Time to.. "Keep it Real" and pass the torch..

Click on the following and REALLY read this from the Associated Press:

"...Two things MATTER most in professional sports: WINNING and PROFITS. SELIG has delivered both."

Boy...Now there's a statement that pretty-much sums it up.

You'll notice that there's no mention of the words "PROTECTING and PRESERVING the INTEGRITY of the GAME" in that emphatic statement...just "Winning" and "Profits"...OH yeah...and "..SELIG has delivered BOTH."

If that's not an indictment of Selig's character...nothing is....Fehr is right up there with him, as well...The only difference between 'em is: Most of us HOPED Selig had it (character)...We pretty much KNEW Fehr didn't.

If there ever was a time for us old farts to "let it go"...it's now...Unfortunately...It is what it is...and, to quote an old poet...

"..The times...they are-a-changin'..."

MLB...To the Dawgs...

...I think it's fair to say that a lot of us envy the lifestyle of MLB players...They get paid millions of dollars for playing a kid's game and, in effect, get to extend their childhood for a whole lot more years than the rest of us...Not only that, but they also have the money to purchase "toys" anytime they want, they don't have the stress of money problems as most of us do, they are revered, famous, admired and even thought of as heroes...All-in-all, relatively speaking,..They "got it made.."

Somewhere along the way, it becomes almost impossible for them not to believe and internalize that this "gift" is anything less than a "birthright" and that it's going to last forever...In a word, they are "spoiled."

Like any spoiled kid, they are going to do pretty much whatever they can to get their way...rules and life's regulations don't really apply to them...those are for "the rest of us..."...and we, the fan, rarely give them any reason to think otherwise..

I don't wish them any ill-will any more than I would anyone...They were dealt some pretty good cards and just like you and me..they are playin' 'em...

...Game On...

You get caught cheatin' in poker...friend...It ain't gonna work out to well forya....

...and you can go to another table...but you ain't sittin' at mine cuz when you dance...sooner or later...you got to pay the fiddler..

I'll even give you a tune...

....."Game Over"...

"Rubbed" the wrong way...

"...I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life..."

I guess...whenya think about it...that is soooooooooo Roger Clemens...Ya put that dude inna corner and he'll come out swingin'...You don't fuck with HIS world. I guess it helps to have a lotsa bucks (ill-gotten?) in yer bank account when you draw a line in the sand as he just did under these circumstances...

Sentiments against this dude were rising, especially after Pettite came..sorta clean and owned up to his use....That left the Rocket in a quandary and in effect put his ass against the wall faster than George Michael in a public crapper...

To an extent, I didn't expect him to come out with that strong a denial and that's because, for the life of me, I just can't see him being innocent of these allegations...I just can't see it...However, I CAN see him being found "Not guilty" and obviously, so can his Major-League lawyer, Rusty Hardin and neither Clemen's nor Hardin are...well....stupid.

Widdat outta da way...It's easy to see how this turns out...IF it comes down to it, a court of law would probably find him "Not Guilty" unless a preponderence of evidence proved otherwise..."Legally"...I understand that...I mean we all know it worked for OJ, or "The Juice", if you will (No way that's gettin' past da Stevo...)but, therein lies...the "Rub" (OMG!!...MAKE HIM STOP!!!)...Dark clouds follow these people for the rest of their lives and maybe that's the best punishment we can ask for..."Reputation" is ONE thing..."Character" is another...according to 93 yr-old John Wooden..."Character is the real measure of a man.."...Fuck 'em..and fuck Bud S and Donald F too..Fuck 'em all.

"Where have you gone..Nolan Ry-y-y-a-n?..Our nation turns it lonely eyes to you...."

Here's a li'l ditty forya...

...annndd...another...

...Own-up dude (Rocket)....it ain't gonna get no better forya..Usually, down here in Texas, whenya hire Rusty Hardin (above) or his mentor, Dick DeGuerin....It means 2 things.....

1) Ya got lotsa money...

2) Ya dunnit.

...You got BOTH goin' ferya....

UPDATE: 3:07 PM Tuesday



"..."I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life," Clemens said Tuesday in a statement issued through his agent, Randy Hendricks. "Those substances represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take..."



"I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that Senator Mitchell's report has raised many serious questions. I plan to publicly answer all of those questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way. I only ask that in the meantime people not
rush to judgement..."

R Clemens

Pretty frickin' strong....

"Kharma"....It'll getya...

Bond's and Clemen's are both assholes...That may have more to do with being "villified" than anything else...

I got no problem with someone bein' an "asshole"...Lots of 'em out there...BUT...If you're an asshole and you get caught "runnin' a bullshit game" on ME...dont expect for ME to run to your defense..

Some people NEED to be knocked off their perch.

Most people will defend and possibly forgive Pettite...cuz he's not an asshole...That doesn't necessarily make him "right"...It jus' makes him a lot less insufferable than an "asshole"..

Bond's and Clemen's don't have close to enough humility in their souls to make me come CLOSE to defending or forgiving them....

It's Kharma...dudes...and it's about time...