Instant replay?

The time has finally arisen. Next week general managers from all around Major League Baseball will deliberate whether or not they should implement instant replay into games for the upcoming season. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3092628). Personally I think it is about damn time they did adopt instant replay. Major League Baseball should have implemented instant replay as soon right when NFL did. There have been way to many close calls in games. Even more importantly many games have been decided by bad calls. Just by one bad call, teams can loose a slot in the playoffs or even a shot at the Wild Card. Remember the Wild Card Playoff between the Rockies and the Padres? The Rockies left fielder Matt Holiday supposedly touched the home plate underneath Michael Barret's cleat. When I looked at the instant replay there was no sign of him touching the seat therefore the run should not have counted and maybe the Rockies should not have advanced to the playoffs and eventually the World Series. This shows that instant replay would be a great and important addition. So many plays in baseball can be justified in one simple replay. MLB should take advantage of this opportunity to adopt instant replay. As I said before the NFL has used it and has had tremendous success with it. Major League Baseball might as well follow the trend of the highest grossing sport in America. MLB get to it.

Go Joe Go

Joe Torre is by far one of the greatest managers ever to grace baseball evident by his .600 playoff winning percentage, going to the playoffs 13 out of 26 seasons managing, 4 World Series, and a 114 win season. This great manager walked away from his home for many years the New York Yankees when he was offered a pitiful contract, an essential slap to the face, to manage the Yankees for one last season. To everyone’s surprise a rumors started circulating that the Los Angeles Dodgers are actually pursuing Torre to be their next manager (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3088105). I think that Joe should definitely give the Dodgers a shot. I believe that with Joe’s managerial skills he could turn the Dodgers into a contender and possibly even win a World Series in his first year there. I also think it is the kind of move that would be perfect fit for Joe. First off he does not have the media circus that is New York seeping down his throat every minute, the Dodgers have the talent and the leadership, money to add valuable players to the team (maybe even Mariano River and Jorge Posada, or g-d for bid A-rod), and he would have the whole backing of the organization including former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda. Joe could manage any way he wanted with out having the owner or really anyone else breath down his back because the Dodgers have a great amount of respect as well as everyone else but the Yankees for Joe Torre. Plus the fact the Dodgers are reportedly willing to shell out about five million dollars a year for Joe to manage. I really think Joe should go to LA and just kick it and be the manager everyone knows as one of the greatest managers of all time.

Finally Something Good

Over the past week many people in the Southern California are including the San Diego Charges has to evacuate their homes to major wildfires (http://sports.aol.com/story/_a/lt-other-chargers-padres-among-wildfire/n20071022190609990015). Due to the overwhelming amount of people having to evacuate their homes the NFL and the San Diego Charges have really have tried to lend a helping hand. In spite of all the negativity surrounding sports, although the wildfires are terrible, it is really great to here some positive things. For one the San Diego Chargers opened up Qualcom Stadium so that 15.000 evacuees could stay there even though the Charges have a home game t this upcoming week against the Houston Texans. Another good deed was that the Arizona Cardinals let the San Diego Chargers use their facilities so that the Charges could practice and prepare for the upcoming game. I really would like to applaud the NFL for their participation and the way they are handling this situation. Although this comes from a negative event, it is really good to here something positive. I for one am happy because I am tired of the negativity surrounding sports. I know the media leans toward negativity most of the time, but here the media should be praising the NFL. In the end I really hope this turns out to be the turning point in the NFL and even all of professional sports. Look how New Orleans bonded this country and sports together. Hopefully it could happen again and resume the once impossible positive path.

I have a dream.... Kobe will be traded

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest possible trade in NBA history.
Eleven score years ago, a great basketball player, in whose basketball we stand today was drafted in the NBA. The momentous decree came as a great beacon of light of hope to millions of high school basketball players who had been strongly discouraged to go right from high school to the pros. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But eleven years later, this player is not free. Eleven years later he is still a Los Angeles Laker hoping to secretly to be traded. Eleven years later, Kobe lives on a lonely island of hate from his management. Eleven years later, Kobe is still wants to be traded and still finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to encourage the trading of Kobe Bryant.
In a sense we have come to Los Angeles to make a trade. When Kobe was first drafted he set up as the savior of the franchise.


Jerry Buss should trade Kobe Bryant. There has been constant talking about Kobe Bryant being traded including the latest new of Jerry Buss still trying to negotiate his trading along with Kobe “clearing” out his locker (http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Bryant/Bryant_bio.html). Enough of this, Jerry you need to pull the trigger and pull it now before it gets even more out of control. I think the Lakers owe to Kobe after all he has done for him. Jerry needs to stop being selfish right now and just get the job done.

Here Comes the Money

The time is approaching rapidly. In an estimated 40 days Alex Rodriguez will be able to decide whether or not he opts out of his remaining 3 year 81 million dollar deal with the New York Yankees http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3055752. Reportedly Alex’s agent Scott Boras thinks that Alex will get an astounding 30 million dollars a year. There is one rumor circulating that Alex might even get part ownership of the Chicago Cubs if he were to sign there. Personally I have had enough of this money war. I feel as though Alex resembles everything that is wrong with money in America. There is no way on G-d’s green earth that any athlete should be getting paid thirty million dollars. This is absolutely outrageous. This just encourages the fact that Americans love money, and the more money the better. That’s all of what most athletes want is money. What ever happened to just playing for the love of the game. Granted Alex is almost year in and year out MLB’s best player, but it does not help the fact that he has never won a world series and is horrendous in the post season. The man is 0 for 38 with runners’ lifetime in scoring position in the playoffs. There is no way that constitutes for 30 million dollars a year. That amount of money is ridiculous and should be spent on something more constructive like issues in society like the poor and hungry. You could help a whole lot of causes with 30 million dollars. Enough is enough. The ridiculous amount of money given to players needs to stop now before it gets out of control. Sorry A-rod its just not what the society we live in needs whether you want that money or not.

Mr. Stern

Poor David Stern. First little known referee from Lehigh Tim Donahue ruins the credibility of the NBA and every game that he has refereed and now highly profiled coach Isaiah Thomas of the New York Knicks has been ordered to “pay 11.6 million dollars to a former team executive who endured cruel insults and unwanted advances from the coach.” (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3046010). I think that was the last straw the broke the camels back for David Stern. This has probably been the worst year Publicity wise for the NBA. David Stern when he first came in the league the NBA was on a downward spiral and he then did an incredible job to vastly expand the NBA. You just can’t happen to help feeling bad for the guy because none of these issues have involved him specifically and yet he still gets blamed for them because he overall represents the league. Although David Stern is trying extremely hard to repair the image I believe that he needs to take stricter action against Isaiah Thomas to make an example out of him to send a message to everyone in the NBA that negative behavior will no longer be tolerated. I also believe that David Stern should go and talk to Roger Goodell of the NFL and see how he handled all the negative situations that went on in the NFL to gain knowledge. Overall I believe David Stern needs to lay down the law and show everyone who is boss just like he did when he first started out in the NBA.

One for Mcnabb

Are white quarterbacks in the NFL more scrutinized then black quarterbacks in the NFL? According to Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Donovan Mcnabb they are. (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3025308). Donovan told interviewer of the HBO series “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” James Brown, that "There's not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra, because the percentage of us playing this position, which people didn't want us to play ... is low, so we do a little extra." I definitely believe Donovan’s statement is right on the nose. I know the media of Philadelphia is one of the toughest around, let alone the scrutiny of the fans are tough on anyone, but I remember when Ty Detmer was the starter for the Eagles and the scrutiny he faced is nothing compared to what Donovan has gone through. Ty use to throw about three interceptions every game and everyone seamed to have the attitude of “typical Ty,” and just seamed to accept him as he was. Now a days, when Donovan throws for three touchdowns and three hundred yards the first words out of the medias mouth are almost always: “what happened with that mistake in the (blank) quarter?” Even In comparison to other players, you really never see other white quarterbacks who are Donovan’s counterparts getting scrutinized. Last year Brett Farce had a terrible year yet he was rarely scrutinized let alone any other white quarterback. Michael Vick and Daunte Culpepper seam to get scrutinized for the little things just like Donovan Mcnabb. I believe Donovan was right to put the issue about black quarterbacks being scrutinized more then white quarterbacks out there and as a result he might of change how minorities are judged from now on.