Not a heck of a lot going on besides the NBA Finals but I don't watch basketball enough to even bother writing an entire post about it. Anyway a few thoughts for the week.
Yaisel Puig is the real deal. It sucks he plays for the Dodgers but the dude came up this week hit 4 bombs and 10 RBI in his first 5 games, not to mention he has a gun and doubled a guy off at first to end the game last Monday.
Didn't watch the end of the race today because I was playing softball but I saw Jimmie won and Denny got 8th. That's a decent day for Denny but if he's gonna get in the top 20 and make this chase we need a lot more of that and not so much of last week. I have faith he has winnable tracks ahead of him just needs that break at the end of the race to go his way.
Watched some of tonight's game between the Heat and Spurs. I am by far the biggest LeBron fan I know, mainly since everyone hates him, but the guy is the best player in the league and he takes games over. He's not going to disappear for a whole series like Bosh did. He plays great defense, dishes like Magic, and plays physically like a power forward.
I love reading when people say the NBA is fixed. Why would it be fixed? What do they have to gain with it fixed? The TV deals are already made so they won't get more TV dollars in their next contract b/c the Heat won or lost. In fact if there was a conspiracy I would think it would be to make the Heat lose since everyone hates them. I'm sure ESPN isn't going to take off 2 million from the next TV deal b/c in 2013 the Spurs won.
The Nationwide series ran at Iowa this weekend, man do I wish they would add some seats there and get a cup race. The Cup level needs another short track and Iowa is the perfect place for a race, just need the facilities to get better and double the capacity
The last ESPN the Magazine was one of the best issues in a while, I read the whole thing cover to cover. They had great articles about Mike Tyson, Brittney Griner, and a coach from Minnesota who lost his job b/c he had a video of his kids naked on a cell phone. Excellent read, also had a nice piece about Tim Tebow and why he'll never get another job and how it's his fault.
The Tebow article was great b/c they said the guy is a media whore and he does things to keep himself on the camera's and deflect his lack of football ability.
I know I don't tend to talk pop news much, but did you see Bieber at game 7 of Indy-Miami, what a douche and kid get your life figured out.
Seeing a lot of NFL news lately about RG III and his health, hope the guy gets 100% healthy and doesn't hurt himself anymore.
Another thing that is a hot topic of late is the Redskins changing their name. I honestly wouldn't mind a name change, as long as the colors stay the same and I'd prefer the logo to remain. If they could change to Indians or Warriors or something along that lines it would be ok. I understand Native Americans don't like the term "Redskins" but who is racist against them and uses the term Redskin? I think people use a more derogatory term, but I may be wrong. Personally I don't think about the team name all that much, too me it's the same as Giants or Hawkeyes just my team.
This steroid witch hunt is about ridiculous. MLB is going to interview a guy they were suing about a week ago. I went through this crap with Barry Bonds and I'm honestly over it. If you catch guys catch them don't do this back channel gotcha justice bullshit. MLB is mad at Ryan Braun for making them look a fool last year, and I'd put money down the Yankees are bankrolling this investigation just to void A-Rod's contract.
That's if for this week, twitter me @derekbredeson, see ya next week.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Underrated/Overrated
Every once in a while my XM Radio in my Blazer gets turned on for free and I love it b/c I get to listen to sports talk radio. Obviously these people have to have something to talk about 24/7 so with the NBA Playoffs going on they all talk about LeBron and where he ranks all-time, and I heard a guy say he can't even put LeBron in the same category as MJ, this got me thinking, has MJ actually become overrated? Is that possible, the guy ESPN named the best athlete of the 1900's, arguably the greatest basketball player ever, has he actually become overrated. I think he has, and in fact I think a few guys have become overrated after their careers and few are underrated, I'm going to make a little list here. A few guys who I think we either speak to high of, or we forgot about them.
Michael Jordan overrated, the guy is the greatest ever, but this notion that we can't compare anyone to him has gotten a little out of hand. When he was in the twilight of his career and a little after the media wanted to proclaim the next Jordan. I can name a list of guys but Harold Miner was one for sure, in fact they called him "Baby Jordan," the 2 closest guys I can think of are Kobe and LeBron. Kobe is the pure scorer who's won lots of championships and LeBron is a physical specimen who has a rounder game. Now I don't want speak bad about Jordan but this notion that we can't compare people to him is absurd, it's sports it's all we do. We compare today's players with yesterday's players and vice versa, how would this guy do against this guy. Are LeBron and MJ the same player, no. LeBron is a much better defender and facilitator where MJ had the killer instinct and had incredible will to NOT lose. There is a thing about MJ though, Steve Kerr and John Paxson both hit game winners for the Bulls that won championships. So the notion that MJ is the ultimate closer and always took the final shot is bull. So I guess I'm trying to say we can compare guys to Jordan doesn't mean their better than him, and sometimes we forget Jordan's game had flaws but since we only remember the greatness we forget them. He didn't win a championship every year he was in the league people.
Barry Sanders underrated, this may seem weird especially since he just got named to the Madden cover by a fan vote. I think though that as we get farther away from his career and more into the fantasy era we forget Barry's greatness. The guy was a human video game, by far the best RB in the league and maybe the best of all time close to Jim Brown in many peoples eyes. In the days of LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, and Arian Foster we sometimes forget how great Barry Sanders was. Barry has some of the best runs of all time and I hope time makes him greater not worse in our eyes.
Derek Jeter overrated, I don't want to take anything away from Jeter but if he's considered a winner and all that crap than we should look at how he got his championships. There is also talk that he is one of the 5 greatest Yankees of all-time, wow the greatest organization is all of sports and this guy is one of the 5 best, he's not even one of the 5 best Shortstops of all time so how is he one of the greatest in his organization that has some of the greatest at their positions. He's never won the MVP, in all of his championships he only has one World Series MVP. How is that all-time Yankee great, he's not better than Babe, Mantle, DiMaggio, Gehrig, or even Reggie Jackson in my eyes. The guy is a great player but he's never been the best Shortstop in the game let alone one of the best 5 players in Yankee history.
The entire 1st round draft class of 1983 underrated, I watched ESPN's 30 for 30 about Marino and Elway and during that they talked about the guys drafted in that 1st round, mainly saying who passed on Marino as he fell into the 2nd to last pick in the 1st round. Growing up we heard about the great QB class of '83, 3 Hall of Famers in Elway, Marino, and Jim Kelly, but as good as those guys were there were plenty of studs taken that weren't QB's. There are 3 other Hall of Famers, Eric Dickerson, Bruce Mathews, and Darrell Green. A couple of key pieces to Super Bowl winners, Jim Covert and Willie Gault for the Bears, Jim Jeffcoat with Dallas, and Terry Kinard with the Giants. The QB's in that draft were a combined 2-9 in Super Bowls, with Kelly losing 4, Elway winning 2 but losing 3, Marino losing 1, and Tony Eason losing 1 with New England. Sounds like a pretty loaded 1st round to me, 6 of the 28 are in the HOF, just a little under a quarter. Don't sleep on the rest of this draft either Richard Dent went in the 8th to Chicago, and Roger Craig, Dave Duerson, Henry Ellard, Darryl Talley, Jesse Sapolu, and Charles Mann all were taken after the 1st. In fact just looking the Bears built half their 85 championship with this draft. The Redskins didn't do too bad either.
The 90's Atlanta Braves overrated, they call them the team of the 90's sometimes, is 1 championship all it takes to be the team of a decade? The Braves were good, but stop it, they weren't the best team of the decade in fact they might be the biggest disappointment of the decade. They had Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine yet only won one. I know a lot of people want to crown them all these great pitchers but they should all have more than 1 ring.
Joe Montana overrated, I know I called Joe the greatest QB of all time on this blog a few weeks ago. I though realize sometimes I overrate people and I'm willing to admit it. I overrate Joe Montana simply b/c he had the greatest WR of all-time. Since he had Rice he got a lot of extra yards that Rice made after the catch. I guess I'm trying to say it's not to hard to play QB when your throwing to the greatest of all time. That being said I still think Montana is the best ever.
Terrell Owens and Randy Moss underrated, these guys are 2 of the best ever yet nobody wants to give them credit because they had bad attitudes. Owens and Moss dominated the game for a decade like no other WR's before them had, even Rice. They are both freakish athletes with size, speed, hands, and jumping ability. Their off field problems stack up on them so most of us don't want to give them credit, but if you and me were picking teams I would take these two at WR.
Well that's all for this week, got a new computer so hopefully the posts will be back to weekly. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson.
Michael Jordan overrated, the guy is the greatest ever, but this notion that we can't compare anyone to him has gotten a little out of hand. When he was in the twilight of his career and a little after the media wanted to proclaim the next Jordan. I can name a list of guys but Harold Miner was one for sure, in fact they called him "Baby Jordan," the 2 closest guys I can think of are Kobe and LeBron. Kobe is the pure scorer who's won lots of championships and LeBron is a physical specimen who has a rounder game. Now I don't want speak bad about Jordan but this notion that we can't compare people to him is absurd, it's sports it's all we do. We compare today's players with yesterday's players and vice versa, how would this guy do against this guy. Are LeBron and MJ the same player, no. LeBron is a much better defender and facilitator where MJ had the killer instinct and had incredible will to NOT lose. There is a thing about MJ though, Steve Kerr and John Paxson both hit game winners for the Bulls that won championships. So the notion that MJ is the ultimate closer and always took the final shot is bull. So I guess I'm trying to say we can compare guys to Jordan doesn't mean their better than him, and sometimes we forget Jordan's game had flaws but since we only remember the greatness we forget them. He didn't win a championship every year he was in the league people.
Barry Sanders underrated, this may seem weird especially since he just got named to the Madden cover by a fan vote. I think though that as we get farther away from his career and more into the fantasy era we forget Barry's greatness. The guy was a human video game, by far the best RB in the league and maybe the best of all time close to Jim Brown in many peoples eyes. In the days of LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, and Arian Foster we sometimes forget how great Barry Sanders was. Barry has some of the best runs of all time and I hope time makes him greater not worse in our eyes.
Derek Jeter overrated, I don't want to take anything away from Jeter but if he's considered a winner and all that crap than we should look at how he got his championships. There is also talk that he is one of the 5 greatest Yankees of all-time, wow the greatest organization is all of sports and this guy is one of the 5 best, he's not even one of the 5 best Shortstops of all time so how is he one of the greatest in his organization that has some of the greatest at their positions. He's never won the MVP, in all of his championships he only has one World Series MVP. How is that all-time Yankee great, he's not better than Babe, Mantle, DiMaggio, Gehrig, or even Reggie Jackson in my eyes. The guy is a great player but he's never been the best Shortstop in the game let alone one of the best 5 players in Yankee history.
The entire 1st round draft class of 1983 underrated, I watched ESPN's 30 for 30 about Marino and Elway and during that they talked about the guys drafted in that 1st round, mainly saying who passed on Marino as he fell into the 2nd to last pick in the 1st round. Growing up we heard about the great QB class of '83, 3 Hall of Famers in Elway, Marino, and Jim Kelly, but as good as those guys were there were plenty of studs taken that weren't QB's. There are 3 other Hall of Famers, Eric Dickerson, Bruce Mathews, and Darrell Green. A couple of key pieces to Super Bowl winners, Jim Covert and Willie Gault for the Bears, Jim Jeffcoat with Dallas, and Terry Kinard with the Giants. The QB's in that draft were a combined 2-9 in Super Bowls, with Kelly losing 4, Elway winning 2 but losing 3, Marino losing 1, and Tony Eason losing 1 with New England. Sounds like a pretty loaded 1st round to me, 6 of the 28 are in the HOF, just a little under a quarter. Don't sleep on the rest of this draft either Richard Dent went in the 8th to Chicago, and Roger Craig, Dave Duerson, Henry Ellard, Darryl Talley, Jesse Sapolu, and Charles Mann all were taken after the 1st. In fact just looking the Bears built half their 85 championship with this draft. The Redskins didn't do too bad either.
The 90's Atlanta Braves overrated, they call them the team of the 90's sometimes, is 1 championship all it takes to be the team of a decade? The Braves were good, but stop it, they weren't the best team of the decade in fact they might be the biggest disappointment of the decade. They had Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine yet only won one. I know a lot of people want to crown them all these great pitchers but they should all have more than 1 ring.
Joe Montana overrated, I know I called Joe the greatest QB of all time on this blog a few weeks ago. I though realize sometimes I overrate people and I'm willing to admit it. I overrate Joe Montana simply b/c he had the greatest WR of all-time. Since he had Rice he got a lot of extra yards that Rice made after the catch. I guess I'm trying to say it's not to hard to play QB when your throwing to the greatest of all time. That being said I still think Montana is the best ever.
Terrell Owens and Randy Moss underrated, these guys are 2 of the best ever yet nobody wants to give them credit because they had bad attitudes. Owens and Moss dominated the game for a decade like no other WR's before them had, even Rice. They are both freakish athletes with size, speed, hands, and jumping ability. Their off field problems stack up on them so most of us don't want to give them credit, but if you and me were picking teams I would take these two at WR.
Well that's all for this week, got a new computer so hopefully the posts will be back to weekly. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Hating
Lately I've been doing this annoying thing where everyone's Facebook statuses bug the shit out of me. Being from Wisconsin/Iowa a lot of statuses have been about the Bulls-Heat series and a few things about LeBron. Disclaimer I've watched 2 quarters of NBA basketball this year, some of the 3rd of game 3 and some of the 4th of game 2 of the Heat-Bulls series. So what I'm about to rant about has really nothing to do with basketball actually being played, instead it has to with why people hate LeBron James.
I've been a LeBron guy since ESPN put one of his High School games on national TV. The player I watched that night was unselfish, passing like a mad man to his teammates, and a man among boys. He was huge and has only gotten bigger. Since that night years ago, LeBron has gone on to become 1st overall pick, biggest free agent ever in sports, 4-time MVP, took a team of losers in Cleveland to the Finals, and has 1 Championship. That's a pretty good resume, should he have a few more titles probably, but he's 28 and if he plays to 35 that's a chance for 7 more titles. But that's getting ahead of ourselves. The NBA is probably the hardest league to win championships, in fact 2 teams (Boston and LA have half the Championships) In the last 20 years 8 teams have championships, Detroit, Boston, and Dallas being the only teams with 1 in that time, leaving 5 teams sharing 17. That's insane, yet we crush LeBron for only having 1. The Dallas loss was bad but that was his 1st year in Miami and they hadn't clicked yet. I'll give you he doesn't have enough championships but they only give out 1 a year.
Now I understand your a Bulls fan and you don't "like" the Heat because they are playing your team. You have to cheer against them, I get it but does that mean you have to say "I hate LeBron." No it doesn't you can easily cheer for your team without hating the opposition, in fact hating should be saved for a special few. I hate 3 teams, Cowboys-Redskins rivals, Dodgers-Giants rivals, and Notre Dame-not sure why but hey somethings you can't explain. I usually don't hate any particular players, maybe Romo, but I don't dislike Matt Kemp or even Manti T'eo. Hating individual players is hard because you never know when they might end up on your team. Think Yankee fans hated Johnny Damon, plenty of NFL players flip flop teams inside the division just so they can get 2 games against the team that didn't pay them. I say this, Chicago fans who hate LeBron when he was a free agent there were rumors him and Chicago native Dwayne Wade were coming to the Bulls, would you hate LeBron then? Once again though I don't expect you to say I love LeBron but hating him seems a little strong.
When I brought this topic up on facebook the other night someone said it's natural to hate the best, the Patriots, Yankees, and Heat for example. Well I don't hate the Patriots and if you hate the Patriots shut up they haven't won a championship in almost a decade, 2005 being their last championship. Do you hate Pittsburgh, or the Giants, they've won 2 each since the last Patriots win. Do people really hate winners, if your not from Chicago and your a Bulls fan your probably a fan b/c of Jordan and his winning ways. Now the guy who is closest to him you hate yeah that makes total sense. This idea of hating the guy who is just like your favorite happens a lot, people in Nascar hate Kyle Busch, a guy who will win at all costs and isn't happy if he doesn't win, sounds a lot like Dale Earnhardt to me. I think people just want to hate to hate, whether it's jealousy or just going with the flow.
When it comes to LeBron people have plenty of ammo, whether it's the Decision, the fact he didn't win a championship right away, maybe b/c he acts like a kid and has fun playing the game, you know isn't serious enough. The Decision is as much ESPN's fault as it was LeBron, and acting like LeBron is the first free agent to not tell the city he's leaving that he isn't coming back is stupid. Guys leave all the time and don't say good-bye before leaving. Get over yourselves he owed Cleveland nothing, he owed you nothing and if he decided to go to Miami to try to win championships shouldn't we applaud him since we kill guys who just play for money and not championships. Hating a guy who is shoved down our throats isn't reason either, you know there are 200 channels to watch, I for one barely watch ESPN anymore b/c they only talk about a few people. I instead watch MLB Network for my baseball, Speed for my Nascar, and ESPN during the NFL and College Football season, but only the pregame shows not Sportscenter, tired of hearing about someone turn off the TV. If LeBron were a jerk like Barry Bonds was I'd understand the hating but he's not a jerk. He's fun loving always joking with teammates and having fun, he's no more cocky than any other player in the NFL or NBA including the cockiest little guy in the world Nate Robinson a Bull.
I guess in all this long winded repeating of myself I'm trying to say, this guy is one of the best ever, appreciate what your watching and stop hating. I went through this when I was younger saying I hated Kobe, but I grew up and eventually started appreciating him and his talent. Let's save our hate for guys who deserve it, Mike Vick, Ben Roethlesburger, other guys who broke the law, but hating a guy just b/c he's the best, LeBron, Tom Brady, Jimmie Johnson is a bit stupid. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson or read some older posts.
I've been a LeBron guy since ESPN put one of his High School games on national TV. The player I watched that night was unselfish, passing like a mad man to his teammates, and a man among boys. He was huge and has only gotten bigger. Since that night years ago, LeBron has gone on to become 1st overall pick, biggest free agent ever in sports, 4-time MVP, took a team of losers in Cleveland to the Finals, and has 1 Championship. That's a pretty good resume, should he have a few more titles probably, but he's 28 and if he plays to 35 that's a chance for 7 more titles. But that's getting ahead of ourselves. The NBA is probably the hardest league to win championships, in fact 2 teams (Boston and LA have half the Championships) In the last 20 years 8 teams have championships, Detroit, Boston, and Dallas being the only teams with 1 in that time, leaving 5 teams sharing 17. That's insane, yet we crush LeBron for only having 1. The Dallas loss was bad but that was his 1st year in Miami and they hadn't clicked yet. I'll give you he doesn't have enough championships but they only give out 1 a year.
Now I understand your a Bulls fan and you don't "like" the Heat because they are playing your team. You have to cheer against them, I get it but does that mean you have to say "I hate LeBron." No it doesn't you can easily cheer for your team without hating the opposition, in fact hating should be saved for a special few. I hate 3 teams, Cowboys-Redskins rivals, Dodgers-Giants rivals, and Notre Dame-not sure why but hey somethings you can't explain. I usually don't hate any particular players, maybe Romo, but I don't dislike Matt Kemp or even Manti T'eo. Hating individual players is hard because you never know when they might end up on your team. Think Yankee fans hated Johnny Damon, plenty of NFL players flip flop teams inside the division just so they can get 2 games against the team that didn't pay them. I say this, Chicago fans who hate LeBron when he was a free agent there were rumors him and Chicago native Dwayne Wade were coming to the Bulls, would you hate LeBron then? Once again though I don't expect you to say I love LeBron but hating him seems a little strong.
When I brought this topic up on facebook the other night someone said it's natural to hate the best, the Patriots, Yankees, and Heat for example. Well I don't hate the Patriots and if you hate the Patriots shut up they haven't won a championship in almost a decade, 2005 being their last championship. Do you hate Pittsburgh, or the Giants, they've won 2 each since the last Patriots win. Do people really hate winners, if your not from Chicago and your a Bulls fan your probably a fan b/c of Jordan and his winning ways. Now the guy who is closest to him you hate yeah that makes total sense. This idea of hating the guy who is just like your favorite happens a lot, people in Nascar hate Kyle Busch, a guy who will win at all costs and isn't happy if he doesn't win, sounds a lot like Dale Earnhardt to me. I think people just want to hate to hate, whether it's jealousy or just going with the flow.
When it comes to LeBron people have plenty of ammo, whether it's the Decision, the fact he didn't win a championship right away, maybe b/c he acts like a kid and has fun playing the game, you know isn't serious enough. The Decision is as much ESPN's fault as it was LeBron, and acting like LeBron is the first free agent to not tell the city he's leaving that he isn't coming back is stupid. Guys leave all the time and don't say good-bye before leaving. Get over yourselves he owed Cleveland nothing, he owed you nothing and if he decided to go to Miami to try to win championships shouldn't we applaud him since we kill guys who just play for money and not championships. Hating a guy who is shoved down our throats isn't reason either, you know there are 200 channels to watch, I for one barely watch ESPN anymore b/c they only talk about a few people. I instead watch MLB Network for my baseball, Speed for my Nascar, and ESPN during the NFL and College Football season, but only the pregame shows not Sportscenter, tired of hearing about someone turn off the TV. If LeBron were a jerk like Barry Bonds was I'd understand the hating but he's not a jerk. He's fun loving always joking with teammates and having fun, he's no more cocky than any other player in the NFL or NBA including the cockiest little guy in the world Nate Robinson a Bull.
I guess in all this long winded repeating of myself I'm trying to say, this guy is one of the best ever, appreciate what your watching and stop hating. I went through this when I was younger saying I hated Kobe, but I grew up and eventually started appreciating him and his talent. Let's save our hate for guys who deserve it, Mike Vick, Ben Roethlesburger, other guys who broke the law, but hating a guy just b/c he's the best, LeBron, Tom Brady, Jimmie Johnson is a bit stupid. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson or read some older posts.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Thoughts of the Week 4-29 edition
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.
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.
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."
Friday, March 29, 2013
Somethig for the Fellas
Took a day off so figured I'd blog a little. About a month ago I posted a question on twitter about hot singers in music videos. It got me thinking maybe I should find some of the best girl singer music videos do a mini-post about it, and hey at least the research will be fun. Well I guess this is gonna really sexist but I don't care here are some of my hottest chicks who sing music videos.
Maybe one of my favorite videos off all time Mariah Carey, Honey. She may be annoying now but holy hell when she jumps in the pool, WOW is all I can say.
Britney Spears, Baby One More Time, classic video and when I was 16 I couldn't stop watching it.
Christina Aguilera, Come on Over, my god when she shakes her ass, it could make a 17 year old boy lose his mind. Dirrty was close but Come on Over has been my favorite of hers forever.
My first new school girl Katy Perry California Gurls is awesome, not to mention the fact she's naked for most of the video.
My only group video is the Pussycat Dolls, Don't Cha, not much else to say.
How about a sports reference, Eric Decker's girlfriend is blazing and so is her video for Wanted, Jessie James
Speaking of Athlete wives Carrie Underwood is probably the most gorgeous girl in country music.
Another sports related person, Jennifer Lopez (part owner of the Dolphins), Love Don't Cost a Thing. She has a great ASSets in this video.
My girl Rihanna turned heads when she first came out
How can I do a list without Beyonce, I'm on record she's not my favorite but she's pretty hot
AND finally Christina Milian, not the best musician but who cares.
Well that's all I got, I probably forgot some nice ladies if I did feel free to tell me. Enjoy and if I lost some female readers, so be it, but this is a sports blog and you gotta take it. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson and stay tuned for my regular Monday post.
Maybe one of my favorite videos off all time Mariah Carey, Honey. She may be annoying now but holy hell when she jumps in the pool, WOW is all I can say.
Well that's all I got, I probably forgot some nice ladies if I did feel free to tell me. Enjoy and if I lost some female readers, so be it, but this is a sports blog and you gotta take it. Follow me on twitter @derekbredeson and stay tuned for my regular Monday post.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Baseball 2013
I promised it last week it's my 2013 baseball blowout. I've never actually done this before so I don't know how it's gonna go kind of shooting from the hip here and since that's how all my posts go I guess it won't be any different. I don't want to go division by division and give you straight winners, how about instead some bold predictions or maybe not so bold.
- For the first time in what seems like 40 years the Yankees or Red Sox won't make the playoffs. Sox are a mess have nobody on their roster I'm afraid of and they Yankees have everyone on the DL. CC and Hughes could keep the Yanks close but with only Cano in the everyday line-up it's over for them.
- Sleep on the Blue Jays, they spent too much, in fact the Marlins tried this last year and how did that work out?
- Speaking of spending money, fuck the Dodgers, money can't buy team chemistry which is what you need. Once again I'll bring this up, the guys they got from Boston weren't winning there why would they be different in LA. Greinke is garbage in any important game and has never pitched under pressure.
- Speaking of spending money, the Angels are gonna be tough, they have the best hitter of the last decade, they have the best hitter of the next decade and they have the best power hitter of when he's right can crush. Besides the Rangers got nothing, The A's are weird, The Astros are garbage, and the M's are tough but not Angels tough.
- I don't want to make any bold predictions for the Giants. I think they'll win the West provided, Scutaro is the hitter he was in August and September last year. Pagan is the guy he was in the playoffs and in the WBC. Lincecum is can break out of his funk, and Vogelsong can keep dominating at home.
- BEWARE of the Nationals. They went out and got Soriano from the Yankees to close games. Strasburg is gonna go a full season. Don't forget Gio and Jordan Zimmerman. The line-up is tough and Harper is only gonna get better. I liked this team last year and I'm sure I'll watch them 2nd most this year.
- The NL Central is garbage. Reds will be good, Cardinals have zero pitching, Brewers suck, Cubs suck more, and the Pirates well let's see about those Pirates.
- Speaking of the Pirates keep your eyes on Starling Marte, this kid is gonna be awesome, he's my breakout star of the year. Anthony Rizzo is a good bet for that as well.
- I'm man crushing on Aroldis Chapman this year, he might be the best closer of all time when it's all said and done, if he stays there he'll be better than Mariano.
- I almost forgot to mention the AL Central, oh that's right the Tigers got that on lock, Cleveland your a few years away.
- Any outfield with the Uptons in it is bound to strikeout a lot.
- I like the Rays and Royals. Watch out for the sneaky Royals pitching.
- AL MVP: Mike Trout AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
- NL MVP: Joey Votto NL Cy Young: Stephen Strasburg
- AL playoff teams, Rays, Tigers, Angels Division Champs Wild Cards Royals and A's
- NL playoff teams, Nationals, Reds, Giants Division Champs Wild Cards Dodgers and Phillies
- World Series Nationals over Angels, MVP Bryce Harper.
Monday, March 18, 2013
The Madness
This year the madness actually is maddening, I filled out my bracket as I always do right after the selection show and when I was done, I looked at my Final Four, and went I don't like any of these teams. That is the case of this years bracket we don't like anybody. I think every bracket has at least 4 legit Final Four contenders, that's at least 16 teams that could win it all. I think the number is probably more like 18-20. Let's go region by region and I'll give my winner out of it leading to Final Four.
Midwest, Louisville is the overall number 1 seed yet ended up with the hardest bracket by far. Duke is the 2, Michigan St. 3, and Saint Louis 4. Other contenders Creighton at 7, Okie St. at 5 and St. Mary's in the play-in game, ST MARY's. I think predicting this bracket is nearly impossible. I went with Michigan St. simply because they are battle tested in the Big Ten, they play great defense and can come from behind. I haven't watched much Big East this year so I'm not huge on Louisville.
East, Indiana got the number 1 in this bracket but once again it's wide open. Miami could've been a 1, Marquette is the 3 (overrated I think), Syracuse the 4. Contenders are #8 N.C. State and preseason favorite, UNLV at 6, Montana the 13, Butler vs Bucknell in the 6-13 game is a good match-up. Illinois could be a sleeper if they play like they did in November and December. I've liked Indiana all year, but they've played like crap lately and they tend to forget they have Cody Zeller sometimes. I've chosen Miami not sure why but once again who else you gonna take. They beat Duke, play good defense and have a ton of seniors, in a tournament without a dominant player older teams are gonna play better and seniors are a premium.
West, Gonzaga got the number 1, but this a tough region I think you can say 6 teams can win a national title out of it. #2 Ohio St. #3 New Mexico, #4 Kansas St, #5 Wisconsin, and #6 Arizona are all tough outs. Add in Iowa St. that is older and Ole Miss the SEC tourny champs that just beat Florida and holy hell is this tough. If you make the sweet 16 and your not Gonzaga or Arizona it's gonna be tough b/c they'll have great crowds in L.A. my pick is Gonzaga, got nothing to back that up, I haven't watched them play a game all year, but I think it'll end up between Ohio St. and them and Ohio St. doesn't have the size to match-up with the Zags up front.
South, Kansas got the number 1, not a huge fan of it. I think Kansas is by far the worst #1 in the tourny, and the Big 12 is a bad conference so I don't think they earned this over Miami or even Duke. This region is tough as well #2 Georgetown, #3 Florida #4 Michigan are all pretty good and have ability to be great especially Michigan and Florida. VCU is the 5 and are really good, San Diego St. is the 7 tough, Minnesota is the 11 and have size and seniors 2 nice things to have. Don't forget the 8-9 game of North Carolina and Villanova leading to a match-up with Kansas. What a great coaching match-up in the "3rd round." After saying all that I decided on Georgetown, which will probably blow up in my face since they always under perform.
This season is especially tough b/c there is a ton of parody, no true dominant team, and almost every team has a bad loss. So with that being said I have zero confidence in my Final Four of Michigan St., Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Miami. My Champion is Miami over Gonzaga, yeah I know it's horrible.
That's all for this week, check back next week when I do a baseball preview, and follow me @derekbredeson where I'll have plenty to say about the first 2 rounds this weekend. Final thought Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin have a beef, which right or wrong I'm taking Denny's side of course. I saw Joey call Denny the worst teammate ever when they were together. Well, Joey who gave you the keys to Martinsville and Pocono? Denny did, you wanna cry b/c he spun you yesterday go ahead but let the past be the past, I'm starting to think your the worst teammate ever since yesterday you pushed Denny into your teammate on a restart costing him the race and in Daytona you fucked up the bottom line by getting out of line once again costing your teammate.
Midwest, Louisville is the overall number 1 seed yet ended up with the hardest bracket by far. Duke is the 2, Michigan St. 3, and Saint Louis 4. Other contenders Creighton at 7, Okie St. at 5 and St. Mary's in the play-in game, ST MARY's. I think predicting this bracket is nearly impossible. I went with Michigan St. simply because they are battle tested in the Big Ten, they play great defense and can come from behind. I haven't watched much Big East this year so I'm not huge on Louisville.
East, Indiana got the number 1 in this bracket but once again it's wide open. Miami could've been a 1, Marquette is the 3 (overrated I think), Syracuse the 4. Contenders are #8 N.C. State and preseason favorite, UNLV at 6, Montana the 13, Butler vs Bucknell in the 6-13 game is a good match-up. Illinois could be a sleeper if they play like they did in November and December. I've liked Indiana all year, but they've played like crap lately and they tend to forget they have Cody Zeller sometimes. I've chosen Miami not sure why but once again who else you gonna take. They beat Duke, play good defense and have a ton of seniors, in a tournament without a dominant player older teams are gonna play better and seniors are a premium.
West, Gonzaga got the number 1, but this a tough region I think you can say 6 teams can win a national title out of it. #2 Ohio St. #3 New Mexico, #4 Kansas St, #5 Wisconsin, and #6 Arizona are all tough outs. Add in Iowa St. that is older and Ole Miss the SEC tourny champs that just beat Florida and holy hell is this tough. If you make the sweet 16 and your not Gonzaga or Arizona it's gonna be tough b/c they'll have great crowds in L.A. my pick is Gonzaga, got nothing to back that up, I haven't watched them play a game all year, but I think it'll end up between Ohio St. and them and Ohio St. doesn't have the size to match-up with the Zags up front.
South, Kansas got the number 1, not a huge fan of it. I think Kansas is by far the worst #1 in the tourny, and the Big 12 is a bad conference so I don't think they earned this over Miami or even Duke. This region is tough as well #2 Georgetown, #3 Florida #4 Michigan are all pretty good and have ability to be great especially Michigan and Florida. VCU is the 5 and are really good, San Diego St. is the 7 tough, Minnesota is the 11 and have size and seniors 2 nice things to have. Don't forget the 8-9 game of North Carolina and Villanova leading to a match-up with Kansas. What a great coaching match-up in the "3rd round." After saying all that I decided on Georgetown, which will probably blow up in my face since they always under perform.
This season is especially tough b/c there is a ton of parody, no true dominant team, and almost every team has a bad loss. So with that being said I have zero confidence in my Final Four of Michigan St., Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Miami. My Champion is Miami over Gonzaga, yeah I know it's horrible.
That's all for this week, check back next week when I do a baseball preview, and follow me @derekbredeson where I'll have plenty to say about the first 2 rounds this weekend. Final thought Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin have a beef, which right or wrong I'm taking Denny's side of course. I saw Joey call Denny the worst teammate ever when they were together. Well, Joey who gave you the keys to Martinsville and Pocono? Denny did, you wanna cry b/c he spun you yesterday go ahead but let the past be the past, I'm starting to think your the worst teammate ever since yesterday you pushed Denny into your teammate on a restart costing him the race and in Daytona you fucked up the bottom line by getting out of line once again costing your teammate.
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