Lately, I have followed this guy Urinating Tree on YouTube. He likes to rip owners.
So with that said, here’s my bracket for the worst owners in pro sports.
West: Jed York, Mark Davis, Stan Kroenke and Dean Spanos
Central: Jerry Jones, Clay Bennett (homer pick), Clark Hunt and Zygi Wilf
Great Lakes: Mike Brown, Jimmy Hassan, Martha Ford and Terry Pegula
East: Eugene Melnyk, James Dolan, Daniel Snyder and the Angelos Family
Honorable mention: Jerry Reinsdorf, James Irsay, Dan Gilbert, Wilpons, Pohlads
Bidwills, Vivek Ranadive.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Letter to Shannon Drayer
You have been covering the Mariners for 15 years. In that time, Edgar Martinez retired, Felix and Ichiro became stars and there have been new managers. However, what there hasn’t been is a playoff game or set of games.
The purpose of professional sports is to attain the highest level possible as a team and that is measured by winning a championship. Stats are nice but they’re just window dressing or the hors d’ouevres. What is the point of spending a decade or two in a place like Seattle if they don’t win?
Leave now while you can. I’m sure there are openings in places like St. Louis, Chicago and Clcveland. Otherwise you will never cover a playoff team.
The purpose of professional sports is to attain the highest level possible as a team and that is measured by winning a championship. Stats are nice but they’re just window dressing or the hors d’ouevres. What is the point of spending a decade or two in a place like Seattle if they don’t win?
Leave now while you can. I’m sure there are openings in places like St. Louis, Chicago and Clcveland. Otherwise you will never cover a playoff team.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Political Ponderings
With about nine weeks or 64 days until the midterm elections, I thought that I would give my two cents on the races.
One: I officially detest despise and sneer at the “Governor of New York” Andrew M. Cuomo for his comment about America Not being that great. I will vote for Molinaro unless the other Republican shows me some ability to raise money and can express him or herself well,
Two:Washington State is going to see Maria Cantwell win again as Susan Hutchison will not be able to reach enough voters in. SKP (Snohomish, King and Pierce) counties.
Three: Rauner will lose in November because Pritzker has enough money and the machine behind him. Maryland will still be in the hands of a Republican as Hogan is solid. I like Hogan and feel that he’s a good governor for Maryland
One: I officially detest despise and sneer at the “Governor of New York” Andrew M. Cuomo for his comment about America Not being that great. I will vote for Molinaro unless the other Republican shows me some ability to raise money and can express him or herself well,
Two:Washington State is going to see Maria Cantwell win again as Susan Hutchison will not be able to reach enough voters in. SKP (Snohomish, King and Pierce) counties.
Three: Rauner will lose in November because Pritzker has enough money and the machine behind him. Maryland will still be in the hands of a Republican as Hogan is solid. I like Hogan and feel that he’s a good governor for Maryland
Friday, August 3, 2018
Why I’m defending Urban Meyer
I don’t try to get involved in the college sports realm of who’s guilty and innocent and who is a bit, and should be fired. I will make an exception in the Urban Meyer case because it’s more than whether a coach stays or goes. It’s an attack on white male authority that progressives and SJW’s are trying to undermine or change.
Yes Urban May have been negligent as a leader in that particular case with the former assistant. But he hasn’t been embroiled in scandals the way that some of the other coaches have been. Dock him a games pay I can support. Throw him in the Olentangy Rover or Lake Erie, I need a better reason than one incident.
Yes Urban May have been negligent as a leader in that particular case with the former assistant. But he hasn’t been embroiled in scandals the way that some of the other coaches have been. Dock him a games pay I can support. Throw him in the Olentangy Rover or Lake Erie, I need a better reason than one incident.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Baseball trading deadline and evaluations of all teams
July 31st marked the Major League Baseball trading deadline and the point in which teams gear up for a run at a playoff berth or retool and plan for the future. Here are my grades for all 30 teams.
AL East: Baltimore traded most of the veterans that were worth something. Machado, Britton, Brach, Gausman and Schoop. Next step is get rid of Showalter and Duquette, dinosaurs from the 90’s.
Boston. Like their football brothers I don’t like the, but they made small and smart moves. Eovaldi and Kinsler will help them in their attempt to hold off the Yankees.
New York. Got help in the bullpen and starting rotation in Happ, Britton and Lynn.
Tampa. Unloaded Archer onto Pittsburgh but got Pham from St. Louis. interesting
Toronto, traded Happ but not Donaldson. They should have dealt Donaldson and or Tulowitzki in the winter. Too bad. John Gibbons will not be managing this team in February.
Al Central
Chicago, a hapless franchise owned by a guy who isn’t interested in putting money in the team.
Cleveland, got Brad Hand from San Diego and Leonys Martin from Detroit
Detroit not much
Kansas City traded Moustakas to Milwaukee
Minnesota sent Lynn to New York. Hopefully Mauer will leave the Twins after this year. His contract was an albatross.
AL West
Houston got Osuna and Maldonado. I will deal with Osuna separately
Los Angeles traded some people
Oakland made a move
Seattle got Cameron Maybin
Texas traded a reliever to Pittsburgh
AL East: Baltimore traded most of the veterans that were worth something. Machado, Britton, Brach, Gausman and Schoop. Next step is get rid of Showalter and Duquette, dinosaurs from the 90’s.
Boston. Like their football brothers I don’t like the, but they made small and smart moves. Eovaldi and Kinsler will help them in their attempt to hold off the Yankees.
New York. Got help in the bullpen and starting rotation in Happ, Britton and Lynn.
Tampa. Unloaded Archer onto Pittsburgh but got Pham from St. Louis. interesting
Toronto, traded Happ but not Donaldson. They should have dealt Donaldson and or Tulowitzki in the winter. Too bad. John Gibbons will not be managing this team in February.
Al Central
Chicago, a hapless franchise owned by a guy who isn’t interested in putting money in the team.
Cleveland, got Brad Hand from San Diego and Leonys Martin from Detroit
Detroit not much
Kansas City traded Moustakas to Milwaukee
Minnesota sent Lynn to New York. Hopefully Mauer will leave the Twins after this year. His contract was an albatross.
AL West
Houston got Osuna and Maldonado. I will deal with Osuna separately
Los Angeles traded some people
Oakland made a move
Seattle got Cameron Maybin
Texas traded a reliever to Pittsburgh
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Trading Number one overall picks? The National thing to do
The Washington Nationals has two number one picks in the baseball draft in the last decade or so. In 2009, they drafted Stephen Strasburg, and in 2010 they drafted Bryce Harper. Strasburg came as a polished pitcher from San Diego State University and Bruce Harper was a 17 year old kid who played one year at the College of Southern Nevada. Strasburg made his professional debut in 2010, had a good start then had Tommy John surgery and was back in the majors in 2012. Harper came to the majors in 2012. While they have performed decently for the Nationals, their performance hasn’t led to championships or even a trip to the World Series and I don’t see either as the face or leader of an eventual champion. Harper is too brash, cocky and hot-headed to be a leader. Strasburg is the new Mark Prior, talented but injury prone pitcher.
It’s about time that they take a long hard look at these players and say, what can we get for them rather than hope and pray that they will develop into Buster Posey type players.
It’s about time that they take a long hard look at these players and say, what can we get for them rather than hope and pray that they will develop into Buster Posey type players.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Move the Oakland A’s and Tampa Bay Rays ALREADY
Look I love baseball as much as the next guy and would like to see it succeed. However, I can’t imagine that fans of rival teams of the A’s and Rays circle the dates when their team plays there as a must visit.
Pretend that you similar to my nephews who are Yankee fans. Do you really look forward to the Yankees going down to Tampa and watch them play in front of 9,000 a night unless there’s a promotion or retirement of a special player’s number. Same with Seattle Mariners fans or Anaheim Angels fans. Who looks forward to going to that “ballpark” out in Oakland? I don’t, the Oakland Raiders don’t, which is why they’re moving to Las Vegas by 2020. Even the NBA powerhouse Warriors are leaving Oracle arena soon for the Chase Center in San Francisco in a year or two.
So, Josh, where do you propose the A’s and Rays move to? Well, the A’s should move to Vancouver, BC and play in BC Place, home of the Vancouver Whitecaps and BC Lions. The capacity is 50000 for baseball. I think that the A’s could draw very well there, certainly more than what they’re doing now in Oakland. As for Tampa, let’s right a historical wrong and move the team to Montreal. For the time being, they would play in either Olympic Stadium, which I doubt MLB would approve of, or in Saputo Stadium, where the Montreal Impact of the MLS plays. Montreal and Vancouver are much better tourist destinations than Tampa-St. Petersburg and Oakland are.
Pretend that you similar to my nephews who are Yankee fans. Do you really look forward to the Yankees going down to Tampa and watch them play in front of 9,000 a night unless there’s a promotion or retirement of a special player’s number. Same with Seattle Mariners fans or Anaheim Angels fans. Who looks forward to going to that “ballpark” out in Oakland? I don’t, the Oakland Raiders don’t, which is why they’re moving to Las Vegas by 2020. Even the NBA powerhouse Warriors are leaving Oracle arena soon for the Chase Center in San Francisco in a year or two.
So, Josh, where do you propose the A’s and Rays move to? Well, the A’s should move to Vancouver, BC and play in BC Place, home of the Vancouver Whitecaps and BC Lions. The capacity is 50000 for baseball. I think that the A’s could draw very well there, certainly more than what they’re doing now in Oakland. As for Tampa, let’s right a historical wrong and move the team to Montreal. For the time being, they would play in either Olympic Stadium, which I doubt MLB would approve of, or in Saputo Stadium, where the Montreal Impact of the MLS plays. Montreal and Vancouver are much better tourist destinations than Tampa-St. Petersburg and Oakland are.
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