First he announces that he is going to opt out of the richest deal in MLB history, and potentially end his tenure with the New York Yankees, only to be outshadowed by the Red Sox winnning the World Series on the same night. Then he decides to return to the Yankees in the new richest deal in MLB history, only to be overshadowed by Barry Lamar Bonds being indicted for allegedly perjuring himself and obstructing justice four years ago in the Balco investigation. The guy just cannot win, and, you know what? It just is not fair.
Obviously, I jest. He is still one of the most despised robots, I mean, players in the MLB. His purple lips, talk through you attitude has rubbed everyone raw. He can salvage an entire career of general disdain by simply blowing Barry’s now frowned-upon homerun record out of the water. I will continue to acknowledge Barry’s homerun record, because we still do not know the overall number of performance-enhancer abusers, but I believe it to be an extremely high number. I mean, Paul freaking Byrd took HGH for an ankle injury, yet it was prescribed by a dentist. In the words of Dr. Evil, Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
In other news: Kobe Bryant wanted to be traded, demanded to be traded, refused to play for the Lakers, decided to show up and play for the Lakers but was not happy about it, still wanted to be traded but only wanted to play for a contender, and you know what, he was traded to the Pistons. However, Kobe did not want to play for that specific contender, because he chose to refuse the deal. This should continue to be a fun season for Kobe, who looked absolutely disinterested against the Spurs a few nights ago. Stay tuned for that.
In other, other news: Oregon lost last night to Arizona ending their shot at a national championship game. That is sad, because I really wanted to see what the Dennis Dixon-led Ducks would do against the best defense in the country, LSU. It also would have been great for a Pac-10 team to play Les (Is More) Miles and LSU after the Coach ripped the Pac-10 before the season started. That was a team that functioned solely on the power of Dixon, because Brady Leaf showed last night that the spread-option offense is atrocious without an athlete at quarterback. The game also showed the best running back in the country next season if Jonathan Stewart returns to Oregon for one more season. The man is a beast, and if any of your remember how good Onterrio Smith was as a Duck (long before the Whizzinator incident), Steward makes him look soft.
I have to work today. Crazy, I know. However, I will be back later on this afternoon with the weekend picks for the NFL. Hopefully, there will be some redemption after faltering slightly last week.
