Every November a thought hits my head and it bugs the crap out of me and then after its done it slips into the abyss only to come back the following November. What is this little mosquito that keeps biting at my brain annually, why its Major League Baseballs Award system.
How long does it take for these chumps to tally votes? Why are we in mid November and still have no idea who will be voted the MVP in either league, and at this point is anybody truly not completely ingulfed in football to do anything but give a quick glance and nothing more at the columns which proclaim the winner for each award. Be honest if you're listening to your local sports radio talk show and a caller dials up and is upset that Ryan Zimmerman didn't win the Rookie of the Year, what are the chances you do one of the following A)Switch the Dial to the other Sports Talk Radio Show B) Toss on a CD C) Mutter under you breath who gives a crap.
To put into complete focus how long its been since these awards were a relevant sports topic of conversation, I wrote my MLB Awards on October 12th and it was barely relevant than as I was two weeks late on when it would have been a truly time appropriate article. Yet, the Powers that be will announce that Derek Jeter in fact took home the MVP Award while you are slicing up your Turkey during Thanksgiving.
Simple solution one week after the World Series ends, let it soak in if its worth soaking, start the awards and there is no reason to have days where you only find out that one person won the Cy Young, two awards a day and there you go its over and we can focus our complete attention on football without my baseball soul flicking at my ear telling me I should be interested in these damn awards.
With all that being said turn the radio dial as I am going into some...
MLB Award Quick Speak:
Joe Girardi, fired and Manager of the Year, just stupid. And now he's broadcasting on YES again. Pretty Damn Stupid.
NL Cy Young, should have gone to Johan Santana cause he deserved two awards while no one in the NL deserved squat. It's like when there's no one thats a good option for the NBA Hall of Fame and Derek Coleman gets elected. It shouldn't happen.
Jim Leiland can grab his trophy, but hopefully he doesn't smudge it with the dirt on his palm.
Ryan Zimmerman was the man, he got jobbed.
Jeter has a cologne I got a free sample in the mail, haven't dared to smell it yet. Why do athletes make cologne? Does it smell like MVP or just Gold Glove?
How long does it take for these chumps to tally votes? Why are we in mid November and still have no idea who will be voted the MVP in either league, and at this point is anybody truly not completely ingulfed in football to do anything but give a quick glance and nothing more at the columns which proclaim the winner for each award. Be honest if you're listening to your local sports radio talk show and a caller dials up and is upset that Ryan Zimmerman didn't win the Rookie of the Year, what are the chances you do one of the following A)Switch the Dial to the other Sports Talk Radio Show B) Toss on a CD C) Mutter under you breath who gives a crap.
To put into complete focus how long its been since these awards were a relevant sports topic of conversation, I wrote my MLB Awards on October 12th and it was barely relevant than as I was two weeks late on when it would have been a truly time appropriate article. Yet, the Powers that be will announce that Derek Jeter in fact took home the MVP Award while you are slicing up your Turkey during Thanksgiving.
Simple solution one week after the World Series ends, let it soak in if its worth soaking, start the awards and there is no reason to have days where you only find out that one person won the Cy Young, two awards a day and there you go its over and we can focus our complete attention on football without my baseball soul flicking at my ear telling me I should be interested in these damn awards.
With all that being said turn the radio dial as I am going into some...
MLB Award Quick Speak:
Joe Girardi, fired and Manager of the Year, just stupid. And now he's broadcasting on YES again. Pretty Damn Stupid.
NL Cy Young, should have gone to Johan Santana cause he deserved two awards while no one in the NL deserved squat. It's like when there's no one thats a good option for the NBA Hall of Fame and Derek Coleman gets elected. It shouldn't happen.
Jim Leiland can grab his trophy, but hopefully he doesn't smudge it with the dirt on his palm.
Ryan Zimmerman was the man, he got jobbed.
Jeter has a cologne I got a free sample in the mail, haven't dared to smell it yet. Why do athletes make cologne? Does it smell like MVP or just Gold Glove?
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