This Hot Fire

Well holy shitballs..  The 2009 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championships commenced March 21, 2009 and will conclude April 7.  Because of this, opening day for MENS baseball on April 5th is being pushed to ESPN2, so that women’s basketball can be televised on ESPN.

Before continuing further, I’d like to exclaim… “What the fuck?”

Since when did women’s sports at any point in their season, up to and including world championship games, supersede any men’s sports?

At ANY TIME Ill be watching the Bi-regional Minnesota curling opening day rather than a women’s championship of “insert sport here”.  This may sound blatantly sexist, and I’m not one to dodge accusations so yes.  Yes it is.  Its also the truth.  A pre-season football game beats the ratings, hell a draft day for football can beat a women’s championship game.  This all leads me to, what the hell ESPN, what in the HELL!?

Sure Ill still be able to watch the opening day of baseball, I’ve got a simple cable package that includes ESPN channels, and I don’t have to watch the women’s Final Four.  But that’s not the point, the point is how in gods name is women’s basketball superseding the MLB?  Did the steroids scandal devastate it that bad?  Did the Venezuelan sweat shops that raised Alex Rodriguez finally kill a kid from overexertion!?

What happened?  Someone tell me.  Please.



Baseball is closing in…. The 2009 MLB season will begin on Sunday, April 5, 2009 with a game involving the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillie’s hosting the Atlanta Braves.  What can a man say about the glorious game of baseball? Ill cover my opinion on the sport, the longevity of Americas pastime, Roid’s & controversy, and its rebirth in my life due to ONLINE GAMBLING.

My opinion of baseball changes often, swaying back and forth by the controversy of everyone and their mom using some form of the Roid’s.  Or a boring and worthless no hitter between the Expos and the Reds.  WHOOPTY DOO!!?

Yet there’s nothing like smuggling a 30 pack into a Dodgers-Giants game that goes into extra innings.  The smell of grass, the beautiful infield, the pros dedicated to putting on a show, or the die hard fans ready to slice your throat if you cheer for the wrong team.  There’s nothing like the fear of death and heavy intoxication to get you really pumped up.  Sure some players may be injecting the sweet testicle shriveling steroids into their asses but dammit baseball has survived a lot.  2 World Wars, economic collapses, gambling scandals, cheating scandals, steroids, strikes, Major League 3: Back to the Minors… Its been through a lot.  Yet we still watch, we forgive even the biggest lying douche bags and the sport itself for going on strike because of a salary cap.  This decadent sport honestly needs a good kick in the balls and some cleaning up, but I believe the hearings, regulations and the hard ass Bud Selig will help to reset some things.  Not everything, but enough to help.

Television fans of baseball has dwindled a significant amount in my lifetime, party because of the A.D.D. society we have raised, partly because of the repetitive nature of a 100+ year old sport, and also the thousands of television channels and vast internet that take up our time on the couch.  Yet I have made television baseball one of the most exciting things in a man’s life….

I’ve been wagering my hard earned money on it…

When you bet your rent money on a Red Sox win over the Yankees at -2 runs, every god damn piece of information becomes the most interesting thing youve ever heard.  Literally.  The weather, the field conditions, the crowd noise, injuries, wins or losses up to the game, whos pitching, momentum.  Those things don’t even involve the damn action of the game!! But your glued to everything the analysts say.  Granted, you cannot bet on purely what the announcers and analysts say.. or your fucked.  Yet after you’ve gathered information, and put the bet through the gauntlet of variables, you slap down a $500 bet.

Expect to hear about my wins and losses this baseball season, Ill be posting up pre-game wagers and my bank account total just so you can cheer me on, or get some kind of fucked up satisfaction in me losing.  Whatever dills your pickle.