Bradford/Overpaid Athletes

Now, why I start by putting Bradford's name in the mix is because he has been under a lot of speculation lately with his injury and his supposed "BIG" year. People are saying that he should of took his Heisman Trophy, signed a 35 million dollar guaranteed 5 year deal, and started a professional career. But instead he decided to stay at OU for another year and try to make a run for a national championship. Was this the right decision? Well it might be easy for some now to say that he should of went into the draft, but that's not hard to say after his season has been an injury ridden disaster. But I beg to differ with the critics, as did my good friend Mr. McConnell. I think that says a lot about a guy who can put the NFL and a big contract on hold to pursue a national championship. Maybe he wasn't ready, there has been first round disasters before and everyone knows it. Or maybe he simply wanted to win College Football National Championship. Maybe we need more Sam Bradford's in all of sports!
That brings me to my next point, as John and I got talking on the subject of money and sports, I thought about the mentality of our day and really what motivates athletes. We find in sports in this day, it is more important to sign the big deal than to win the big game. Now I have many friends who have signed big deals and I know that it is a step in winning a championship, and their has to be a deal signed before you get the hardware. But that is not how we think in this day. We have athletes that I know are perfectly content when they don't make the playoffs or when they have never made the playoffs, in going home and sitting in their big homes, with their nice cars and to them that's what it's all about. And again I repeat myself it is OK for a young athlete, trying to make it pro, to want to finally sign that deal. It's different than that, it is this inner greedy drive to have the biggest deal in sports. It's ridiculous. I have no respect for players like this!
And therefore don't get me wrong, we still have what I call those pure athletes out there, who make a lot of money, but have a different drive, a drive to win. We might know them as Payton Manning, Derek Jeter, Brett Favre, Sidney Crosby, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer. And why I try and name players that are dominating their game now, is because I know you will find people out there, that say,"oh well the game has changed",or "that is only old players that were like that, all new and young players are corrupted." But as we can see they are still out there leading the way. That is those players who are talented, have a drive to win, be the best and in the end just love their game.

Wow what a blow

Well the Dodgers suffered a tough loss tonight against the Phillies and are now down 3-1 in the series. Jimmy ROllins had a two run walk off double with two outs in the ninth inning to win the game 5-4. It was a tough one to watch because the Dodgers desperately needed this win in order to get back into this series. Now the Dodgers are in a big hole and have to win the next three games to move on. Man, the Phillies just wont go away.

Excellent Post Season Weekend!

Props to my Dodgers! Manny finally showed some life towards the end of the series with some hits. He is the x factor! Phillies will win and the Dodgers will take the defending champs down. Hopefully we get the prime time night spot so we don't have to listen to Hamels cry again! Good Bye Red Sox, this blog hates you! A rod and the Yankees are looking good! What a one two punch pitching staff they have! Well its been a bunch of sweeps thus far, except the philly series.

Dodgers v. Angels...keep your fingers crossed.

I'm not going to lie, i truly feel blessed thus far in the playoffs. The Yankees, Angels and Dodgers are all taking control of their individual series'. Lets start with the Dodgers. Thanks to a very lucky error by Matt Holliday to extend the inning in the bottom of the 9th, they have taken a commanding 2-0 lead in the NLDS. The Yankees have also won their first two games against the Twins thanks to some great pitching by Sabathia and Burnet. A-Rod has also stepped up in the series with some big hits and a HUGE homerun in the 9th to tie up game 2 and send it to extras. Maybe now his critics will cut him some slack. Now to the Angels and their ridiculous rally monkey and bang sticks, haha. They dominated the Red Sox in their first game with their pitching. John Lackey went 7 2/3 innings and the Angels only gave up a total of 4 hits to the Sox while shutting them out! Stupid Red Sox. Currently the Angels are up 4-1 in the top of the 8th in game 2. So, my dream of an Angels/ Dodgers World Series is still alive....but i would take Dodgers/Yankees as well.

Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers

The red birds are going down! What a game for the dodgers and what a way to start the post season. With Kemp's homer and Loney's 3 hits, their offence is coming around. And our bullpen looked great, if we win today, goodbye cardinals. We broke their ace and made him look quite shaky on the mound. Here we go boys!

It's Back!!!

I proud to annouce that the NHL will be starting tonight. I am excited for the season to start. It's been a long off season and we are ready for hockey season to start! Obviously having played hockey for 15 years, there will be much hockey talk on this blog. Here we go!

Love For Our Boy

Hey best of wishes to Stafon Johnson and we hope for a good recovery.

The Boys In Blue

Alright the Dodgers are really ticking me off right now. Win one freaking game already. As Torre said they are in a interesting situation where they are in the playoffs but havn't clinched yet. And I'm not going to lie they have gotten blown out a couple of times lately. Figure it out boys!