Was going to do this yesterday but so glad I didn't, lots of big news today let's get right into it.
Hoo-Ray Jason Collins came out as gay. I don't understand why it took so long but glad it finally happened. Sports is usually ahead of society see Jackie Robinson who beat the civil rights movement by almost 20 years when he broke the color barrier in baseball. Homophobia is so stupid and if any athletes have a problem shut up. We as humans walk by or work with people we're attracted to all the time but somehow we have the self-control to not hump everything in sight, pretty sure gay people are the same.
After saying I wasn't excited about the draft I watched the entire 1st round on Thursday night. A few thoughts from that. Why do we do Mock drafts? Todd McShay, Mel Kiper Jr. and Mike Mayock all get it wrong, every year. All it takes is for one team to like you and for them to feel your the right fit. EJ Manuel got drafted in the 1st round by Buffalo, ahead of all the other QB's. He was the #1 on Buffalo's board that's why they took him, may be #1 on your board but your board don't mean jackshit to Buffalo. You want to give analysis tell me about the kid that's fine but to say someone drafted poorly or not is a joke. Mel Kiper had Geno Smith going in the top 10 and he didn't go till the 2nd round, the 2nd QB I can remember Mel whiffing on when he had Brady Quinn going in the top 10. Yet, every year ESPN marches him out weekly during football season and we all have to listen to him bumbling ass.
The guy the Chiefs took screams workout warrior. I didn't like the pick would rather of taken Luke Joeckel who played in the SEC and played big boy football.
Green Bay got a great guy in the 2nd with Eddie Lacy he's gonna be force for them.
Montee Ball from Wisconsin went to Denver and everyone went crazy, he's gonna be so good. blah blah blah. For one he'll be behind Moreno or McGahee if not both. Also the Bronco's have 3 studs at WR and Peyton is going to be throwing a lot.
The Ansah dude from BYU screams bust.
Tim Tebow got cut this morning by the Jets, that's awesome on so many levels. I'm not going to dig too deep b/c he is a back-up QB, but he was a publicity stunt for them and when his story ran out, they ran him out. He'll sign up somewhere nobody worry we're not done with this guy yet.
Bryce Harper is a beast carry on.
Haven't watched a dribble of the NBA playoffs, you shouldn't be shocked by this just saying.
The race Saturday night was awesome and if you missed I feel bad for you. Kevin Harvick made an awesome move on a green white checkered and went from 7th to 2nd in one corner if you can find it watch it. Richmond is one of the tracks I really want to go to and I think we'll be heading that way sometime in the next 5 years or so. I think Nascar needs more short tracks the 3 they have just aren't enough compared to the dozen or so 1.5-2 mile ovals that don't produce as good of racing.
Friday night in the Nationwide race Nelson Piquet Jr. did a big no-no when he kicked Brian Scott below the belt, I don't have an opinion on Piquet as a driver but that was a cheap shot and you don't do that shit.
Well that's it for this week, follow me on twitter @derekbredeson and once again well done Jason Collins hopefully more athletes will follow on your footsteps.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Boston
It's almost been a week since those bombs went off in Boston killing 3 and wounding over a 150 people. The suspects hbave been found, the city is recovering, things are starting to get back to normal. I on the other hand am not sure how to feel about this Boston bombing, for one you think what a tragedy, what a city to shut down and find these guys, what a story. On the other hand you have people who say, who cares it's only 3 people who died, it was a rogue attack not a huge plot, in fact more people are dead in West, Texas and why aren't you crying over them. I'm kind of caught in the middle but there is a reason we as sports fans should care about this bombing, but I feel we must keep it in perspective does that even make sense I don't know.
The bombing itself is a tragedy, when people die at the hands of others we should be concerned, whether it's from terrorism, mass shootings, or drunk driving. This isn't an accident gone horribly wrong like in West, Texas. This was an act of terrorism and we as Americans don't stand for terrorism, in fact we started 2 wars that both lasted over 10 years b/c of 9-11, but a mass shooting doesn't get a single gun law passed. The fact it happened at a sporting event should neither be shocking, nor taken lightly. Where else do 75,000+ people gather in such a small area. A marathon isn't exactly the sporting event I thought would be attacked, I figured a football game or Nascar race would be the obvious places since they hold the most people and typically sell out. Either way, a marathon is an easy target, 26 miles of open area, you can't rope that off, people coming and going. No amount of security could stop what happened, they had dogs in the area. The bombers came in during the event set down the bombs and walked away, not sure how you stop that.
But why do we care so much? If this bombing happened in Topeka, Kansas do we care? Maybe, but there are reasons why the media went bat shit crazy over this. First of all, it happened on the east coast, and those of us who don't live there understand this. If something happens along I-95, the media goes crazy, based on the fact that's where most of the media is based, and a large amount of population lives there. Secondly, this happened on Patriots Day in Boston, which is one of the biggest days of the year for them, the Red Sox play an 11 o'clock game, the oldest marathon in America is the Boston Marathon, it's just another reason to take the day off from work and go party. This is no different than any other city celebration and when people attack you on your day it tends to piss you off.
I for one am really in the gray area, this situation as it went on intrigued me. At first I was a little what's the big deal but as it went on I wanted to know why. What made these two men build and set these bombs. What is their intention, and when I heard they took the 2nd suspect alive I was happy, I don't like when people decide to do terrible things but don't have a reason for it. Should we maybe of sent more people to West, Texas and cover that story yeah probably, but here is something for that, b/c of the Boston thing West, Texas is getting sorted out and your not getting differing reports. They are getting time to find the bodies and search for people. The Boston coverage was horrible, CNN claimed Boston PD has a suspect when they didn't. The numbers of dead and injured were wrong. In fact the media handled this situation much the way Mark Sanchez handles the football, 90% of the time they were inept and unreliable. The hurry to get news first screws up the fact they might actually get something right.
I think we as a nation should care, do we need to all the vigils, and pictures on facebook, well probably not. But don't be surprised ESPN went crazy, you know they love Boston and the fact it's right down the road doesn't help. The national media is going to cover this b/c of the terrorism factor. In fact complaining about the coverage makes you just look dumb and unsympathetic, if you are just shut your mouth and sit there. We have cable and satellite companies that offer 200 channels find something else to watch, don't go on twitter if people are flooding your timeline, just let it pass. Facebook is tough b/c you can't help what your friends post and I for one have complained about other things, but sometimes just letting it be is better than bitching about stuff.
That's all for this week, hopefully I can come back next week and talk about positive stuff, follow me on twitter @derekbredeson. I'll end with the words of David Ortiz, "This is our fucking city."
The bombing itself is a tragedy, when people die at the hands of others we should be concerned, whether it's from terrorism, mass shootings, or drunk driving. This isn't an accident gone horribly wrong like in West, Texas. This was an act of terrorism and we as Americans don't stand for terrorism, in fact we started 2 wars that both lasted over 10 years b/c of 9-11, but a mass shooting doesn't get a single gun law passed. The fact it happened at a sporting event should neither be shocking, nor taken lightly. Where else do 75,000+ people gather in such a small area. A marathon isn't exactly the sporting event I thought would be attacked, I figured a football game or Nascar race would be the obvious places since they hold the most people and typically sell out. Either way, a marathon is an easy target, 26 miles of open area, you can't rope that off, people coming and going. No amount of security could stop what happened, they had dogs in the area. The bombers came in during the event set down the bombs and walked away, not sure how you stop that.
But why do we care so much? If this bombing happened in Topeka, Kansas do we care? Maybe, but there are reasons why the media went bat shit crazy over this. First of all, it happened on the east coast, and those of us who don't live there understand this. If something happens along I-95, the media goes crazy, based on the fact that's where most of the media is based, and a large amount of population lives there. Secondly, this happened on Patriots Day in Boston, which is one of the biggest days of the year for them, the Red Sox play an 11 o'clock game, the oldest marathon in America is the Boston Marathon, it's just another reason to take the day off from work and go party. This is no different than any other city celebration and when people attack you on your day it tends to piss you off.
I for one am really in the gray area, this situation as it went on intrigued me. At first I was a little what's the big deal but as it went on I wanted to know why. What made these two men build and set these bombs. What is their intention, and when I heard they took the 2nd suspect alive I was happy, I don't like when people decide to do terrible things but don't have a reason for it. Should we maybe of sent more people to West, Texas and cover that story yeah probably, but here is something for that, b/c of the Boston thing West, Texas is getting sorted out and your not getting differing reports. They are getting time to find the bodies and search for people. The Boston coverage was horrible, CNN claimed Boston PD has a suspect when they didn't. The numbers of dead and injured were wrong. In fact the media handled this situation much the way Mark Sanchez handles the football, 90% of the time they were inept and unreliable. The hurry to get news first screws up the fact they might actually get something right.
I think we as a nation should care, do we need to all the vigils, and pictures on facebook, well probably not. But don't be surprised ESPN went crazy, you know they love Boston and the fact it's right down the road doesn't help. The national media is going to cover this b/c of the terrorism factor. In fact complaining about the coverage makes you just look dumb and unsympathetic, if you are just shut your mouth and sit there. We have cable and satellite companies that offer 200 channels find something else to watch, don't go on twitter if people are flooding your timeline, just let it pass. Facebook is tough b/c you can't help what your friends post and I for one have complained about other things, but sometimes just letting it be is better than bitching about stuff.
That's all for this week, hopefully I can come back next week and talk about positive stuff, follow me on twitter @derekbredeson. I'll end with the words of David Ortiz, "This is our fucking city."
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Thoughts of the Week 4-14-13
Lots going on this past week, figured I write down my thoughts of the past week.
Going ALL the way back to last Monday and the National Championship between Louisville and Michigan, I only watched the first half of the game b/c it started after 8:00, why in the hell would you start it so late? I understand you want the west coast to watch but holy hell why include the west coast if it means you lose the East Coast and Midwest b/c it's so late.
When I went to bed Michigan was up and that Spike Albrecht kid was tearing it up, I think he just went unconscious in the 1st half and didn't realize where he was.
If you think Kevin Ware's injury had nothing to do with Louisville winning than you obviously don't watch sports. Guys use motivation all the time, whether it's being accused of cheating like the 18-1 Patriots, being told your not good enough Aaron Rodgers falling to the 20's, pretty much anything is motivation for athletes who are playing at a high level. These kids used him sitting in that wheelchair as a rallying cry. I also think Pitino used him, you know he broke his leg for this team don't let him break his leg for nothing or something like that.
I'm mad at myself I didn't watch much of the Masters like I usually do, but the Giants were in Chicago this weekend and since I normally don't get to watch them I watched Saturday and Sunday. I missed the Tiger thing on Friday, but how dumb was that. If it was an illegal drop, unless you called it when he did it shut up.
I saw Adam Scott won, I have a problem with him, he uses a "Belly Putter." I hate belly-putters, I think they should be banned, and even though I may of not voiced that before I've believed it for about 2 years now. To anchor a club to your belly is cheating. Guys who use belly-putters are guys who couldn't use a real putter than instead of fixing their game just go to the belly-putter and don't have to get any better. Be a man work on your flaws and get better.
The Giants were down to their last strike today and Hunter Pence hit a solo bomb to tie up the game before the Giants eventually won in extras. Pence is crushing this year, not sure if he feels more comfortable with Giants or what but he's playing way better this year than last. 2 years ago when we got Beltran I didn't like it, last year getting Pence was a great move and one we'll reap the rewards from for a few years.
Tim Lincecum pitched today, gave up 4 runs in the 1st then pitched lights out from there out. I like Tim but he can't get out of the 1st inning anymore, not sure if he should go to the bullpen or what but something needs to change. He hasn't pitched "well" as a starter since 2010.
So before the year I'm in love with the Nationals then they went out and got swept by the Braves this weekend. So I guess the Braves are pretty good, Justin Upton is crushing the ball. I'm not sure if their starters will hold on, but they have a great bullpen.
I didn't watch much of the race again for the 2nd straight weekend, I'm realizing NASCAR sucks when you don't have a dog in the race. Even though watching Denny stresses me out and I get way to amped watching him, when he isn't driving I feel no need to watch the race or even care who wins. It was a good race from what little I saw.
I guess Brad Keselowski went off after the race, something about Nascar messing his team. If he gets fined less than 25,000 I'm gonna go nuts, his comments were twice as bad as what Denny said after Phoenix.
We're a few weeks away from the draft and I think the NFL and NBA drafts are going to have something in common, no breakout stars. The NFL draft may be better than the NBA one, b/c this NBA draft is gonna be horrible.
Kobe Bryant went down with an Achilles, I know I don't talk much NBA, but this injury is brutal for the Lakers playoff chances, and even if they do get in they'll be bounced in 4 games. Before the year the Lakers looked like the team to beat but they got a shit coach, the games most overrated player in Dwight Howard, and a couple of old dudes past their prime in Nash and Artest. I'm not a Kobe guy but he should go out on his own terms.
Tomorrow is Jackie Robinson day, I think everyone in all sports should wear 42 not just baseball players, NBA players and Hockey players alike, well at least the black hockey players, what Jackie did took guts, courage, and pride. I can't state what he meant for black people for obvious reasons, but he beat the civil rights movement by 20 years. That was huge.
I wish Jason Day had won the Masters if only to show his wife more, DAMN.
That's all for this week, till next time @derekbredeson for any breaking thoughts.
Going ALL the way back to last Monday and the National Championship between Louisville and Michigan, I only watched the first half of the game b/c it started after 8:00, why in the hell would you start it so late? I understand you want the west coast to watch but holy hell why include the west coast if it means you lose the East Coast and Midwest b/c it's so late.
When I went to bed Michigan was up and that Spike Albrecht kid was tearing it up, I think he just went unconscious in the 1st half and didn't realize where he was.
If you think Kevin Ware's injury had nothing to do with Louisville winning than you obviously don't watch sports. Guys use motivation all the time, whether it's being accused of cheating like the 18-1 Patriots, being told your not good enough Aaron Rodgers falling to the 20's, pretty much anything is motivation for athletes who are playing at a high level. These kids used him sitting in that wheelchair as a rallying cry. I also think Pitino used him, you know he broke his leg for this team don't let him break his leg for nothing or something like that.
I'm mad at myself I didn't watch much of the Masters like I usually do, but the Giants were in Chicago this weekend and since I normally don't get to watch them I watched Saturday and Sunday. I missed the Tiger thing on Friday, but how dumb was that. If it was an illegal drop, unless you called it when he did it shut up.
I saw Adam Scott won, I have a problem with him, he uses a "Belly Putter." I hate belly-putters, I think they should be banned, and even though I may of not voiced that before I've believed it for about 2 years now. To anchor a club to your belly is cheating. Guys who use belly-putters are guys who couldn't use a real putter than instead of fixing their game just go to the belly-putter and don't have to get any better. Be a man work on your flaws and get better.
The Giants were down to their last strike today and Hunter Pence hit a solo bomb to tie up the game before the Giants eventually won in extras. Pence is crushing this year, not sure if he feels more comfortable with Giants or what but he's playing way better this year than last. 2 years ago when we got Beltran I didn't like it, last year getting Pence was a great move and one we'll reap the rewards from for a few years.
Tim Lincecum pitched today, gave up 4 runs in the 1st then pitched lights out from there out. I like Tim but he can't get out of the 1st inning anymore, not sure if he should go to the bullpen or what but something needs to change. He hasn't pitched "well" as a starter since 2010.
So before the year I'm in love with the Nationals then they went out and got swept by the Braves this weekend. So I guess the Braves are pretty good, Justin Upton is crushing the ball. I'm not sure if their starters will hold on, but they have a great bullpen.
I didn't watch much of the race again for the 2nd straight weekend, I'm realizing NASCAR sucks when you don't have a dog in the race. Even though watching Denny stresses me out and I get way to amped watching him, when he isn't driving I feel no need to watch the race or even care who wins. It was a good race from what little I saw.
I guess Brad Keselowski went off after the race, something about Nascar messing his team. If he gets fined less than 25,000 I'm gonna go nuts, his comments were twice as bad as what Denny said after Phoenix.
We're a few weeks away from the draft and I think the NFL and NBA drafts are going to have something in common, no breakout stars. The NFL draft may be better than the NBA one, b/c this NBA draft is gonna be horrible.
Kobe Bryant went down with an Achilles, I know I don't talk much NBA, but this injury is brutal for the Lakers playoff chances, and even if they do get in they'll be bounced in 4 games. Before the year the Lakers looked like the team to beat but they got a shit coach, the games most overrated player in Dwight Howard, and a couple of old dudes past their prime in Nash and Artest. I'm not a Kobe guy but he should go out on his own terms.
Tomorrow is Jackie Robinson day, I think everyone in all sports should wear 42 not just baseball players, NBA players and Hockey players alike, well at least the black hockey players, what Jackie did took guts, courage, and pride. I can't state what he meant for black people for obvious reasons, but he beat the civil rights movement by 20 years. That was huge.
I wish Jason Day had won the Masters if only to show his wife more, DAMN.
That's all for this week, till next time @derekbredeson for any breaking thoughts.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Thoughts of the Week 4-8-13
Had to take a week off b/c of sickness but I'm back this week with some thoughts of the last weeks happenings. Here we go......
True to form I stopped watching the tournament, not sure why I get so involved 1st weekend then just stop. I guess when you lose the element of surprise I don't care anymore. Probably didn't help I had all my teams wrong, and had Syracuse losing in the 1st round.
Baseball season is back and I couldn't be happier, last Monday when I was sick as hell, I watched Bryce Harper jack 2 out, that was awesome. Reminded me of a few years ago when Jason Heyward rocked the Giants.
Speaking of the Giants, I'm happy we won last year, and we got the MVP but can you please stop with the ceremonies, Friday night they raised the World Champs Flag, Saturday they honored Buster Posey with his MVP trophy that he had already received and then Sunday they gave out the rings and wore those hideous gold uniforms. That's 3 games with 3 ceremonies before them, when can they just shut up and play ball.
Giants started off taking 2 or 3 from the Dodgers yeah suck it.
Can we end this booing when former players come back? Josh Hamilton can booed for 3 straight days in Texas b/c he left and said Dallas was a football town. Well sorry Dallas but he spoke the truth, and honestly he took you to two World Series, 2 more than your franchise has ever been too. How about a little respect and give him the cheer he deserved.
I know we as fans feel slighted when guys leave "our" teams but why do we care. It's not like you get mad when your team signs a free agent, so you obviously had to get him from another team. You hear it all the time, this is a business, guys get traded, guys get cut, guys sign as free agents, be happy with the memories a guy made for your team instead of focusing on him "leaving" you. The only time I get upset is when guys sign with rivals but 9 times out of 10 they end up sucking anyway. You want to boo because a guy owns you then so be it, but just b/c he left doesn't make it ok. I for one call Carlos Beltran a bitch every time we play St. Louis but that's b/c he sucked when the Giants traded for him and anytime he plays us the last 2 years he kills us.
I know it's only a week but Toronto is in last with 2 wins, and R.A. Dickey has gotten rocked in his starts. I said this in my baseball preview sleep on the Jays, they're a band of losers brought together and will continue to lose.
I didn't watch the Nascar race closely yesterday b/c of the Denny situation. I saw the end and honestly Jimmie Johnson owns that joint and the only guy who has come close to taking it from him was sitting on the pit box, we need Denny back just to get in Jimmie's way for a few weeks.
I watched the NIT b/c Iowa was playing in it. They played 4 good games then took a dump in the championship. While leading up to it, people were giving flack b/c I was caring about the NIT. Saying things like it's not a real tournament, or your competing to be number 69. I got 2 things for that, 1 if you only care about who will be champion than all the Bowl games suck including the one your team is in unless it's for the trophy. Secondly if you say your competing to be #69, your wrong b/c the top 68 teams don't make the dance, pretty sure Iowa was better than 10-20 Liberty. I liked the NIT for Iowa b/c as young team they needed experience and being 1 and done in the tourney wouldn't have helped them.
Noticed a few quarterbacks moved last week, congrats to Larry Fitzgerald who's getting a washed up Carson Palmer but hey he's better than anybody Arizona had last year.
Have you noticed the interleague game every day? Me neither so baseball purists can shut up now.
Yu Darvish almost threw a perfect game last week and everyone said oh it's the Astros anyone can do that. Well even if it is the Astros it's hard to throw a perfect game against little leaguers let alone against professional athletes.
That's all I got for this week, twitter me @derekbredeson, read old posts, I'll be back next week hopefully with some deeper thoughts. I'll end this week with a little phrase I just love "wait till next year."
True to form I stopped watching the tournament, not sure why I get so involved 1st weekend then just stop. I guess when you lose the element of surprise I don't care anymore. Probably didn't help I had all my teams wrong, and had Syracuse losing in the 1st round.
Baseball season is back and I couldn't be happier, last Monday when I was sick as hell, I watched Bryce Harper jack 2 out, that was awesome. Reminded me of a few years ago when Jason Heyward rocked the Giants.
Speaking of the Giants, I'm happy we won last year, and we got the MVP but can you please stop with the ceremonies, Friday night they raised the World Champs Flag, Saturday they honored Buster Posey with his MVP trophy that he had already received and then Sunday they gave out the rings and wore those hideous gold uniforms. That's 3 games with 3 ceremonies before them, when can they just shut up and play ball.
Giants started off taking 2 or 3 from the Dodgers yeah suck it.
Can we end this booing when former players come back? Josh Hamilton can booed for 3 straight days in Texas b/c he left and said Dallas was a football town. Well sorry Dallas but he spoke the truth, and honestly he took you to two World Series, 2 more than your franchise has ever been too. How about a little respect and give him the cheer he deserved.
I know we as fans feel slighted when guys leave "our" teams but why do we care. It's not like you get mad when your team signs a free agent, so you obviously had to get him from another team. You hear it all the time, this is a business, guys get traded, guys get cut, guys sign as free agents, be happy with the memories a guy made for your team instead of focusing on him "leaving" you. The only time I get upset is when guys sign with rivals but 9 times out of 10 they end up sucking anyway. You want to boo because a guy owns you then so be it, but just b/c he left doesn't make it ok. I for one call Carlos Beltran a bitch every time we play St. Louis but that's b/c he sucked when the Giants traded for him and anytime he plays us the last 2 years he kills us.
I know it's only a week but Toronto is in last with 2 wins, and R.A. Dickey has gotten rocked in his starts. I said this in my baseball preview sleep on the Jays, they're a band of losers brought together and will continue to lose.
I didn't watch the Nascar race closely yesterday b/c of the Denny situation. I saw the end and honestly Jimmie Johnson owns that joint and the only guy who has come close to taking it from him was sitting on the pit box, we need Denny back just to get in Jimmie's way for a few weeks.
I watched the NIT b/c Iowa was playing in it. They played 4 good games then took a dump in the championship. While leading up to it, people were giving flack b/c I was caring about the NIT. Saying things like it's not a real tournament, or your competing to be number 69. I got 2 things for that, 1 if you only care about who will be champion than all the Bowl games suck including the one your team is in unless it's for the trophy. Secondly if you say your competing to be #69, your wrong b/c the top 68 teams don't make the dance, pretty sure Iowa was better than 10-20 Liberty. I liked the NIT for Iowa b/c as young team they needed experience and being 1 and done in the tourney wouldn't have helped them.
Noticed a few quarterbacks moved last week, congrats to Larry Fitzgerald who's getting a washed up Carson Palmer but hey he's better than anybody Arizona had last year.
Have you noticed the interleague game every day? Me neither so baseball purists can shut up now.
Yu Darvish almost threw a perfect game last week and everyone said oh it's the Astros anyone can do that. Well even if it is the Astros it's hard to throw a perfect game against little leaguers let alone against professional athletes.
That's all I got for this week, twitter me @derekbredeson, read old posts, I'll be back next week hopefully with some deeper thoughts. I'll end this week with a little phrase I just love "wait till next year."
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