The Peanut Gallery: June Edition
Summer has officially arrived in the valley, bringing triple digit temperatures, a sports void for non-baseball fans and a solutions oriented edition of The Peanut Gallery! One out of three ain't bad, it will get you into the baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball is the only relevant sport to tide us over until August when we can finally enjoy the NFL preseason. The Greg One is, at his most extreme, a passive baseball fan. No sport should require a 182-game regular season. (We will make an exception for women's beach volleyball). Baseball is ancient, behind the times and not very fan friendly. Bud Selig is a moron. Any forward thinking commissioner would look at the ump blunder that cost Armando Galaragga a perfect game as a ghastly offense to the game and corrected it. If history means so much do the right thing and give the kid his place among the other immortals that have thrown perfect games. Instead, Bud does nothing but try to say 'I'm sorry' by giving the kid a Corvette. Woo freakin hoo! The kid could go buy a Corvette with the change that has fallen between his couch cushions. That's reason #162 why baseball sucks. We all know The Greg One is a dedicated Chargers fanatic so by extension the Padres get a casual eye in their direction as well. What do you know, the Padres are taking a cue from the Chargers and spanking their division! Space is too valuable in this column to waste on baseball so we'll pick the Padres winning the World Series by defeating the Phillies in the NLCS and taking out the Tampa Bay Rays in the lowest rated World Series ever.
The NBA season is over, the draft is over and Lebron-a-Palooza is about to begin. Lebron will leave Cleveland and play in New York. Hope it was good for you Cleveland, your moment in the sun is over and your team will go back to the cellar and the lottery next season. Personally, The Greg One wants Lebron to go to the Clippers. They have a good young nucleus, an all-star point guard and the delayed freshman debut of Blake Griffin. On top of that he would get to TAKE Los Angeles from Kobe Bryant and make himself a God in an organization with a franchise long history of failure.
What a roller coaster its been in MMA. Machida lost his rematch to Shogun, Rampage lost to Rashad and Fedor lost to UFC castoff Fabricio Werdum. First, now that the series is tied at one, there needs to be a third Machida vs. Shogun matchup. Nobody has tagged Machida as much as Shogun and a third fight would be a barnburner. Secondly, Rampage losing to Rashad was disappointing. How do you not account for that speed with small, fast sparring partners? How do you not go for the kill when you had him down and almost out in the third round? Not good. It was also sad to see Chuck Liddell sent into retirement by Rich Franklin. Thanks for the memories and the legacy of great fights Iceman. Thirdly, Fedor lost his first fight in ten years in under two minutes and with it went his aura of invincibility. Ten years of fighting tomato cans has caught up with you. You have one more fight left with Strikeforce then what? Will you retire or man up and go to the UFC where Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez will be waiting? Somewhere Dana White is laughing his head off right now. Want to redeem yourself Fedor? Step into the big leagues and face the best, not has beens.
UFC 116 is going to be off the hook as Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin get it on. Brock has been The Greg One's favorite fighter since crossing over from the WWE and nothing has changed. Hopefully Brock is 100% after his debilitating illness. Regardless my prediction is Brock will emerge victorious on saturday and will continue to rule the heavyweight division for a long time. The pecking order has been established and Brock is the new Tyson. Props to ESPN for adding a MMA themed half hour but lets stop running it over with Baseball Tonight and World Cup coverage. Thank you.
Don't think i've forgotten you World Cup. As much as we'd like to forget you your presence is as annoying as your vuvuzelas. Here in America, there is only one football, no matter how you spell it. Ask the MLS how we feel about soccer. Thankfully, team USA has lost and we can go back to paying attention to things more relevant than you like the NFL offseason, the WNBA, Wimbledon, summer movie blockbusters and why Shaun White was sporting a walking cane at the Guy's Choice Awards. Take your floppers, your magic spray, your crooked refs and go away. Don't bother returning in four years, we'll be busy...washing our hair.
The NBA season is over, the draft is over and Lebron-a-Palooza is about to begin. Lebron will leave Cleveland and play in New York. Hope it was good for you Cleveland, your moment in the sun is over and your team will go back to the cellar and the lottery next season. Personally, The Greg One wants Lebron to go to the Clippers. They have a good young nucleus, an all-star point guard and the delayed freshman debut of Blake Griffin. On top of that he would get to TAKE Los Angeles from Kobe Bryant and make himself a God in an organization with a franchise long history of failure.
What a roller coaster its been in MMA. Machida lost his rematch to Shogun, Rampage lost to Rashad and Fedor lost to UFC castoff Fabricio Werdum. First, now that the series is tied at one, there needs to be a third Machida vs. Shogun matchup. Nobody has tagged Machida as much as Shogun and a third fight would be a barnburner. Secondly, Rampage losing to Rashad was disappointing. How do you not account for that speed with small, fast sparring partners? How do you not go for the kill when you had him down and almost out in the third round? Not good. It was also sad to see Chuck Liddell sent into retirement by Rich Franklin. Thanks for the memories and the legacy of great fights Iceman. Thirdly, Fedor lost his first fight in ten years in under two minutes and with it went his aura of invincibility. Ten years of fighting tomato cans has caught up with you. You have one more fight left with Strikeforce then what? Will you retire or man up and go to the UFC where Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez will be waiting? Somewhere Dana White is laughing his head off right now. Want to redeem yourself Fedor? Step into the big leagues and face the best, not has beens.
UFC 116 is going to be off the hook as Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin get it on. Brock has been The Greg One's favorite fighter since crossing over from the WWE and nothing has changed. Hopefully Brock is 100% after his debilitating illness. Regardless my prediction is Brock will emerge victorious on saturday and will continue to rule the heavyweight division for a long time. The pecking order has been established and Brock is the new Tyson. Props to ESPN for adding a MMA themed half hour but lets stop running it over with Baseball Tonight and World Cup coverage. Thank you.
Don't think i've forgotten you World Cup. As much as we'd like to forget you your presence is as annoying as your vuvuzelas. Here in America, there is only one football, no matter how you spell it. Ask the MLS how we feel about soccer. Thankfully, team USA has lost and we can go back to paying attention to things more relevant than you like the NFL offseason, the WNBA, Wimbledon, summer movie blockbusters and why Shaun White was sporting a walking cane at the Guy's Choice Awards. Take your floppers, your magic spray, your crooked refs and go away. Don't bother returning in four years, we'll be busy...washing our hair.
posted by TheLegacyKey | 3:23 PM
1 Comments:
What no World Cup coverage? lol
But seriously if they EVER want to be taken seriously in the USA.. IMPLEMENT GOAL LINE SENSORS AND INSTANT REPLAY NOW!!!
Some may say< "but that would slow down the game.." I say "Horse pucky" Implement it similar to the NFL. The Coach has two challenges and if he gets it wrong they lose a player substitution. This WILL solve the egregious BAD calls the ref make or miss. PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES FIFA AND JOIN THE DIGITAL AGE.
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