The World Baseball CLASSIC

Who gives a shit? Anyone in America? NO. 2009 marks the second year of the WBC. The 'C' stands for classic. Nothing can be called Classic if it's in its second year of existence. Not even Coca Cola. Coca Cola has put its time in and can now be called Classic. The World Baseball Classic cannot be classic for at least 10 years. At least. Maybe not ever. This tournament sucks.

Pedroia to Jeter to Youkilis for a double play? Something is extremely wrong with the sound of that. Pedroia is a Red Sox and Jeter is a Yankee. These two should never turn double plays together. They should be throwing punches at each other. I would take Pedroia anyday in that fight. Jeter is a pussy more concerned with how he looks than how he plays. Pedroia would no doubt club him in the face with his MVP trophy, ending the fight quickly. (See: here)

What about the MLB season? Why are the players in the WBC playing every other or every second day? They have the real season coming up and, instead, they are wasting their time sitting on the bench for Team USA? This puts everyone behind. I'm glad the St. Louis Cardinal players aren't busy with the WBC. Chipper Jones said it best when he said this tournament has serious flaws. I have a solution: Get rid of it.

The NEW Up and Down

Ok, the Sweet Up and Down was once my place to bitch about bad beats and other BS that goes on at the poker table.  Now that that life is fading in the distance, I have decided to post the things that have been Burning me.  Thanks to my friend Bryan for the inspiration.

Selection Sunday.  Tons and tons of basketball. I love selection sunday because college basketball is the best sport.  Luckily, I went to KU and saw a National Championship and now I know what good basketball looks like.  There is also BAD basketball. Watching the SEC Tournament Championship game was like watching the WNBA championship.  (check this out WNBA 2K8)  It was awful.  Mississippi St. vs. Tennessee.  Both of these teams suck.  Tennessee especially is grossly overrated.  I'm glad Miss. St. won mostly because Tenn. does not deserve to win anything, ever.  What Tennessee calls offense, I call craptastic basketball.  It is simply unwatchable.  They never take good shots or even run any set plays.  Then, and this is the funny part, they miss a shot, get the rebound and immediately shoot again?!  I mean, this is pathetic basketball.  I honestly find myself laughing out loud. High percentage shots is what it's all about.  Bruce Pearl does not know this.  Watch these teams crash and burn in the early stages of the tournament.  I anticipate some haters pointing out KU's quick exit from the Big 12 tourney and I will reply with "we lost all 5 starters and Bill Self is the best coach ever".

Just above this version of basketball is the Big Ten.  Purdue vs. Ohio St.  They are almost as unwatchable as the SEC.  I've seen pickup games more entertaining than this garbage.  No one can score the basketball.  But if you ask an expert (not Dickie V), it's because the Big Ten plays such great defense.  HA.  The truth is, they pass the ball around until the shot clock runs out.  Then they have to shoot.  Any top team in the Big 10 (11, but don't get me started) would be destroyed by any good team in the ACC, Big East, and Big 12.  It's kind of like Big Ten football.  They all think they are the best but I can't seem to find one good team out of the bunch of losers.  THE Ohio State?  Lick. My. Nuts.  

Now all I can think of is how much I hate Jim Tressel.  This naturally leads me to how much I hate Pete Carroll.  I can picture them with their headsets on their stupid heads and it makes me want to punch them in the face.  Coaches should be like Mark Mangino.  HUGE.  And mad.  

Until the next Burn...