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Past sports article for the week of 11/9/07

RPNN SPORTS DOUBLE FEATURE!!!!

That's right, this week you get twice the pun in athletics!

Good quote, huh? Kinda states the obvious though. I mean wow, what the heck are we all thinkin here? So we failed to win the game… But hey, we did our best. We did our best to lose the game? Huh? I’m eternally satisfied with mediocrity, aren’t you?

Oh and here’s another one that just makes me laugh. It’s a bit on the corny edge of the schtick… “Special Olympics Motto: Quotes about Winning: Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” This is a very uplifting quote if you don’t know what competition is all about. Makes it sound like we’re knights of old getting ready to go out and slay the dragon or something.

And this has to be one of the most motivating pieces I’ve found. “Jack Kemp: There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.”

Tells us all that no matter how many times they say “Hi mom” into the camera lens, so long as they’re doing their best, they have won a victory. Now, of course, you get those few that like to spew obscenities at the camera when they’ve won. Or those that like to do their goofy little victory dance while singing “la cucharacha” or perhaps the Macarena. I don’t remember what team the guy was on, but I once heard this guy say, “I’d like to thank Papa Smurf” in the end zone after a touch down. It had to have been twenty years ago now, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

Though the one that keeps coming back, maybe it’s just a staple in the victory credo, but “hi mom” is always there. Proving that given all the Pile High and Deeper’s that are out there. We still say the most mundane things.

Rodriguez himself wants to go to the Red Sox (no surprise, since they just won a World Series), but I don't think they need the kind of bad Juju A-Rod brings to the table. I mean, look at the state he left the teams he was on. Mariners suck. Rangers haven't been to the postseason since they signed him. Yankees have gotten their heads handed to them in the opening round of the playoffs and don't seem to be in any sort of threat to win championships, no matter how much money is thrown around. Not only that, but if I was part of the Boston management, I'd still be pissed off at how our second World Series title was pre-empted by some jackass ruining everything. The Mets supposedly want to lure him away. It makes sense, they collapsed in a way that almost had me feeling sorry for them if I wasn't laughing so hard at the time, they spend almost as much money as the Sox and the Yankees, and are desperate to get out of their shadow by, surprise surprise, snagging away their biggest star. Most interesting of all, the Cubs seem to be in the mix as well, despite their looming sale and the fact that no matter how good Rodriguez may be, or how much revenue they'd get through ticket sales and jerseys, the sheer liability of such a behemoth contract can't look too good when trying to deal the entire team.

In the end, my money would be on the Dodgers. They've seen to have done the most to steal away Yankees, so why not snag their best player? Longshot candidate would be the Tigers, I think. Even though they've said they're not interested and are happy with their current infield now that they've picked up Renteria from the Braves, they've got a slew of Boras clients already-- and if no one is stupid enough to bite with that minimum $350 million contract Boras is asking for-- they just might be able to get together and hammer out a short-term contract that'll leave both sides happy.