Lunchtime thoughts...
-Happy trails to the Pitt basketball team. Pitt was eliminated by conference rival Villanova on Saturday night, thanks to a last-second layup by Scottie Reynolds. Best of luck to outgoing seniors Levance Fields, Sam Young, and Tyrell Biggs, and you may as well say goodbye to Dejuan Blair, it's looking like the NBA is in his very near future. Dry your tears Pitt fans, at least Penn State's hoopsters are still in the hunt for a championship (ouch). And this will be the very last time I write anything about basketball. It sucks. If anyone calls Sidney Crosby a whiner, please take the time to watch a college basketball game. Basketball coaches whine and bitch more than any person I know. Every good call, bad call, non-call...the coach has something to say. It's embarrassing. Fuck basketball, especially the NBA. Play some defense for Christ's sake.
-Marvel Smith signed a multi-year contract with the 49ers over the weekend. Yawn. Is he still playing? Now you realize why teams like the 49ers are bottom feeders, they sign injured scrubs to big contracts who can barely walk, let alone play a 16-game NFL season. Best of luck to you Marvel, you played some good football for the Steelers before you died three years ago.
-Andrew McCutcheon was reassigned to the minors. Smart move by the Pirates (did I just say that?) This team probably isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so why start McCutcheon's free agency clock to play in a meaningless environment? Get him some quality at-bats against inferior pitching and build his confidence. He did bat over .300 this spring, but was still striking out too much for my liking. We'll see him in the 'Burgh sooner rather than later. And another familiar prospect...er I mean talentless scrub has been sent down as well, Mr. Brian Bixler. Good riddance. This guy was supposed to be Jack Wilson's heir at shortstop, but because of his inability to hit major league pitching he'll be languishing in the minors again. If Jack Wilson really is genuine about his wanting to stay in Pittsburgh, he has to send Bixler a thank you card for his repeated failures. If Bixler had shown any promise during his major league stints, Jumpin' Jack would be playing in greener pastures right now.
-Missed the Pens' game on Saturday, the first game all season I haven't watched or attended. Usually I try to DVR the games I'm going to miss and watch them at a later time, but this time I shit the bed. It's a shame, because from some of the text messages I received Saturday I missed a good one. Six games left for the Pens, and things are still looking up.
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"Play some defense for Christ's sake."
ReplyDeleteNow put that quote below a clip of 1 man from Nova drive down the court weave the shit that is Pitt's defense and score the easiest 2 points of his career - past, present and future.
This is one man that is proud to say there was never any fair weather over my beautiful head, not even a glimmer of sunshine.