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The last two weeks have been one bad day after another. Then, add in my sports teams and the L’s pile up. (Mom, that’s what the kids these days call losses.) Finally, Coastal Carolina University broke my team losing streak and beat Tory last night! Coastal got their first L of the season last week in the what I would describe as the black hole also known as Boone, NC. You’re hidden in a valley of a mountain where it is damp, cold, and surrounded by stoners. You have no cell phone service within a 20-mile radius. Maybe the dreariness of Boone, NC has changed, but that’s how I remember it. I guess it’s a compliment when you lose and the home team storms the field.
The Washington Football Team, well, I’ll just save all my thoughts for the annual Twas the Night Before Christmas post. But, man, if there were only three quarters in the NFL, we’d be in the win column. Speaking of only three quarters in football, the University of Tennessee played a heck of game last week in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, well, until the 4th quarter. The positive is that the UT head coach gave us the best GIF of all time.
We have a GIF pic.twitter.com/w7KL1cvGJq
— Last Nut Standing (@lastnutstanding) October 24, 2021
But the biggest upset in my loss column goes to MLB. I’m not complaining about the National League Championship; the Atlanta Braves beat us. I’m pissed that the Houston Cheaters get to represent the American League in the World Series.
Bregman, Altuve, and Correal, WOOF! And I know Dusty Baker wasn’t there for all the sign stealing and I know he was once a Dodger, but I don’t trust anyone who puts an entire toothpick in their mouth and chews on it like a piece of Big-League chew. MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, failed to protect the integrity of the game. He failed in every way possible by giving a big middle finger to every other player, team and fan of MLB by giving the Cheaters a light tap on the wrist. The whole entire organization was in on cheating; it’s beyond forgivable. The HOF better ban all them, ALL OF THEM. Remember when the Braves were supposed to host the All-Star Game in Atlanta, but Manfred moved it to Denver? Now the Braves are hosting a World Series. HA, Karma.
I know, I’m not over the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers are not going to back-to-back World Series. They won 106 games in the regular season while playing in the best division in baseball. They had to play their biggest rival, the San Francisco Giants, who had the best record in MLB with 107 regular season wins in the NLDS after surviving the red-hot Saint Louis Cardinals in a Wild-Card game. The rest of baseball wanted to see the Dodgers fail because they are not cheap when it comes to spending money on talent. But money can’t buy your health. This team never had a healthy roster all season. They used more minor leaguers than they ever have. (I didn’t fact check that, but pretty sure it’s correct.) I could really use an Albert Pujols hug.
https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-injuries-and-roster-moves
It’s pretty clear that most MLB fans would say anyone but Houston. I appreciate that I can root for Joc Pederson to be the first player to win back-to-back World Series on different teams. Pearls and all, you want Papa Joc on your team and JocTober in your lineup. He was a great player in LA and Dodger fans will always love him. In the words of Callie Kershaw, LETS GO JOC!
https://twitter.com/bigbluebrewcrue/status/1148412688181157888?s=21
As much I didn’t want to admit it, how can you not love Freddie Freeman? Who wouldn’t want to be his son, Charlie? Charlie lives the life most of us could never dream of and he’s only 5 years old. And how can you not love the picture of Charlie and Freddie watching the Home Run Derby? The love of baseball runs in the Freeman blood. Throw in the third base coach, Ron Washington, and Atlanta gives you another reason to cheer #ForTheA. Braves, we are all rooting for you to beat those Cheaters for us!
#BattleATL