Friday, May 24, 2013

Sports Related Musings

The greatest job in the world must be as an ex-athlete announcer/analyst.

You have made your fortune, probably are set for life financially. You get to talk endlessly about the thing that you love, under no pressure. It's not like you need the job.

These guys laugh all the time; it's like the locker room has been transformed into a stage set. And they get to hang with all their friends.

Good gig.

New Topic: Brian Urlacher is retiring after 13 years with the Chicago Bears. I am not sure I believe that, but I want to believe that. These guys un-retire all the time. I want to believe that because the idea of a player spending his entire career with one team, the team that gave him a chance, the team that made him, appeals to the romantic in me.

Joe Namath ended his career playing for the Los Angeles Rams. Broke my heart. Joe Montana ended his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. Pissed me off.

Moves like that prove that sports is a business. Sports shouldn't be a business. Sports should be a dream.

New Topic:

In a PTI interview yesterday, Jim Leyland, manager of the Detroit Tigers, was asked what the definition of happiness is. He said that happiness is the ability to laugh at yourself.

The answer is brilliant. Being able to laugh at yourself slays self-consciousness, kills the fear of what others will think, releases embarrassment into the ionosphere.

Seems like a pretty healthy thing.

New Topic:

Tim Tebow is a  victim of circumstance. He got thrown into the middle of an unworkable situation and was made to suffer for it. Punished for it.

Two years ago he was kicking ass and making headlines in Denver. Even Jesus Christ himself became a die hard Denver fan. Had a jersey and everything. Tailgating with him was a blast - you didn't have to bring anything. He made wine and beer from water, brought one pork chop and turned it into a feast.

Payton Manning loomed and Tebow left. He suffered with the Jets and now his name is being mentioned in the same breath as arena football.

The professional sports world is a bubbling cauldron of harsh and swift judgements not always rationally made.

Strangely enough I know a little man struggling with the same situation. Just a regular guy who had a regular job and got thrown into the middle of an unworkable situation. He has been made to suffer for it. He has been punished for it. He doesn't have millions to fall back on and no arena football.

Rumor has it that McDonald's is recruiting him to wear a paper hat.

New Topic: I am feeling good about the Bruins.

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