What Were They Thinking III
May 7th , 2009
New York, NY
Welcome back, readers. All five of you.
Mr. Black has been traveling so there hasn’t been a post recently, but there’s lots happening in the sports world, so it’s time to get right back into it. No better way to leap into the world of sports blogging than a quick “What were they thinking.”
Manny Ramirez
Let’s start with the biggest, most muscular story of the day. Manny Ramirez, Mayor of Mannywood, has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and been suspended for 50 games. It seems he was using female fertility drugs to boost his testosterone levels and potentially mask other PEDs.
Manny, Manny, Manny…really? You actually care enough to cheat? I’m shocked. If this was a recent habit he developed, this was incredibly bone-headed, even for Man-Ram. He almost single-handedly made baseball relevant in L.A. (sorry Angels) and the city had a genuine love affair with him. It’s the perfect environment for him since L.A. is a casual sports town at best and Hollywood has so many head cases Manny can actually be considered normal.
After all the contract back and forth this offseason, this may have just used up the entire well of good will for Manny. If the Dodgers don’t hold onto first and Manny hits a cold streak when he comes back, perhaps there will be a late season trade to the Yankees.
By the way, anyone need a dreadlock wig? The Dodgers just bought 6,000 if them for a “Mannywood” promo. No joke.
Selena Roberts
Speaking of performance enhancing drugs, what exactly Selena Roberts was thinking by adding “allegations” of A-Rod using steroids in high school to her book? As a big fan of hers, I was shocked since she’s usually an incredibly responsible sports journalist in every sense of the word. Keeping this in the book was a no win situation, so I wonder what was she thinking.
She already had nailed A-Rod for using during his MLB days, so the book was already going to be a seller. Adding in more allegations just smacks of naked greed and a desire to sell books. As a journalist, she has to know that this will damage her reputation more than A-Rod, and at this point you really need a smoking gun or someone who will go publicly on the record as a witness to nail anyone for using.
Joe Girardi
I’ll keep this one short: Joe, don’t go to mat for your steroid-shooting player when your $200 million dollar team can’t hold a lead and is in third place (again). People might start paying attention to you, and I mean people named Steinbrenner.
Vinny del Negro
Watching the Celtics-Bull series, I couldn’t help but notice that Vinny del Negro had some special assistants. Who helped him sketch out strategy in the tightest of seven game series’? Why it was Bernie Bickerstaff and Del Harris. Yes, you read that correctly…Bernie and Del. Yes, the men who have driven the Nuggets, Hawks and Lakers into the ground.
Vinny is widely regarded as one of the three or four worst coaches in the NBA, so I’m not sure if he should get the “what were you thinking,’ Vinny or if it’s the Bulls management for allowing him to hire his own assistants. Obviously, they are going for the record of lowest basketball IQ on a bench and seem to be doing it quite well since Vinny ran out of timeouts in four of the seven games.
Brett Favrve
Another short one: Brett, you’re 75 years old. Stop calling the Vikings. And when it goes public you did, don’t deny it and retire again. This whole thing is starting to damage your reputation as an inaccurate QB that blows big games down the stretch.
New York, NY
Welcome back, readers. All five of you.
Mr. Black has been traveling so there hasn’t been a post recently, but there’s lots happening in the sports world, so it’s time to get right back into it. No better way to leap into the world of sports blogging than a quick “What were they thinking.”
Manny Ramirez
Let’s start with the biggest, most muscular story of the day. Manny Ramirez, Mayor of Mannywood, has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and been suspended for 50 games. It seems he was using female fertility drugs to boost his testosterone levels and potentially mask other PEDs.
Manny, Manny, Manny…really? You actually care enough to cheat? I’m shocked. If this was a recent habit he developed, this was incredibly bone-headed, even for Man-Ram. He almost single-handedly made baseball relevant in L.A. (sorry Angels) and the city had a genuine love affair with him. It’s the perfect environment for him since L.A. is a casual sports town at best and Hollywood has so many head cases Manny can actually be considered normal.
After all the contract back and forth this offseason, this may have just used up the entire well of good will for Manny. If the Dodgers don’t hold onto first and Manny hits a cold streak when he comes back, perhaps there will be a late season trade to the Yankees.
By the way, anyone need a dreadlock wig? The Dodgers just bought 6,000 if them for a “Mannywood” promo. No joke.
Selena Roberts
Speaking of performance enhancing drugs, what exactly Selena Roberts was thinking by adding “allegations” of A-Rod using steroids in high school to her book? As a big fan of hers, I was shocked since she’s usually an incredibly responsible sports journalist in every sense of the word. Keeping this in the book was a no win situation, so I wonder what was she thinking.
She already had nailed A-Rod for using during his MLB days, so the book was already going to be a seller. Adding in more allegations just smacks of naked greed and a desire to sell books. As a journalist, she has to know that this will damage her reputation more than A-Rod, and at this point you really need a smoking gun or someone who will go publicly on the record as a witness to nail anyone for using.
Joe Girardi
I’ll keep this one short: Joe, don’t go to mat for your steroid-shooting player when your $200 million dollar team can’t hold a lead and is in third place (again). People might start paying attention to you, and I mean people named Steinbrenner.
Vinny del Negro
Watching the Celtics-Bull series, I couldn’t help but notice that Vinny del Negro had some special assistants. Who helped him sketch out strategy in the tightest of seven game series’? Why it was Bernie Bickerstaff and Del Harris. Yes, you read that correctly…Bernie and Del. Yes, the men who have driven the Nuggets, Hawks and Lakers into the ground.
Vinny is widely regarded as one of the three or four worst coaches in the NBA, so I’m not sure if he should get the “what were you thinking,’ Vinny or if it’s the Bulls management for allowing him to hire his own assistants. Obviously, they are going for the record of lowest basketball IQ on a bench and seem to be doing it quite well since Vinny ran out of timeouts in four of the seven games.
Brett Favrve
Another short one: Brett, you’re 75 years old. Stop calling the Vikings. And when it goes public you did, don’t deny it and retire again. This whole thing is starting to damage your reputation as an inaccurate QB that blows big games down the stretch.
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