they're all selling?
then BUY! BUY!
oh they're all buying? then SELL! SELL!
rodney might have had it right after all.
as ridiculous as this quote is, its only my precursor to an even more ridiculous thing. the summer transfer window of the modern footballing era. Brits will point the finger at real madrid, and what is essentially a blank check that has been given to them by their government to go out and buy the best team they can. (sound familiar yankees fans?) But the brits are no angels either. Unless you've been living under a rock you'll know what's been going on at Man City over the past 1 1/2 years, which in my eyes is worse than what is happening at the bernebeu.
I've got no problem with the transfer market in general. No monumental changes were put in place this year, but we've seen an insane amount of activity culminating with madrid's triple signings and leaving gap between the rich and the poor the widest its ever been, at least in terms of buying power mind you. Where does this leave us? Us non Madrid/Man-U/Chelsea/Man City fans.
As an Arsenal fan I'm all for Wengers policy. Who wouldn't be? But from a sheer fan's perspective, theres no joy in operating in the black where teams can be millions of dollars in debt and have their slates wiped clean at the drop of a hat. Everything is cheapened, but for some reason, europeans dont see it that way. Maybe this is their equivalent of giving the winner of the conference tournaments in the NCAA the automatic bid in that it is equally senseless, maybe not.
And you can call footballs mercenaries all you want, but you can't really blame them. I only know 2 things for certain going into this season: that rooting against Real will be more fun that its been in some time, like back in the derdemezis era. And that I'm gonna see way too much of Niklas Bendtner once again for the third straight year.
oh, and check out these price is right clips
http://www.manofest.com/Content/the-10-funniest-moments-in-the-price-is-right-history/Page-2.html
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
maybe you saw THIS
maybe you didn't, but this guy is sick, i've never seen anyone even attempt that, much less pull it off so effortlessly.
40-48 is the orioles record at the break for those scoring at home.
but that doesn't tell the whole story, does it?
see you in portugal. i'll miss you tour de france.
40-48 is the orioles record at the break for those scoring at home.
but that doesn't tell the whole story, does it?
see you in portugal. i'll miss you tour de france.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
mid summer classic
no, not the "this time it counts" selig special all star game. But LE TOUR!
About the all-star game though, and I think baseball still has it over the nba, or the joke of a pro-bowl. And I did used to get all excited about the homerun derby. But wouldn't it be cool to see some kind of skills competition like they have in basketball, even though the guys just go half speed through it. There has to be some kind of defensive medley out there. Outfielders with the best arm competition? Lay a trash can down on top of home plate? Eric Sutter style at the beach last fourth of July? Ok, you get the idea.
Right, but the real mid-summer classic for me is the tour de france. Every year I seem to get more and more into it, and my appreciation for what these guys are actually doing over the course of three weeks swells. But can you even imagine running the equivalent of a marathon almost every day for 3 weeks??? Incredible. Its def on my list of sporting events I need to see live. Which also includes.
An Oriole playoff game. (not even WS)
All 4 tennis grand slams would be cool.
I'd like a Ryder Cup...in Europe.
About the all-star game though, and I think baseball still has it over the nba, or the joke of a pro-bowl. And I did used to get all excited about the homerun derby. But wouldn't it be cool to see some kind of skills competition like they have in basketball, even though the guys just go half speed through it. There has to be some kind of defensive medley out there. Outfielders with the best arm competition? Lay a trash can down on top of home plate? Eric Sutter style at the beach last fourth of July? Ok, you get the idea.
Right, but the real mid-summer classic for me is the tour de france. Every year I seem to get more and more into it, and my appreciation for what these guys are actually doing over the course of three weeks swells. But can you even imagine running the equivalent of a marathon almost every day for 3 weeks??? Incredible. Its def on my list of sporting events I need to see live. Which also includes.
An Oriole playoff game. (not even WS)
All 4 tennis grand slams would be cool.
I'd like a Ryder Cup...in Europe.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
is there anything worse than..?
watching the williams sisters "play tennis?" I wouldn't like to make a list of 10 things I'd rather do. At least this one doesn't look like its going to take that long. what a couple of brutes they are. And then Venus just chokes up and is all afraid of her little sister...sickening.
For a women's sport that is somewhat respected, I think that the gap inbetween the two (men's and womens games) is perhaps as large and as evident as in any sport. Patrick Gee was right.
For a women's sport that is somewhat respected, I think that the gap inbetween the two (men's and womens games) is perhaps as large and as evident as in any sport. Patrick Gee was right.
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