Juvenile, Justification and.......Jet Fuel?

Sometimes, you’re gone a little too long, and you lose whatever rhythm you had. That’s about where I’m at right now. So its time to get back on the right track.

There are a few things worthy of discussion today. I don’t usually discuss Nascar, but I’ll throw it a bone today. I don’t normally defend DirecTV or the MLB, but I’ll give them their due dillegence today, and the San Diego Chargers will be my whipping boys on this glorious day in sports.

Lets start with this whole DirecTV deal and Major League Baseball. Bud Selig was on Mike n Mike this morning, and he said that no official announcement has been made just yet. The rumor is, the MLB Extra Innings package, which was available on cable networks, is being taken away because DirecTV has stepped in to up the ante and fill MLB’s “dish” haha get it??

Every fan in America has a HUGE problem with this, including my buddy Zach (http://www.vitaminz.blogspot.com/). They believe baseball has undersold them and thrown them under the bus at the expense of the almighty dollar which drives our capitalistic society.

I for one have NO problem with MLB doing this. You know how this works, in our economy today, its all about supply and demand. Their was a very good response to the MLB Extra Innings package on cable, and DirecTV noticed that, therefore, they decided to step up to the plate and offer MLB some serious cash to get the rights to air their games.

If you don’t want this to work, then don’t buy the package on DirecTV, its that simple. Major League Baseball will find out that its not beneficial to the sport if their fans do not follow, sponsors will not receive enough return on their investment, and DirecTV will not make that gamble again. Besides, you have other options, like listening to the games on XM radio for a much cheaper price, and you can see all of the friggin’ highlights on one of the 18 “Baseball Tonight” shows aired on ESPN each day throughout the summer.

The National Football League has gone through a strange set of coaching changes this year. A guy gets fired after one year, a guy leaves for a college gig after constantly denying his departure, and now a guy gets fired after a 14-2 season.

What was strange about the Chargers telling Marty “14-2, pretty impressive, but not good enough, thanks for coming, see ya later” was that they waited until mid-February to do it. They waited until after both coordinators were gone, and now the coaching cupboard is a little bare.

It was puzzling at first until it was announced that the two sides not only didn’t like each other, but didn’t talk to each other. How juvenile is that? These are two grown men who work in the same place, and achieved success together, yet they don’t communicate?

The head coach becomes the scapegoat because he and the GM don’t get along? That’s pretty pathetic, you’d think these guys learned their lesson when the organization went through the exact same thing with Bobby Bethard and Bobby Ross about 10 years ago. Grow up.

These guys are acting like the drama queens in sixth grade who wont talk to each other because one dated the other’s ex-boyfriend of three years ago who knew she had a crush on even after they had broken up. You have to put your ego aside in that business, otherwise, you aren’t going to make it.

Finally, I’ll spend a few seconds on Nascar. I don’t know much about this garbage, primarily because I really don’t care. I did find it interesting how Michael Waltrip’s crew chief got suspended because a “jet fuel like substance” was found in his manifold.

I think I share the same opinion as EVERYONE else, suspend the f’n driver, and not the crew chief. Again, I don’t know much about it, but I’ve been told suspending the crew chief is like suspending the offensive coordinator, and not the quarterback for loading up on illegal substances.

Not to mention, if you are using jet fuel in a race car, doesn’t that go far beyond crossing the line? Its not like you slightly improved your fuel grade, or tweaked your engine a bit or removed restrictor plates. The guy injected jet fuel into a friggin’ race car.

Whats next? Are they going to find rocket fuel and use Nitrus Oxide Boosters like the police car that Farley used in Black Sheep? I don’t get it, doesn’t this go above and beyond the call of cheating? The penalty, as I understand it, seems a little light.

I'm done for now.