Monday, February 9, 2009
A-Rod, one more in the steroids MLB black list

 

Apparently George Brett couldn’t believe his ears when he heard Alex Rodriguez saying that he had taken steroids early in his career when he was playing for the Texas Rangers. “Is it really true?” Brett said when interviewed by a local Kansas City radio station on Tuesday.

The hall-of-famer said that he was most concerned about the news because he always considered himself a good friend of A-Rod, and to know such thing after so long is something he’s still assimilating.

Brett, who played for the Royals during his tenure at the MLB, said that he considered absurd to put in jeopardy one’s health for the sake of competing with others.

I totally agree with Brett, and actually, if you got to see the interview that ESPN broadcasted where A-Rod tells the whole story, you can note that he not only lied about taking steroids, you will also see Alex Rodriguez saying that he was doing it because he was under a lot of pressure back on 03’, but, can a person who just signed a $250 million dollar contract which is guaranteed, be worried about anything at all? I’ll leave the answer to you.

It is clear that baseball has suffered a lot in what it concerns to credibility since the whole steroids scandal began. With names like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and now Alex Rodriguez endorsing the pages of the Mitchell report, the officials at the MLB must try to revitalize such credibility with more control over illegal substances.

The bad thing for A-Rod and the other mentioned players is that they are probably not going to join George Brett at the hall of fame in despite of a more-than-impressive sporting curriculum, and all of that just because of baseball steroids use.

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Friday, February 6, 2009
No more H.O.R.S.E now we play G.E.I.C.O

 

Recently, the NBA announced that they will be adding a game of Horse to its NBA All-Star weekend and fans welcomed the idea excited. However in an interesting marketing like twist the very common and liked game of Horse will be sponsored by a well known insurance company named Geico and because of this the traditional game will be G.E.I.C.O this is how one of the most cherished basketball traditions is sold out.

The NBA holds an amazing load of fans, maybe not as sensitive as baseball fans but some traditions in the NBA shouldn’t become a product with a price and be auctioned so easily…what if the sponsored company didn’t have such a short name? I don’t want to think what kind of game we will be watching at the NBA All-Star weekend.

Although the roots of the Horse game are inspired in one of the best basketball-related commercial of all time, it lost that marketing appeal years ago and became a drive way game to play with the family and friends. Has the NBA sold out one of America’s fond memories and Geico sponsoring the NBA All star weekend will change the face of classic, in my heart I hope that it doesn’t catch.

And probably I am making a big deal out something small, but I have to say that the NBA should pay more respect to the game that it stands for, the tradition and the love people have for the National Basketball Association, the basketball game itself and everything it means to NBA fans all over the US.
In the words of a very wise book and movie character that has also become an American Classic:

“…and that’s all I have to say about that….” – Forrest Gump

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Kobe, not Jordan, but certainly the best out there

 

I’m pretty sure Kobe Bryant or any other player out there is never going to play as Michael Jordan did. Maybe players like Kobe can manage to achieve and even pass some of Michael’s records, but the truth is that nobody has the magic and the fantasy Michael had.

But the truth is that Kobe is the best out there, just like when Michael played on the NBA, he was also the best out there.

Right now Kobe Bryant is dealing with the responsibility of leading the Lakers to the 08/09 finals, and is finally understanding that in order to achieve championship rings, team cooperation is necessary.

Jordan was always a team player while he played at the NBA, and now Kobe Bryant is even more similar to Michael on that sense too.

Kobe knows that Shaq is not around anymore, and he wants to show that he’s the right man to lead Los Angeles Lakers to one more NBA title.

I think there is a big legion of Kobe Bryant haters out there, and they have enough reasons to despise the old attitude’s of Bryant, but it is important to know that every player deserves a second chance, and I’m sure that Kobe is asking basketball fans his by the way he’s acting lately… just like Michael Jordan, the best in the court, and a team player at the same time.

Kobe Bryant might have a unique rival in what it comes to currently being #1 at the NBA, and that is Lebron James, the smart and ambitious player from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sure, James was second last year in the voting for MVP, but the fact that Kobe Bryant got it instead of him, and also because it was the first time Kobe got the MVP on the time he had played for the NBA, makes him undeniably the best.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Eli or Peyton, who’s the best?

 

It seems like the Manning brothers went to the NFL off-season in equal conditions, none could lead its respective team to the super bowl and now it is time for both to get ready for the coming NFL season in order to see, once and for all, which one of the brothers is the best quarterback of the clan.

At one time, Peyton Manning was the ruler over Eli Manning, as the latest was starting his career at the NFL and therefore didn’t had the experience of his brother. As a consequence, the youngest of the Mannings started to be seeing as the shadow of his big brother, both in experience and talent.

But wait, young Eli awakened from a bad dream and started to perform better and better, until it was certain for all of the sporting community that Eli Manning was a different and better player. His talent had improved so much that he leaded the hopeless Giants to the final game of the NFL and, along with the help of his team mates (whom played better than ever inspired by the sudden awakening of their quarterback), won a Super Bowl championship ring.

When Eli Manning obtained such ring at the 07/08 season by defeating the favored Patriots, he started to be seeing as an equal to Peyton Manning (who also obtained a championship ring after achieving a Super Bowl victory playing for the Colts).

Both are Super Bowl champs, and in despite of the age difference, both share the same god-given talent to play football, and that is why that for the 08/09 NFL season, critics were expecting to see a real battle between the brothers in order conquer a second super bowl championship, but, as we all know, that didn’t happened, and it will be until next NFL season that we’ll be able to see if they are still in the search for being the #1 Manning on the clan.

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