A Sports Haiku

Ohio State Buckeyes
Best football team in the land
Rest can kiss my butt.

MAN OF THE YEAR

Why wait til the end of the year to reveal the Man of the Year Award. This is probably the easiest selection ever hands down. This man after countless years of whatever finally asked his girlfriend to marry him. So I present the Man of the Year Award to NATE REED. You my friend get a battle axe and triangle belt salute. Congrats to you and Sharon. I am happy for you both.

Most Overrated Stat

I am a huge baseball fan and part of being a huge fan is my sick fascination of baseball stats. In preparing for my Strat-o-Matic seasons, I look at stats forwards and backwards (as part of my No Stat Left Behind program). It is almost sickening sometimes that I can remember any players stat but I can't remember what my wife told me about 5 minutes ago. A stat that the ESPN "morons" use more and more is the worthless stat: Quality Starts. A "quality start" is basically a starting pitcher pitching 5 innings and allowing less than 3 runs. Now think about this, if a starting pitcher pitches just 5 innings and allows 3 earned runs, that means his ERA is a 5.40. A 5.40 ERA usually means that this particular pitcher is headed back to the minor leagues. To me, a quality start would occure if you did not have to use your bullpen. I am not that old but I can remember almost all starting pitchers pitching to at least the 7th inning. The 'quality start" statistic is worthless, get rid of it and starting pitchers start toughening up.

Charlie Weis

Another week, Another loss. I wonder who Notre Dame is going bring in to give a pep rally. Charlie Weis is supposely bringing back glory to Notre Dame. He has brought in big time recruits the last 2 years and what do they have to show for it, 1-7. It brings me to this conclusion, 1. Charlie Weis is an overrated coach. 2. He is also an overrated recruiter. Most big teams across the nation start Freshman and Sophomores that make a big difference in the team's play because they have a lot of players leaving for the NFL. I young team will struggle but they will also be competitive. Notre Dame looks horrible. Jimmy Clausen is making Ron Powlus look like a superstar. Every week we see Big Toad Weis up on the podium spouting his lip. Return to Glory, maybe when they hire a decent coach.

Joe Torre

More hooplah from New York. This time the accusation that Joe Torre felt insulted by the contract. Most normal people would accept a 1 year, $5 million contract to manage one of the most successful franchises in history, but not Joe Torre. All week I had to listen to the rambling oabout how great of a manager Joe Torre is and how his track record shows all of his accomplishments...blah, blah, blah. Being a baseball manager is probably one of the most overrrated jobs in sports. I feel that they are neccessary but they are given too much credit. I look at it this way, if Torre managed the Pittsburgh Pirates, would he give them more wins. Can he take a terrible team and make them respectable. Torre's success came managing the New York Yankees, the same Yankees that give him unlimited payroll, the same Yankees that gives him the players he wants or needs. I could manage the Yankees and come away with 4 World Series titles. There are some managers that I would say are good managers. Their teams usually overacheive, but can you honestly say that the Yankees ever played beyond their talent.

People Stop Your Whining

College Football is a funny thing.. It brings out the best in everybody. All of the "experts" analyze every single detail to the point where it is unbearable (at least the College Gameday crew is not nearly as bad as all of the other sports). There is always going to be the debate on who is number 1. Being number 1 in the middle of the season isn't a bad thing but it really isn't good either. These "experts" have a new number 1 team every week based on who looked the best or has more style points. Being an Ohio St fan, I have heard more criticism this year than in years past. So here is a message to all those complainers who think Ohio St should not be number 1. TRY WINNING ALL OF YOUR GAMES!!!

LSU--You are suppose to beat Kentucky. Sure Kentucky is ranked but at the end of the day it is still Kentucky.

W. Virginia--Come on, South Florida punked you.

USC--Stanford?

Oklahoma--I can't even remember what cupcake beat you.

I will admit Ohio St has had an easy schedule this year but in this day in age in college football, you can't take any team lightly (just ask Michigan). A big part is the Buckeyes are winning the games they are suppose to win.

Rusty--the World's Most Rotton Dog

I don't have anything important to say. So I will just show a picture of my wife's rotton dog.