I'll be honest, this probably won't be a doozy (whatever the fuck a "doozy" is). In short, I'm somewhat sick of typing/speaking about sports with friends only to have them say "Hey, you should be a sports journalist or something" before they pass out in a drunken stupor. Lets make this clear: I do NOT want to take on sports journalism as a career. I've seen what it has done to many men before me and I refuse to become an unmoving/ignorant shell of what was once a semi-intelligent human being (ex. Mike Lupica). Not to say this is the truth for all sports journalists (ex: Jason Whitlock). Add to the fact I often get lazy with writing after a while and it makes for unemployment after two and a half articles. I'd rather not get into my favorite team or much personal info in this blog, since I'm a fan of baseball I do my best to be as objective as possible. Despite my best intentions it's probably an inevitability.
Since this is the first post, I will try to make it somewhat juicy (mmmm....juice): the Detroit Tigers WILL NOT make it back to the World Series. I'm not a big fan of guarantees (especially since they're "guaranteed" to bite you on the ass), but I say this with the confidence of a man who hasn't been laid in a really long time. If you look at the Tigers in the 2006 playoffs and the White Sox in 2005's, you'll notice a similar trend: otherworldly pitching. In 2005 the Chicago staff was putting up 8-9 innings in that postseason and pitching out of their damn minds. It was downright disgusting. The only problem with 2006 was that the Detroit staff peaked early in the postseason and somewhat fizzled by the time the WS rolled around (meanwhile they had Jeff Weaver shutting them down offensively...JEFF FUCKING WEAVER). Hey, it happens. Most of these guys were pitching way more innings than they were normally accustomed to (Justin Verlander threw 77 2/3 more innings than his minor league high, Jeremy Bonderman went beyond his career high by 45, and Nate Robertson threw about 28 1/3 more). Improvement has been made to the team with the addition of Gary Sheffield and his great offensive talents. Unfortunately, they'll learn just as the Yankees did that a high scoring offense does not win the World Series: great pitching does. Watch theirs come back down to earth and become merely good, not great.
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Have you considered a career in porn journalism, you really have a talent for the written word...
After my career as a porn star failed, I became disgusted with the whole industry. I still "admire" it from afar, though...
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