canadian teams in major sports our only championship comes from Montreal, which doesn't really count because they don't want to be apart of Canada anyways...plus I hate the Montreal Canadians...
Dear Carey Price....thank you for helping the Canadian Junior team win gold...but it wasn't you it was Johnathan Toews....fuck you Price!
Moving on...one of my biggest beefs is with Canada's largest city. Toronto. Toronto has a team in every major sport other than the NFL and we have, in seventeen years only been able to manage 3 Grey Cups (CFL), 5 Champions Cup (NLL), 0 World Series Titles, 0 Stanley Cups, 0 NBA Championships, 0 MLS Cups. Seventeen years and nothing!!! In seventeen years you would think that the largest city in Canada could produce something.
As a fan of Canadian sport it's difficult year in and year out, season start to season end to watch as our home grown teams get beat out by American teams filled with our home grown talent (mostly in the NHL). It's lucky we have the Olympics every two years and that as a nation we can come together for those two and a half weeks every two years, because for the two long years in between the summer and winter Olympics this nation and it's cities don't give sports fans a lot to cheer about!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Don't Be Stupid...Be a Fan Not a Douche!!!!
Here we go again. Another incident between a professional sports player and a fan. Now you can say that Rick Rypien is the "professional" and he should have let things be, but I don't agree with that. You want to talk smack, you want to get in the grill of a guy double your size, expect consequences. You wouldn't walk down the street and call out some large man on his looks, or the way he chooses to dress without expecting a confrontation.
I acknowledge that it is part of sport to heckle and get in the head of the other team, but leave it up to the professionals to start face to face encounters. In my opinion, that Minnesota fan got what he had coming. He's actually lucky that Rypien didn't give him a souvenir of their encounter.
Let's look back at other fan/player skirmishes shall we? How about that night at the Palace with Ron Artest and the Detroit fans. You chuck a beer at a player, already involved in a heated exchange on the court and you don't expect him to retaliate on you ass? That guy got what he deserved.
How about the penalty box incident with the Philadelphia Flyers fan and Toronto's Tie Domi. Domi started it, but he finished it too! That guy got what he deserved.
Professional sports try to make the game as fan friendly and involved as possible, but then you get these incidents which affect all sports fans. Because some idiot from Minnesota runs his mouth and get's pushed around a little, that might now influence the view of the next fan sitting in that seat (if the Wild organization decide to install a partition).
This fan walks away from that game with a story to tell, 15 minutes of fame and with no physical damage. Rick Rypien gets 6 games and a bad name. That fan did NOT get what he deserved.
Dear Minnesota Fan,
You are a coward and a disgrace to Minnesota hockey...not that I agree Minnesota should have gotten a new team ahead of Quebec or Winnipeg....but whatever Gary Betmans the biggest Douche in professional sports...but that is another rant...back to you, you coward. Man up, back up your words and try keeping your mouth shut when a man twice your size walks by, because 10 out of 10 times you are going to get your ass kicked you DOUCHE!!!!!
I acknowledge that it is part of sport to heckle and get in the head of the other team, but leave it up to the professionals to start face to face encounters. In my opinion, that Minnesota fan got what he had coming. He's actually lucky that Rypien didn't give him a souvenir of their encounter.
Let's look back at other fan/player skirmishes shall we? How about that night at the Palace with Ron Artest and the Detroit fans. You chuck a beer at a player, already involved in a heated exchange on the court and you don't expect him to retaliate on you ass? That guy got what he deserved.
How about the penalty box incident with the Philadelphia Flyers fan and Toronto's Tie Domi. Domi started it, but he finished it too! That guy got what he deserved.
Professional sports try to make the game as fan friendly and involved as possible, but then you get these incidents which affect all sports fans. Because some idiot from Minnesota runs his mouth and get's pushed around a little, that might now influence the view of the next fan sitting in that seat (if the Wild organization decide to install a partition).
This fan walks away from that game with a story to tell, 15 minutes of fame and with no physical damage. Rick Rypien gets 6 games and a bad name. That fan did NOT get what he deserved.
Dear Minnesota Fan,
You are a coward and a disgrace to Minnesota hockey...not that I agree Minnesota should have gotten a new team ahead of Quebec or Winnipeg....but whatever Gary Betmans the biggest Douche in professional sports...but that is another rant...back to you, you coward. Man up, back up your words and try keeping your mouth shut when a man twice your size walks by, because 10 out of 10 times you are going to get your ass kicked you DOUCHE!!!!!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Those Damn Yankees
Dear New York Yankees,
Give it up. Both you and your fans. You are clearly out matched by a younger, faster, more powerful Texas Rangers team. I have had just about enough of seeing you in the playoffs. Half your team should retire and start managing in the minors! From top to bottom your team is full of doucebags. Let me start with A.J. Burnett.
Dear. A.J. Burnett...fuck you.
I was glad to see the Yankees walk the batter in front on Molina last night, only for Rock Star Burnett to serve up a juicy pitch that Molina ripped to left. Molina played for your team, you know he can hit home runs!!! It's almost as if the Yankees feel like they don't have to try, that for some unknown reason believe they just deserve to be in the playoffs and make it to the World Series year in, year out.
The Yankees are the center of the baseball universe and I think it's time that a new team emerge. There are plenty of great ball clubs, amazing ball parks and crazy ass fans outside of New York. What about Pittsburgh? PNC is a stellar ballpark in which all other ballparks should be envious of. The ball club, not so good, but they sell beer super cheep at this bar across the street!
Back to the Yankees....their slugger Mark Teixeira went down and is done for the season...so this I say to you Mr. Teixeira.
Dear Mark Teixeira....you look like your mother drank when she was pregnant with you...fuck off.
And a big New York F U to the Yankees!
Give it up. Both you and your fans. You are clearly out matched by a younger, faster, more powerful Texas Rangers team. I have had just about enough of seeing you in the playoffs. Half your team should retire and start managing in the minors! From top to bottom your team is full of doucebags. Let me start with A.J. Burnett.
Dear. A.J. Burnett...fuck you.
I was glad to see the Yankees walk the batter in front on Molina last night, only for Rock Star Burnett to serve up a juicy pitch that Molina ripped to left. Molina played for your team, you know he can hit home runs!!! It's almost as if the Yankees feel like they don't have to try, that for some unknown reason believe they just deserve to be in the playoffs and make it to the World Series year in, year out.
The Yankees are the center of the baseball universe and I think it's time that a new team emerge. There are plenty of great ball clubs, amazing ball parks and crazy ass fans outside of New York. What about Pittsburgh? PNC is a stellar ballpark in which all other ballparks should be envious of. The ball club, not so good, but they sell beer super cheep at this bar across the street!
Back to the Yankees....their slugger Mark Teixeira went down and is done for the season...so this I say to you Mr. Teixeira.
Dear Mark Teixeira....you look like your mother drank when she was pregnant with you...fuck off.
And a big New York F U to the Yankees!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Bret Favre and his Penis
In the wake of all of these athletes with their scandals and cheating ways it starts to get to be a little much. Now I want everyone to take a moment to see if from the perspective of the athlete. If I'm Bret Favre one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, the IRONMAN of football I would think that pretty girls would like to see my junk too! I can see where he gets this delusion that the women of this world would want to enjoy images of his Farve Unleashed. With this being said, Bret you are as old as God, at this point the only person who wants to see your junk is Betty White. The only person who sees my junk is my wife and she doesn't always want to see it! Perhaps you should reevaluate your career, have a look at yourself in the mirror...with your pants on (just a thought) and focus on what you do best (or at least to do best) football. Your team is 2-3 and don't show any signs of improving. You have a bum elbow and you refuse to take a week off and you are tossing interceptions as frequently as you were sending wiener pics to that intern.
Bret Favre! Retire already! Then you can spend all your free time sex-ting all the girls you'd like.
Bret Favre! Retire already! Then you can spend all your free time sex-ting all the girls you'd like.
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The views expressed in any posts on Angry Sports Rants, From An Angry Sports Guy are the views of the composer. This blog is intended as a means of expression and any views expressed have no merit or intent to them. People need to learn to laugh and I am just trying to help teach.
The views expressed in any posts on Angry Sports Rants, From An Angry Sports Guy are the views of the composer. This blog is intended as a means of expression and any views expressed have no merit or intent to them. People need to learn to laugh and I am just trying to help teach.
A Whole Lot Coming At You at Once.
Welcome to my first post.
If you have read "about me", you understand that this is not a serious sports blog, it's a method of releasing some aggression, chatting sports, expressing my opinions (right or wrong), but most of all making your laugh...or at least trying to!
Below are a few examples, a taste test if you will of what's to come. Hopefully you like what you read, if you don't, at first don't write it off, maybe come back in a few days and try again.
And away we go......
Dear Nick Foligno,
You have an asshole face. If I ever say you on the street I would beat you until you realize you are a terrible hockey player!!!! You suck!
Dear Mike Fisher,
I got stuck with you on my fantasy hockey team and not by choice. You stunk the first 3 games of the season, so I dropped your ass. That night you go out and pick up 3 points. You're a doucebag!!!
P.s. Your wife is hot!
Dear Roy Hallady,
Where's my no hitter? For 11 years in Toronto we made you feel like the greatest man on earth. You leave for Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and you throw two in one year!! This means one of two things, you like brothers more than the beautiful women of Canada, or you are on steroids. I hope your arm falls off from leprosy.
Dear Tiger Woods,
Good for you. Next time try not to get caught. Now get out there and win some golf tournaments!
If you have read "about me", you understand that this is not a serious sports blog, it's a method of releasing some aggression, chatting sports, expressing my opinions (right or wrong), but most of all making your laugh...or at least trying to!
Below are a few examples, a taste test if you will of what's to come. Hopefully you like what you read, if you don't, at first don't write it off, maybe come back in a few days and try again.
And away we go......
Dear Nick Foligno,
You have an asshole face. If I ever say you on the street I would beat you until you realize you are a terrible hockey player!!!! You suck!
Dear Mike Fisher,
I got stuck with you on my fantasy hockey team and not by choice. You stunk the first 3 games of the season, so I dropped your ass. That night you go out and pick up 3 points. You're a doucebag!!!
P.s. Your wife is hot!
Dear Roy Hallady,
Where's my no hitter? For 11 years in Toronto we made you feel like the greatest man on earth. You leave for Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and you throw two in one year!! This means one of two things, you like brothers more than the beautiful women of Canada, or you are on steroids. I hope your arm falls off from leprosy.
Dear Tiger Woods,
Good for you. Next time try not to get caught. Now get out there and win some golf tournaments!
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