"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
-Teddy Roosevelt
I don't really have much to say on this Tuesday afternoon. I am still very, I don't want to say shaken up; it's more of just kind of sad. I am very unhappy about the tragic death of Nick Adenhart. It's just not very fair. It sucks. We're talking about a guy who was the number 1 prospect in the Angel's organization. A guy who was gonna be a millionaire about 60 times over. A guy who was gonna get to live in L.A. during a great part of his life. He had it all right now, and he had years and years more of great in the future. I don't know what kinda guy he was. I am not gonna pretend I do. But the way his teammates have reacted, the way people in the organization expressed such sadness; he must have been a high character guy.
We have to do something about drunk driving. The guy that hit them was drunk, had a suspended license and two priors. Sounded like a stand up citizen. We are gonna have internet in our cars in probably 2010. There is absolutely no reason why we can't start hatching something to solve drunk driving. And there is no reason why cops can't devise a way to stop this from happening. It makes no frickkin sense.
I don't have time to really get into this. It really puts a lot of things into perspective. I am really trying to be my best self at every moment of everyday. I wanna do great today, in every situation I find myself in. No regrets.
My favorite player in the big leagues, Nick Swisher, has become the King of New York within a week into the season. He has that clubhouse loose. He is scorching the cover off the ball. He has instantly become the most charismatic guy on that team. And I love that. That dude is so good. And the presence that he has is phenomenal. For all of you who have not read Moneyball, you are complete idiots and should order it online after you X out of this post. It's a great read. I read it the summer going into my freshman year at college, and pretty much went cover to cover in 5 days. I read it last summer again. Michael Lewis is a great writer. This is noteworthy because I was way ahead of this, and made the call that Swisher is gonna be a huge presence on this team. I thought he was a New York kinda guy, and he was gonna do wonders for that team and clubhouse. So far I am right on it. We'll see if he can keep this going.
I think I am gonna do a NBA playoff preview this week and next. I am gonna try my best to do a good job and give my fans the data and insight about the NBA that only I can really provide. Here's a couple quick hits:
-I really like the Bulls.
-I don't know where I am at with the Magic as of now. My gut says they're a joke, and a team like the Bulls is gonna beat them in the first round.
-Do the Nuggets have too many ass holes (Birdman, JR Smith), who can crush the flow and postivity of a locker room in a single action, or are they a contender?
-Can the Blazers get outta Round 1?
-Can the Blazers push the Lakers?
-Can Starbury give Boston anything?
There are a lot of topics to dissect. But they almost don't really need to be. At the end of the day, there's 3 contenders: LA, Boston and Cleveland.
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