Well.......
What is understood doesn't need to be discussed...Monday is here again...Summer is coming to a close...Football season is around the corner...I have been studying up on my college football, as I'll be doing a weekly post on featured games each week, and who you should be calling you bookie to bet on...I already did my HEISMAN studying...
-But before I start eyeing college football, let's talk a bit of Baseball...In the American league there has been much talk about the surprise Houston Astros and the Angels surging to catch them...There has been plenty of talk about the Yankees...There always is whether they are winning or not...And since the trade deadline, the Baseball world has had a boner for the Toronto Blue Jays...All this has distracted people from a team that has been solid all year, and is getting really hot right now...
The Baltimore Orioles...The Orioles are a half game ahead of the Angels in the Wild Card hunt, and only 4 games out of first in the division...They have decent starting pitching...A strong bullpen...and a solid lineup...Adam Jones and Chris Davis are crushing it...Manny Machado is steady with the glove and the bat...And OF Gerardo Parra may go down as the most overlooked deadline move, as he has taken advantage of getting steady playing time for the O's, batting .357 over his last 30 games...
Yes, Toronto made the sexy, win it now moves...The Orioles were pretty quite and added a couple minor pieces, and just stuck to what they have been doing...And it could end up paying off for them...The biggest question mark for Baltimore is their rotation...Their guys go out there, eat their innings, and try to keep them in games...But they don't have an ace...No one who dominates...That will most likely be their downfall if the get in the playoffs...But watching them fight for their playoff spot is fun...This is a gritty team...
(side note) : Can MLB please test Chris Davis for steroids...I watched him hit a HR Saturday, that was outrageous...The pitch was a slider, low and AWAY...Davis reached with a swing...No lower body in the swing at all...No legs, no nothing! All wrists and arms, and it was a fucking laser to to right-center...Unreal!
-In I Don't Give a Shit News....Michael Sam has left football to focus on his mental health...Holy fucking shit balls, who knew he was still playing football? Oh wait, he wasn't...He was up in the Canadian Football League, collecting a check from the Montreal Alouettes...Sam had missed their first five games...Made his season debut a week ago, and had no tackles...Sam broke this not shocking at all news via Twitter...
"The last 12 months have been very difficult for me, to the point where I became concerned with my mental health. Because of this I am going to
Just to be fair...I have no problem that Sam is openly gay and was trying to have a pro-football career...But the biggest reason the last 12 months have been so hard on Michael Sam, is Michael Sam...He kept pushing the narrative about being a gay football player...He kept himself and his story in the spotlight, signing a TV deal for Lifetime or where ever the fuck it was...He put it front and center, and then didn't understand the scrutiny...Let alone many teams didn't want the distraction he was creating...Oh, and besides that, he just wasn't that good.
But as some one who is clearly MENTALLY ILL and trying to get my head right, I wish him good luck with getting his shit together.
-This week Kate Upton/Sports Illustrated released a video of Kate doing what she does best...Lounging around in a bikini and having her picture taken...Kate and that voice of hers goes on about how she loves tiny bikinis...Well, Kate, we love those tiny bikinis that barely hold your tits in too!
That's all I have for now...Really, do you need anymore? No, you're going to watch Kate's video again!
Have a week.
