Monday, January 3, 2005
Notes To Start The New Year
• The Anaheim Angels apparently have a new name. It's the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. And all I can say here is, are you kidding me?
• Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks of Seattle, upon not getting one more rushing play to try to tie Curtis Martin for the NFL rushing title, actually said, "This is the first time I've ever been back-stabbed in my life."
Yo, Shaun: Shut the fuck up.
The Seahawks' victory was not a sure thing. The defense gave up a touchdown as time ran out, and the outcome was in doubt until Warrick Dunn was stopped on his two-point try. You play for the Seahawks, man. Hardly any wins are sure things for you guys these days.
Yo, Shaun: Shut the fuck up.
I'm sick and tired of people like you emphasizing personal records instead of team goals. You won the game, you got home-field in the wild-card round, and that's what you should be thinking about, you selfish punk.
• I am also sick and tired of announcers and analysts using the absolutely meaningless phrase "They backed into the playoffs" to describe teams that make it to the postseason despite having lost their last game or getting in because some other team lost. It implies that they didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. If they had won the very last game of the regular season, you'd be saying they fought hard to get in and they got in. There is no such thing as "backing into the playoffs." The order in which they get their wins and losses is irrelevant when determing who qualifies for the playoffs. A team that starts 0-6 and finishes 10-6 is no more or less deserving of a playoff spot than a team that goes 10-0 to start and loses its last six games. Let's retire the phrase "backed into the playoffs" for once and for all time.
• Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks of Seattle, upon not getting one more rushing play to try to tie Curtis Martin for the NFL rushing title, actually said, "This is the first time I've ever been back-stabbed in my life."
Yo, Shaun: Shut the fuck up.
"We were going to win, anyway," Alexander said. "We were on the freakin' goal line, and I got stabbed in the back."Yo, Shaun: Shut the fuck up.
The Seahawks' victory was not a sure thing. The defense gave up a touchdown as time ran out, and the outcome was in doubt until Warrick Dunn was stopped on his two-point try. You play for the Seahawks, man. Hardly any wins are sure things for you guys these days.
Yo, Shaun: Shut the fuck up.
I'm sick and tired of people like you emphasizing personal records instead of team goals. You won the game, you got home-field in the wild-card round, and that's what you should be thinking about, you selfish punk.
• I am also sick and tired of announcers and analysts using the absolutely meaningless phrase "They backed into the playoffs" to describe teams that make it to the postseason despite having lost their last game or getting in because some other team lost. It implies that they didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. If they had won the very last game of the regular season, you'd be saying they fought hard to get in and they got in. There is no such thing as "backing into the playoffs." The order in which they get their wins and losses is irrelevant when determing who qualifies for the playoffs. A team that starts 0-6 and finishes 10-6 is no more or less deserving of a playoff spot than a team that goes 10-0 to start and loses its last six games. Let's retire the phrase "backed into the playoffs" for once and for all time.
