Just a couple of thoughts of mine. .
Just got back from this evening’s gig at The Banshee Pub. It was our first time there, it was awesome. Gig #50 of 2011, 7 in a row and 15 of the last 16 nights. That’s a mouthful, awesome. We had a great time, met some awesome people, sang some new songs and overall had a blast. We played for three and a half straight hours, aided by several if not many shots of Jameson. So what I’m trying to say is Thank you to everyone that came out, and thank you in advance to everyone we’ll see over the course of the next few weeks, months, years, decades, and so on.
Upon my return, I flipped on SportsCenter to find that one of the next “top stories” was All Eyes On K-Rod. Those of you who are not baseball fans, and even for those of you who are, that is for Francisco Rodriguez, the closer for the New York Mets. The “K” is for his pretty well established and from where I sit, sadly undeniable ability to strike people out, the “all eyes” owe to the fact that this athlete assaulted his girlfriend’s father at the closing of last season and was arrested, suspended from play and withheld pay. Even with that in mind, the fact that anyone could possibly suggest that “all eyes” should be on him is beyond ludicrous. He’s a relief pitcher. This is a guy who has thrown less than 600 innings over the course of his 9 seasons in the major leagues. And again, just for those of you that aren’t major baseball followers, an average #5 starter will throw approaching 160 in one season. So we’re talking about a part time player at best, with a job title that couldn’t really be more meaningless. They call him a closer and they give him credit for an imaginary/arbitrary statistic called “saves”. It’s contrived and stupid and something I’m not going to bother wasting the time getting into. . I’m just mystified and frankly disgusted by the fact that The Mets are paying this jackass in excess of $12 million dollars a year to amass statistics that are, at the end of the day, just not all that valuable and could be had for CONSIDERABLY less money, and even hopefully less douche baggery.
Onto the NFL. Labor talks, owners, players, millions and billions of dollars blah blah blah, who has time? Obviously it’s of some pretty significant consequence to a not insignificant number of people and I’m certainly attuned to that. . but the fact that anyone, ANYONE appealed to President Barack Obama to try and do something about this is, well, embarrassing. . for all parties involved. For those of you who know me, and for those of you who don’t, politics isn’t really something I spend a lot of my free time talking about, and I’ll do my best not to start now – but even with that being said, are you kidding me? Anybody that’s turning to the President of the United States of America to attempt to remedy what boils down to a school yard scuffle should be ashamed of themself(ves). It’s like asking your mom for Peanut Butter Crunch, her saying no and then asking your dad in hopes that he’ll either cave and buy them for you, or appeal to your mom – yeah, true story, I digress – but I sincerely hope that President Obama isn’t the only one who was in a position to point out to the NFL and the NFLPA that he has some other more important things to tend to than their inability to solve this issue. . . hopefully.
