Yankee's: Not so much a dynasty anymore

The rumors are clear: A-Rod wants out of the Yankee's. Apparently he is just sick and tired of the Yankee's. In reality "Rodriguez made his choice because he was uncertain whether Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte would return to the Yankee's." http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-arod29oct29,1,1447501.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&track=crosspromo It seems as though the once unbeatable dream team for the past fifteen years might be falling apart quicker then you can read "Yankee's" on a fan's cheap t-shirt. It has been said that A-Rod made his decision not to return even before Joe Torre was to be announced as leaving. I do not really see how this all is happening so fast. In my opinion I think everyone of those superstars who played for the Yankee's these past couple of seasons just wants to be the only superstar on a different team. I think these players are sick of being told that they are "supposed" to win the world series every year. I don't care who you are there is no way that you can honestly be expected to win every single world series every year. The funny thing about A-Rod's situation is that he loses the 72 million dollars of guaranteed money from his contract. I bet thats gotta hurt the ole superstar. In my opinion I hope the Yankee's go down in flames and become one of the worst teams in the leauge. It's time for new teams to step up to the plate and deliver. The Yankee's could possibly be no more....

Halloween at Athens: Trashed?

We have all come to know about Halloween in Athens, myself especially because I was here last year for the big great bash. What I have come to learn that I didn’t mind last year but I will this year is the fact that people and students who do not even go to OU destruct and trash everything when they are drunk. The town is absolutely “trashed.” When you have almost 30 to 40 thousand people come and meet in one small place it is destined to be a night mare. Last year I saw about five mattresses lit on fire and two cars pushed over by drunk kids. Now to me it was a culture shock. I had never seen anything like it; it literally reminded me of a smaller Mardi gras in New Orleans. Now at first I really didn’t care that much but now I have kind of become part of this school and I love the campus and I am glad I go here but the fact of the matter is I do not want out of town jackasses screwing up our campus that I have to walk around every day. Troy Gregorino who ran for a seat in the Athens City Council said “The biggest problem facing Athens is the rampant destruction of the natural environment that defines the very essence of our community.” http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=29589 I just feel the need that if an out of town student is caught they should be penalized worse. I know that it isn’t fair but it also isn’t fair that the majority of damage is caused by out of town students. That is what gives the Halloween here such a crazy, awesome, and bad name all into one. Something should be done for people who are from out of town and that is the end of it.

Boxing: Controversial Judging?

We all have come to know the sport of boxing all too well and the other new forms that have come along with it like UFC and Pride Fighting. The difference between boxing and the other two is there isn't any judging taking place in the UFC or Pride Fighting you fight till you give up or get knocked out. Sports that are judged to declare a winner are just not sports to me. I don't agree with skating, boxing, and any types of gymnastics. My view is how do you know whose better? How do you give a 8.5 to one competitor and a 8.4 to another. That one tenth of a point has caused athletes to either lose a match or lose a medal and I don't agree with it one bit. There have been many bouts that have been questionable in the history of boxing to name a few there were "Sugar Ray Lenoard D12 Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield D12 Lennox Lewis, and Matt Vanda W10 Sam Garr" http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2371376. We can not have these types of matches anymore. People want results, not what a judge thought. People watch football to see hard hits and long balls for touchdowns because then that shows them that their team did it and there was no exceptions about the win. There is no question on who is better when the game is over. In boxing you don't really know who is better if the final score is 95-97, 96-96,and 97-99. Those results are all from opinion. Opinion. That is not the right way in my opinion on how to finalize a win or a loss. Something has to be done because the sport of boxing will diminish if we don't.

Thanksgiving Day Game

"Detroit and Dallas, where Thanksgiving Day football has become a normal." http://www.profootballhof.com/history/decades/1930s/first_thanksgiving.jsp But has it? Over the past years it has progressed from just Detroit and Dallas to a variety of teams. I am all about tradition, big games, and remembering history. In my opinion having other teams play on Thanksgiving day other than those two teams is a joke. Those two teams started that tradition and those two teams should be the only teams to play. I mean it might not seem like that big of a deal to most people everyone just wants to watch some games while they eat turkey but think about it. How important was the first thanksgiving day game to our football history? I just don't agree with playing other teams that have no signifcance to the Thanksgiving day history. Atleast that is my opinion. From now on i believe that no other professional football teams should play. We should continue the tradition and only have Detroit and Dallas because with out those teams the NFL could arguably not be what it is today.

Little League World Series: Not Real Baseball

We all know too well about the Little League World Series (LLWS). Little kids from America playing other kids from foreign countries. It's a great idea but its a joke. It's not real baseball. According to (http://www.slate.com/id/2087131/) a LLWS pitcher throws from forty-six feet away. Hold on let me repeat that, forty-six feet away. That in itself makes the game a joke. In real little league baseball by the time your twelve you are pitching from sixty feet away. I know this because I was a pitcher. There are so many things wrong with this league like how the bases are only sixty feet as opposed to eighty, players can't steal, and the home run fence is only 220 feet. All of these conditions sets each game up with a fake feel for the real game of baseball. Baseball is the "American Sport" and if we are going to keep playing it the way the LLWS does then this sport will change drastically in the next upcoming years. I can not sit here and watch a six foot, 190 pound pitcher that is "twelve" throw from that little away. That ball for some of those kids comes in so fast. It is just not real baseball. I wish they would try it the right way. How the game is actually played at the age and see how much different they do. I guarantee the results of games would have a different outcome, that is for sure. I mean come on, what is baseball without stealing anyway?