Craig's Blog

Why I don't love baseball

Remember the Boston Red Sox 2 years ago? They overcame great odds to beat the Yankees while being down 3 games to none and went on to beat the favored St. Louis Cardinals in the world series and break their curse? Wonderful story. Their players were heroes to the Boston fans. One the more noticeable players was a guy named Johnny Ramon. Scruffy looking guy with long hair and a beard. His look kind of typified the Red Sox, bunch of scruffy players that overcame the odds.

It was reported today the Yankees stole him from the Red Sox and signed him to a deal the Red Sox couldn't afford to match. I have no problems with somebody pursuing more money, that's how our economy works. I also know that baseball has a great imbalance when it comes to how money is spent by teams, there are only a handful of teams that have the best tv markets and end up owning all the good players. I've accepted that teams like the Cincinnati Reds will never be a powerhouse again, they may get lucky and win one world series once every 20 or 30 years but thats it. But what irks me is the lack of loyalty the players have to the fans. So Damon is going from making $10m a year to now $14m a year. That's way too much money for one person. We know that and he knows it too. Instead of sticking with Boston and playing out his career there and possibly becoming a legend in the city and reenergizing baseball, he's off to the big apple. You know what, screw you Johnny Damon. I hope you suck in NY and the Yankees end up in 2nd place again. You are the reason I don't give a shit about baseball anymore.

Merry f***ing Christmas

I hope this kind of crap goes away like the feminism attack on the language back in the 80's when we no longer could say “businessman“. Went to Kenzie's xmas concert at her school and yes they sang “We wish you a happy holidays“. Lovely... that's teaching our kids to learn how to bend over and take up the tailpipe, screw your culture, nobody is allowed to hurt anyone else's feelings. Please read Mr. Vonnegut's sarcastic short story Harrison Bergeron for where we are headed..

Dead guys

Today is the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death. How come we remember the death's and not the births? Not to be morbid but here are the top 5 deaths that really got to me --

1. My father - nuff said there.

2. John Lennon - He was a hero of mine growing up as a teenager. I still remember where I was when I heard. I was laying in my bed listening to a Cardinals game and they broke in with the news. I went in to my parent's room and I remember my mom being shocked and expressing sadness. Never even knew she knew who John Lennon was.

3. Anwar Sadat - I admired him for standing up and changing his ways and becoming a man of peace. Then to be shot down. Really bummed me out.

4. Carl Sagan - Another hero growing up. So sad, the people's scientist. One of those guys that had nothing but good to give to the world.

5. John Denver - He left us too soon. I admired him for many years, grew up enjoying to his music. He was someone I aspired to be more like, someone who didn't let anything stop him from enjoying life to it's fullest.

I noticed I don't have any females on this list. Maybe Princess Diana could have gone here. But she really didn't do anything for the world other than marry an ugly prince, look pretty and smile and became the only member of the royal family that had more than an ounce of humanity. She was approachable royalty in many people's eyes, an ideal that existed in reality. I think people had similar reactions to JFK or RFK's assasinations.