RG3 is Alright by Me!

There is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart. It is probably one of the most important things in terms of my sports life. It brings me great joy and, more often, great disappointment. And they have recently been in the news with one of their risky, splashy off-season moves.
Washington has sold the farm in order to acquire the second round pick in this years NFL Draft. A pick that will almost surely bring them one Robert Griffin III.

I haven't spoken on this subject. Not in a blog post or a tweet or anything. I'm not upset about it. I've just been marinating on it. And I feel I'm ready to discuss my feelings.

First let me take you through how I found out about the RG3 news. I was convinced, despite everyone else's opinion, that Peyton Manning would be coming to DC. I mean why not! It's not like they've had a terrible history of QB's there since Lawrence Taylor created the reason for the movie the Blind Side (Theisman was one thing LT, but did you have to give us that film too?).

There's gonna be a Bracket Battle up in here!!!

It's the time we've all been waiting for Pros and Bros! We know you've been waiting all year to fill out your new brackets for the NCAA tournament! But what do you do then? Challenge your siblings? Show your friends? Wait until the tournaments over then fill out a bracket and post it on your office bulletin board so everyone thinks you're a genius?

LAAAAMMMMEEEE!

Dear Peyton Manning, We Need You!

Dear Peyton Manning,

My condolences on your recent release from the Colts. I know how hard you played for them and I can't believe they would turn their nose-up at you like that.You deserve better....Much better!

Well I'm here to tell you just how much better you can have it! There is only one place that can facilitate you the perfect way.  A place that can meet you're every need. A place so great, you are the only thing that could make it better.

That place is:

WASHINGTON D.C. !

That's right! Washington D.C. ! To play for the storied Washington R*dsk*ns! I can imagine your excitement at hearing their interest but don't go signing with them on just name recognition alone! Wait until you hear the great things Washington can provide you!

Braun, Steroids, and Baseball's Fallacy of "Fair"

As a relatively young baseball fan, with memories stretching back to about the late 90’s, I have quite a different perspective of the game, from what I've seen and experienced, than that of the long time-90 year old-“I’ll die before I miss a game”-fan. So I can’t describe to you how exciting it was to watch Reggie Jackson hit 3 home runs in Game 6 of the World Series, or how it felt to watch that ball dribble between Buckner’s legs, continuing the pains of so many long-time Boston fans. However, I can describe how thrilling it was to watch Sosa and McGwire go back and forth in the 98’ Home Run Race, or seeing Bonds just 3 years later beat the record that McGwire had set during said race. Its moments like these that I find memorable, that I find great, because for me they were, but I’m sure that Baseball, and many of its fans, would choose to disagree.

For the past 10 years now, Baseball has been trying to erase the credibility of great moments like these; spending millions upon millions of dollars on investigations and trials in order to find out if a handful of players deserve the infamous "*" next to their name, the most recent case being that of Ryan Braun. Whether he "cheated" or not is beyond me, and frankly it doesn't matter. What does matter is that he, along with the Bonds', Sosa's, and McGwire's of my past, has fallen victim to the almighty, and albeit contradictory, wrath of Baseball. Claiming that their use, or perceived use, of steroids/performance enhancers have in some way tainted the “integrity” and “fairness” of the great game we call Baseball……But did it really?

Not the game I want, but the game I've been given

Well, here we go again. The one match-up that I didn't want to see is going down. Baby Faced Eli Manning will face off against Tom Brady and the offensive powerhouse that is the New England Patriots. Again. Yawwwwwn.

As it might be clear to see, I am no fan of this battle. Or at least I wasn't.

My objection to this game isn't hard to guess and it isn't far from other critics'. For one it's a rematch. The story lines are pretty similar. The Giants scrapped through the season just to make it into the playoffs while the Patriots, essentially, breezed through all the way to the big game. Probably one of the NFC's greatest underdogs met up against one of the AFC's perennial favorites. Baby Eli stood up to a titan of the game in Tom Brady. This David and Goliath story turned out with an authentic ending. And Eli is hoping he can pull off another victory.