No it's not because you are a jerk, it's because of your race, that's it...

Warning: Minor Political Incorrectness below

If I hear one more athlete try and pull the race card as a reason why people don't like their asshole ways, I may shoot someone. Earlier this week I heard Barry Bonds say that the only reason people don't like him and don't want him to break the big home run record is because he is black and he is mad that the black community has not risen up to support him through this rough time of the steroid scandal.

Am I the only one who sees the most obvious flaw with this statement? Besides the fact that hating an athlete because he is black in this day and age is nearly like hating sports in general, even more obvious is the fact that Hank Aaron is black!!!!! Yes, we white people hate to see a black man's record be broken by another black man. One black man in the record books is enough, we can't afford another. Come on.

And while we are on the topic of Barry Bonds, I fully support a full investigation of the steroid use. And if he is found to be guilty, I think he should not simply have an asterrisk next to his name, but be taken out of the record books. We all agree steroids is cheating and like figuring out earned runs and you can't assume the double play, you can't assume that he would have hit as many home runs without being juiced. But I warn you, Baseball, you do this, and you must investigte Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa as well. I loved seeing these two players do their thing and htey were more of the kind of guys you could admire, but cheating is cheating and you can't stop with the asshole that no one likes. And as much as I liked these guys, I would expect the same consequences. And it would pain me to see it happen to Mark McGwire, but he would not deserve the single season record either if he were on steroids when he did it. Baseball really needs to gut out the system and get rid of grime so people can take the game seriously again.

Since when was diversity an issue in baseball?

So baseball is not diverse enough, apparently. Oh bloody hell. Looking at all pro sports, baseball is the most diverse. And apparently baseball doesn't have enough black pitchers. I'm sorry, but I'm tired of hearing about certain workplaces/schools not being diverse enough. Whatever happened to simply choosing the best person for the job? Especially in baseball, or any other pro sport, I really don't think that race has anything to do with it. You simply have to be the best. Period. You can be black, white, asian, latino, anything, and if you are the best, you get the job.

This may simply be a rumor, but I still don't care for Jeffery Loria, and I have no idea why he was allowed to own another baseball team. The article pretty much says it all, so I'm not going to add to it.

Cubs are Mathematically Eliminated from the Playoffs

Cubs are mathematically elimnated from teh playoffs.

Braun on Braun

Pujols is the man.

So a guy has hit two solid base hits and a towering Bonds-esque three-run shot over the right field fence, there are two outs and the bases are empty, what do you do? Well, I guess there are several things you could do, but what you don't do is pitch to the guy. Give him first base. The guy after him hasn't done jack, this guy is obviously seeing the ball well. This isn't rocket science.

Well, when you pitch to him, you give up a home run after the umpire has already rung him up on two strikes and then you lose the game by one bloody run.

That's all I have for now.

Oh yeah, Duke sucks.

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