1 Death, 1 Warning

Two major changes to my Dead to Me and On Notice Board Today:


First, Michael Jackson songs are dead to me now. I am tired of people playing his music everywhere now that he is dead. Its been 3 weeks now people. After he died he had 4 of the top 10 selling albums that week. Why would you go out and buy his music now that he is dead. If you liked his music, you would have already owned it, and if you didn't own it and didn't like it, why go out now and buy it? Makes no sense. Then there is the playing of his music on the Jukebox at bars. I understood that the weekend after he died, it would be everywhere, but three weeks later, it is still everywhere. Yesterday I went to grab a bite to eat and a beer at 2 pm at my local wateringhole, and some women put money in the Jukebox and played 45 minutes of Michael Jackson songs. Really?? On Saturday as well, I went to a bar with a buddy, and the bartender was choosing to play Michael Jackson songs all night. We left after 15 minutes. He's gone people, nothing has changed.

Second, the MLB All-Star Game Rules are on notice. If they want the game to mean something, like home field in the World Series, that is fine, but make it so those players who might make it into the World Series are playing at the end. The game is really only interesting in the first 6 innings, when the starters are playing, and then their immediate backups. After that it is scrubs who should have no determiniation of the outcome. It shows by the NL making 18 straight outs and 22 outs to end the game (minus one walk and a double). Look at some of the players in the game at the end and their team.

• Adrian Gonzalez (Padres)
• Health Bell (Padres)
• Justin Upton (Diamondbacks)
• Brad Hawpe (Rockies)
• Miguel Tejada (Astros)
• Brian McCann (Braves)
• Jayson Werth (Phillies)
• Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals)
• Orlando Hudson (Dodgers)

Only Werth and Hudson are on teams that have a shot at the World Series. Why are the rest of the a**-clowns allowed to determine the home field of the World Series? I knew it was a joke when they took out Pujols for Gonzalez at first and Fielder and Howard only pinch hit. If the teams really wanted to win, Pujols would have never came out of the game. They need to change the rules. Either don't have the game matter for s**t, or allow the best players to play at the end. Maybe once a player comes out, he can come back in the game later. Or softball rules, everyone bats in order, regardless of who is playing the field. They could even consider getting rid of the rule in which every team must have a player represented. I also thought it was a joke that Tim Wakefield doesn't make it into the game (unless the Red Sox didn't want him to). The guy is pitching great this season and has waited 20+ years to make it, and then he doesn'e even play. Joke.