When I "Make it Rain", it pours

Let ME preface this article by saying two things. I miss sports. And...I miss sports even more now. And because there are no sports on, lets do a recap of this past week's events.

By saying i miss sports, what i mean is...Baseball is on hiatus for a couple days until the Championship Series begins, Football is obviously on the weekends, and Basketball hasn't started. I can hear you assholes saying "what about hockey?", and all i have to say to that is fuck hockey. I know, I'm Canadian, it's kinda like my birthright, but fuck it. And the last thing I want to do is turn on the t.v. and see the WFSP(World Fucking Series of Poker) or some stupid Wife Carrying competition.

I'm sick of hearing from people that Daisuke Matsuzaka was "a bust" or the biggest waste of money in red sox history. Was Josh Beckett a waste of money? lets take a quick look at Beckett's number last year, and Matsuzaka's numbers this year...

Beckett(2006)/Matsuzaka(2007)

ERA - 5.01/4.40
WHIP - 1.29/1.32
K - 158/201
BB - 74/80
BAA - 2.45/2.46
IP - 204.2/204.2
HR - 36/25

Need i go on? Check the player pages. The similarities are almost eerie. (unfortunately, I can not and will not include "stats" like VORP and ZAPF and WIGGLE and so on) Lets not forget that they both switched leagues (granted Beckett's switch was probably a little easier than Daisuke's) and had to get used to more proficient hitters (the American League has better hitters than the National League overall...period). So can we expect Daisuke to experience the same learning curve as Beckett? Maybe mot exactly the same, but the guy has amazing stuff, his durability will increase as he gets used to the longer season, and I'm sure we can expect the same kinda of experience we had with J.B. over the past two years.

Marion Jones should STFU. Barry Bonds should STFU. You know the difference between the two? Well, yea, Marion Jones looks and sounds more like a man, but that's not what i meant. The difference is she outright got caught. I have some amount of respect for her for admitting it, and returning her medals and asking for amendment of the record books(something BB has not and will never do. But she should stop crying and act like an adult. When i was a kid and got caught stealing a cookie, i cried. Now, i put it back on the counter and ask the lady at Starbucks to please not call the cops. Marion Jones should just plead with them not to send her ass to jail for lying to federal officials.

As much as i can't stand the Yankee's, they just don't seem like the Yankee's without Joe Torre. Would i hate them as much? Probably. Would they still loom over baseball like a dark cloud of evil? As long as Steinbrenner is at the helm, sure thing! But if there's one thing i respect about the Yankees, it's Torre. Not because he hasn't brought them to the World Series since the team he inherited disbanded. The guy's got longevity. How many coaches these days stay with a team for longer than a few years? How many GM's are willing to endure more than a couple seasons without a championship without firing their managers? A smart GM will realize you're not going to win every year, no matter how much money you spend. This is slightly easier to accept in a salary cap sport, but even in baseball you have to account for too many things to think one team will take you the same place every year. I'm sure Mr. Stienbrenner doesn't feel this way, but he has had the balls to hang onto Torre, a clubhouse leader and respected figure, through 7 seasons without a championship. I hope he stays.

Because with Torre, lately, it seems they'll never get back to the world series!

Lastly...Normally i HATE Jim Rome, but he said something in agreement with what I've been saying over the past few days. To put it in T.J.'s words, Fuck Travis Johnson. Here's my gripe...

It was a legal block. This what you want, but until it is made illegal by the league, what Trent Green did was something anyone in the league could do. Think about it. Green is what...200, maybe 210lbs. Johnson easily has 100 lbs on him. Do you really think Green had any chance of taking him down any other way? You run the risk of getting hurt in this game, and if this guy thinks Green was trying to hurt him, he's crazy.

And lets talk about the lack of class. This is what really gets me. Fatty Mc Fat Fat was walking fine, wasn't hurt, but was a little...perturbed lets say. I can hear the conversation they had now.

T.J. - Fuckin a, who the fuck was that? The QB? Who the hell does he think he is? I don't care if it was a legal block, that was cheap. I'm a go give that sucka a piece of my mind.

T.G. - ::drools::

T.J. - ::Taunting a motionless Green:: Yo Sucka, that's what you get when you mess wit tha bull! How dare you lay a cheap shot on me. I hope yo ass is done.

T.G. - ::more drool::

you get the point. Taunt a guy who's conscious and can appreciate the hateful words you express to him. Not a guy who's getting carried off on a stretcher with a class 3 concussion. I'm not sayin you gotta apologize to him, cause you don't, but don't make a fool of yourself...and then continue making a fool of yourself 3 hours later in a post game press conference.

That's it, i'm done...peace out