Test time children....

Today we are having a pop quiz here in the blog-o-sphere:
Which of these two players more than likely used steroids in 2004: (make your decision only on statistics and pictures, no names will be used to protect the innocent)

A) 2004 stats: In 2004, "Mr. B" had perhaps his best season. He hit .362 en route to his second National League batting title, and broke his own record by walking 232 times. He slugged .812, which was fourth-highest of all time, and broke his on-base percentage record with a .609 average. "Mr. B" passed Mays on the career home run list, hitting his 700th near the end of the season. "Mr. B" hit 45 home runs in 373 at-bats, and struck out just 41 times, putting himself in elite company, as few major leaguers have ever had more home runs than strikeouts in a season. "Mr. B" would win his fourth consecutive MVP award and his seventh overall. His seven MVP awards are four more than any other player in history. On July 4, 2004 he tied and passed Rickey
Henderson's career bases on balls record with his 2190th and 2191st career walks.


(Picture on left is from the early 90s picture on right is from 2000-2004)

Player B: "Mr A" returned to the majors in September 2004, posting a 5.40 ERA in five relief appearances. "Mr A" announced that he was switching to the outfield, after an unsuccessful practice outing in which his wildness reappeared, as he threw only three strikes out of 20 pitches. He slugged .514 in single A, and .515 in double A, with 5 outfield assists in 55 games.





How dare Player B use steroids and destroy baseball's image like that. I wish more children would look up to Player A and baseball should embrace him and have him as their new image of a steroids free era.



*Statistics and career summaries courtesy of Wikipedia

And the Brewer's new manager is.....

The Brewers proved last night that if they score 12 runs that they can still win even if Yost makes some ridiculous decisions. (Thank god we traded for Ray King)

You're welcome a@*-hole

Some of my readers were noticing that I haven't been as angry or grippy recently. Fear not; I am back to working 40+ hours a week with high school students, my anger couldn't be higher.

While driving home from work I usually just take city streets and take my time. Its nice to just sit in my car and listen to my music and calmly drive home after a long day at work. Whenever someone needs to change lanes or turn I usually stop and let them in because I am in no hurry at all. I have noticed this week that no one ever raises their hand to thank the driver who let them in anymore.

I was driving home today and someone was trying to turn left onto a busy 2 way each direction street. I stopped to let him in and he then stopped in front of me for awhile until the next lane stopped for him and he was eventually able to turn. This driver did not raise his hand to thank either of us. (His window was even open, he could have verbally said thank you if he had wished.) People, it doesn't get any easier than this. Raise your hand to thank another driver for making your day easier and saving you time.

Too sad for cake

This week's Too Sad for Cake was another close race....

Coming in second was Jerry Lewis




How many more celebrities need to use derogatory comments in public before they learn their lesson. I have thick skin, but come one. What you say in the privacy of your own home is your own thing, more power too you. But when you are having a Tele-thon on national TV, I think you should watch what you are saying.

This week's "winner" however goes to Whoopi Goldberg. This was her first week on The View, maybe even her first day, and she goes to defend Michael Vick and say dog fighting is okay in the south. I understand that the south is years behind us yankees, but dog fighting; come on. "He's from the South, from the Deep South ... This is part of his cultural upbringing,"
"For a lot of people, dogs are sport," Goldberg said on the show. "Instead of just saying (Vick) is a beast and he's a monster, this is a kid who comes from a culture where this is not questioned."

A few things to note about her comments. First off Vick grew up in Newport News, VA; which is two miles south of Washingotn DC. I would hardley call that the "Deep South." There are a few other things that used to be excepted in the south that thankfully are no longer socially acceptable (slavery, voodoo, witch hunting, cannibalism too name a few).

I read an interesting blog about this whole Vick thing and the writer pointed out that he wonders if there is anything anyone will ever be able to do that everyone condemns. It seems that nowadays everything you do is defended by someone. Dog-fighting is part of his culture. Bathroom sex between two people is normal. Being pregnant and doing coke because you are misunderstood and your parents never loved you. If you drink, drive, and have coke on you; as long as no one is killed (even if you tried to run someone over) is ok. Come people. Stop defending idiots for their stupid actions.

What next, someone will start defending baby fighting?

It's only a dollar

On the way home today I stopped at Pick 'n Save, our local supermarket here in Milwaukee. I bought a few essentials (duck tape, rope, and a shovel) and went to check out. Pick 'n Save is currently running a promotion in which you can donate a dollar to Heart Disease and get a paper heart to put on the wall with your name. While in line the 3 people in front of me all checked out using their debit or credit card and each were asked if they would like to donate a dollar to heart disease. Each person said "No." Come on its a dollar. And you're using your debit card and its not like you are using cash and have to go back into your wallet and pull out another dollar. Our people that against donating money to a real charity? No wonder the rest of the world hates us. These are the people that I hope some day need the help of another human being, and then find out that no one cares about their well-being. Just like you didn't care about donating ONE DOLLAR to heart disease research. (Need I mention that heart disease is the number one cause of death among American males).

I was right...

Back in May I ranted about this terrible idea for a new reality show on CBS called Kid Nation. By now you may have seen commercials for this program on television. It turns out that yes it is a terrible idea for a show and maybe America has become smart enough to realize this. I read in the newspaper today that many advertisers are pulling out of the show even before it airs because they feel that CBS is exploiting kids for ratings. Oh wait that is exactly what I ranted about months ago. To counteract this CBS has sent the entire series to advertisers so they can watch the whole things and see that these kids are not being exploited for ratings. Many people think there is a chance that the show will no longer ever see the light of day and will not air. I am betting that you will find some advertisers stupid enough to want to but time on the show and the show will air, but let's hope that America does not watch it and these advertisers, and CBS lose money on this.

This is unbelievable... (in a bad way)

This isn't turning into a Ned Yost hating site, even though that would be very easy. But it needs to be said that Ned Yost, and Ned Yost alone, cost the Brewers the victory today. The Brewers did their part and were up 7-4 going into the 8th, and the Yosted.

First he put in Turnblow in the 8th, not a terrible decision. Turnblow usually pitches the 8th and for the most part does a good job. But today he gave up two walks and a single to load the bases. History shows that if Turnblow walks anyone (even one guy) or gets a guy into scoring position, he panics and blows up. So after the first walk and single Yost should have pulled him, but of course he was too busy reading "Idiots guide to managing" and failed to take him out. So after loading the bases Yost finally takes him out and puts in Shouse. Shouse has been the best pitcher out of the bullpen in the second half, was named Brewers pitcher of the month in AUgust, and has an ERA under 2. So this is actually a good decision. Shouse comes in and get a sac fly. So Brewers are still up by two and now there are two outs, no worries. But then the brilliant Yost puts in Aquino. Aquino was terrible earlier in the year when he was on the team and was just brought back up yesterday. Why put in a guy in a situation he is doomed to fail in? So Aquino has a wild pitch (runners on 2nd and 3rd), then gives up a triple (tie ballgame, runner on third), then has another wild pitch (Astros are leading). After the inning the whole stadium stood up and booed. In my heart I hoped they were booing Yost for throwing away the game. This guy has no right to be coaching a Little League Girl Teeball team, let alone a major league team in a playoff hunt. I can't even find the words to express this emotion I am feeling inside. Fire him now, let the Chorizo coach the rest of the year. Now I have to go take my anger out on the baby fights I am going to tonight.