Posts Tagged ‘Baseball’
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Monday, November 1st, 2010Hall of Famers and All-Stars
Monday, November 1st, 2010As a sports fanatic I argue sports on a daily basis with my co-host, my friends, my family, my co-workers, people at the grocery store, people in Yoga class, people at the gas station, People at Wawa or anyone that wants to argue.
Often in these arguments we talk about who is the greatest, who is better than whom, or who is overrated. What bothers me most is when people say “Such and such is an all-star” or “Such and such is going to the hall of fame”. Don’t get me wrong I believe that making an all-star team or pro-bowl is an accomplishment, and I believe making a hall of fame is also an accomplishment but in my opinion those honors have been watered down.
Any time Jamaal Magloire makes an all-star team, or Derek Anderson makes a pro-bowl it diminishes your argument when you tell me a player is an all-star so they are great.
People know I am very critical of Brett Favre and it is not because he sends text messages to women as though they are meretricious, but it’s because he is looked at by some as the greatest QB of all time and it’s not true. People tell me about his statistics and I can make the argument that based upon his statistics he is not.
His numbers are as high as they are because he throws the ball more than anyone in the history of the game. All of the numbers that people quote are a joke. He has the most td’s and passing yards but he also has over 1,000 more passing attempts than anyone in the history of the game. If you throw the ball 30 times a game it would take you over 2 seasons to get 1,000 attempts. If you look at yds per attempt he doesn’t rank in the top 70. Passing attempts per td he is not in the top 40. So when you look deeper at his numbers you realize he is not as good as people believe. He has 503 tds but also has 492 combined interceptions and fumbles. And he has cost his team playoff games by throwing picks.
When I break these numbers down to people they tell me “Well Jimmy he is a first ballot hall of famer”. That may be true Joe Namath is in the hall of fame, and Joe Dumars is in the hall of fame. They do not have hall of fame numbers though. Joe Namath threw more picks than td’s but he was a likeable guy. Joe Dumars averaged 16 points and 4 assist per game and he is in the hall of fame. Andre Iguadola averages those numbers. Dumars was considered a good guy. The sports writers love Brett Favre. During Monday night football when he threw an interception they still praised him. There are NBA players in the hall of fame that averaged fewer than 10 pts per game. I have done the research and believe me there is more to getting in the hall of fame than being a great player.
So next time you have an argument please don’t use the cop out of he is a hall of famer or an all-star or pro bowler. The more average players that are voted to pro bowls or elected to hall of fames will lessen the potency of not only the honor but also your argument.
GET OFF THE BANDWAGON!!!
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Bandwagon jumpers, also known as front-runners, also known as faux fans, absolutely disgust me. Now, “wagoneers” come in several different categories, and I’ll briefly explain a few of them. First you have your “Hometown Wagon Jumpers”. These are the folks who may not follow a particular sport, or may not even follow sports in general, but when one of their hometown teams get on a miraculous postseason run, they hop on the bandwagon, even if only to avoid being left out of the city’s excitement. I’ve witnessed this in Philadelphia over the past several years as baseball and now hockey fans have come out of the woodwork.
Then you have your “Hometown Frontrunners”. This is the group who can care less about the hometown teams unless they’re doing well. This may sound similar to the “Hometown Wagon Jumpers”, but this group is comprised of knowledgeable sports fans that actually follow the sport or sports in question. However, their televisions stay on a different channel and the stadium/arena seats stay empty until the team starts to show some promise, and when that team is finally considered good or “special”, the television ratings start to suddenly skyrocket and the arena is miraculously filled for the rest of the season. (See Miami Heat fans in the 2005-2006 NBA Season. Even their President & General manager Pat Riley jumped on the bandwagon by forcing Stan Van Gundy out and making himself head coach of an obvious contender).
Then there are the “face-savers”. These are the ones who pick teams that they saw winning when they were young, newbie sports fans. Later in life when those teams stink and aren’t worth rooting for, you don’t hear much about them but they still claim them to save face and avoid getting called out by assholes like me. Then when those teams are back on top, jerseys are purchased, car flags are flown, and they represent as if they never left.
Finally, you have your straight up “Wagon Groupies” who hitch their wagons to one of the odds-on favorites in each sport year after year. This is the most shameless of the bunch because their “loyalties” have the potential to change every year. Year after year, they’re representing different teams and act as if they have no clue why other sports fans they know look at them with a crooked eye. Every year, they have a new “childhood team” (even if that team is an expansion team that wasn’t around in their childhood), or so it seems.
Now don’t get me wrong…this is a free country, so wagoneers have the right to root for whomever they please, whenever they please. My biggest beef with them is that they always sought out the most die-hard fan they know to talk their trash. I think THEY THINK it makes them look and feel more “die-hard” to pick fights with REAL “die-hards”. Just know that if you have to constantly explain your “fanhood” to people you talk to every day, then we know you’re not real. So my message to the “Wagon Contingent” remains………….”WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU. YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!”
GET OFF THE BANDWAGON!!
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