Take 1

Well here is what I was going to talk about yesterday before my computer decided it should spite me and erase everything. . . .

Seriously, the Athletes on Motorcycles Thing Needs to Stop

I am not against the use of motorcycles. People who ride them in a safe and intelligent manner can have a good time with them without putting themselves at much risk. However, I am beginning to believe it is physically impossible for an athlete to ride a motorcycle in a way that does not almost guarantee they will receive great bodily harm. These guys just have a default mindset that make doing things like riding a motorcycle infinitely more harmful to them.

Most people have a decently firm grasp on their own mortality whether they realize it or not. That anxious feeling you get when you fly? That's your grip on your mortality talking. That fear of heights you have? Yup, same thing. Professional athletes for the most part have a much looser grip on not only their own mortality, but of reality in general. It kind of makes sense when you think about it. These people get paid for performing physical feats with their bodies that 99% of the population can't come close to doing. When you are considered to be physically superior than almost all of society in just about every way, why wouldn't you begin to feel like you're invincible? Most athletes feel as though they only place they can get hurt is on the field of competition and that's only because they are waging war against the only other people in the world who are as physically gifted as themselves. Riding a motorcycle without a helmet at high speeds doesn't fall into the category of things that can hurt them in their minds. Unfortunately this is a very dangerous misconception. Jay Williams. Ben Roethlisberger. Diego "Chico" Corrales. And the latest, LaVar Arrington. Just to name a few. How many names have to be on this list before these guys get a clue? Hire a driver, ride around in a limo all the time, I think that's a pretty good alternative.


Cubs are Heading in the Right Direction

Well the Chicago Cubs appeared to be finally headed in the right direction this season. And I don't mean in the standings, even though the Cubs are in second place in the atrocious NL Central at seven games back (and six games under .500). After an incident recently in the dugout and clubhouse in which Carlos Zambrano apparently beat the daylights out of his catcher Michael Barret, the Cubs finally turned their agression to their opponents rather than on each other. Now I do not condone throwing haymakers during the course of a sporting event that isn't boxing, but I also don't feel like baseball fights are as big of an issue as some people like to make them out to be. All I am saying is it is good to see the Cubs going after the other team rather than their own teammates. I think that means they're heading in the right direction. While I say that almost entirely jokingly, it might actually be true. Fights kind of have a way of uniting teams in baseball. It isn't a good solution to try and turn around a bad season and sometimes it is actually a sign of a team where the wheels are about to fall completely off, but every now and then, the team unites behind a fight like they do when they're trying to keep their best player from getting beat up by a pitcher and it can help turn their season around. Who knows, I don't think the Cubs are good enough to make much noise this season even if they do end up winning their horrific division I wouldn't count on them to do much in the playoffs, but at least they can bust a few heads on the way right?

That's all for now folks. I promised a double header today so check back tonight for the second post, thanks for playing, I'm out.