All Star Games SUCK!!!

How many people watch All Star Games? I do.

How many people care about All Star Games? I don't.


All Star games are boring!! I don't know about you, but I love watching the best players in a sport get together and put half-ass effort into a game. And the worst part . . . in Major League Baseball . . . 'IT MEANS SOMETHING'! WHY?? Home field advantage is HUGE for the World Series and they are still giving it to the winner of an exhibition game. I don't get it, but it is just one of the MANY reasons why I hate Bud Selig.


Is the game about the fans or about the game?


If the game is about the fans then don't attach such a huge prize for the winners of a glorified pick up game. If the game is about the game, then play the game like it should be played. Manage the game like it should be managed and invite only the best players from each league to represent the league.

This goes basketball, football and hockey and all of the other All Star games.


YYYAAAWWWNN! Let's get back to the games that matter!

Home Run Derby

Tonight is the Home Run Derby at Busch Stadium in St. Louis and it's cool event and all, but I think that it has become a little boring. I'm sick of hearing ' back . . . back . . . back . . . back . . . back . . . back . . .' over and over again.

But I have an idea.

I think they should revive the old school Home Run Derby. Mark Scott used to host a home run derby that had two of the top hitters in the game go head to head in a nine inning challenge. Here's the first one featuring Hank Aaron and Duke Snyder. Imagine Albert Pujols going head to head against David Ortiz. That would be awesome!


Imagine Albert Pujols going head to head against David Ortiz. That would be awesome!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

It's the middle of July and this is the worst time of the year for the sports world! This sucks! I love baseball more than anyone, but I want more than just baseball.

• I want to sit in front of the TV on Thursday and watch football.
• I want to go to/watch a college football game on Saturday.
• I want to go to a bar and watch 10 TV's with a different NFL game on each one of them.
• I want to draft my championship fantasy football team (you read that right . . . CHAMPIONSHIP!) and follow my players as they rack up the touchdown's.

I WANT FOOTBALL!!!!

Nice Job, Andy!

I was sitting on the couch yesterday flipping through the channels and I happened to turn to the Wimbledon finals between Andy Roddick and Roger Federer during the tie breaker of the 2nd set. I was hooked. Let me add that the ONLY time that I watch tennis is during Wimbledon and my wife NEVER watches tennis (in fact she makes fun of it whenever she gets a chance). But, like I said, I was hooked.

We sat there and watched a battle between two great players. One who is the best in the world and one who was giving everything that he had to beat the best in the world. It was back and forth. Just when you thought that it was over and Federer was going to win, here comes Andy with amazing heart and determination to fight right back.

Then came the fifth set. My wife and I were glued to the TV, yelling and the Andy, yelling at Roger, yelling at the chair judge, yelling at the computer instant replay (which looks VERY fake). The last set was battle of wills between the two athletes. Every time the set was tied, I was thinking, 'Alright Andy, all you have to do is break his serve this game and then there's no way that he can stop your serve because he hasn't done it at all this whole match. So, just break his serve, dominate the following game with your power and you've got it wrapped up.'

Didn't happen. Roger Federer proved why he is the best. But, DO NOT take anything away from Andy Roddick. That guy gave everything he had and it showed after the match. He was spent (and that's the best image in sports when at the end of the match or game the players look like they have nothing left because they left it all out on the playing field).

So, congratulations Roger and don't give up Andy. You WILL win there one of these years!

Throwback Uni's

Nebraska has announced that on September 26th when the Huskers play Lousianna-Laffayette, the team were the uniforms that the 1962 Huskers wore to recogonize the 300th consecutive sell out which started in 1962. I think this is AWESEOME!!!

I have an appreciation for the throwback uniforms no matter what sport it's in. There's something about the connection to the history of the team that makes me like the throwbacks. There were some UGLY uniforms in the past the should never be worn for every game ever again. But it's nice to see the players were the old time uni's once every few years. It brings back memories. It connects people to the past. It reminds the players that there's more that you're playing for than what you think. There's a history and players that came before you that need to be honored.

So, bring back the throwbacks (but only once every five years)!!!

Remember This Place?

I was looking around and I found an old picture of what is now Rosenblatt Stadium. These are wild.

Michael Jackson Is Dead

Everybody is giving their reaction to the death of Michael Jackson, so I think I should give mine. What wasted talent! Imagine if the picture on the left never would have become the picture on the right. What would a 50 year Michael Jackson been if he would have stayed who he was (and never had an obsession with little boys). He could have had MANY more albums sold. He could been an amazing producer developing young talent they way that Quincy Jones did for him.

But you know what . . . now we will never know.