I Want the Ravens To Lose

At this point in time I really have no real rooting interest in the NFL. I don't care who wins the Superbowl. All I care about is that the Ravens lose. Here are some reasons why.

1. The Ravens deserved not to win on Saturday. I don't care what you tell me about they made plays to turn the ball over and the Titans didn't. I'm not buying that. If Alge Crumpler decides not to attempt a meaningless dive the Titans win. If Kerry Collins decides not to throw the ball off the back of his feet stupidly, the Titans win. If the refs correctly call a delay of game, the Titans win. If the center actually snapped the ball when Collins was ready the Titans win the game. The Titans completely out played the Ravens (391 to 211 total yards) and every single bounce of the ball went the Ravens way.

2. With that being said I'm sick of the announcers stroking the Ravens defense. The Titans moved the ball up and down the field even after Chris Johnson, who was torching Baltimore, was injured. The Titans don't even have a good offense.

3. I'm really really really sick of the stroking of Joe Flacco. They kept on complementing him for the touchdown pass to Derrick Mason. The man was wide open, wide wide wide open. If you're an NFL QB and can't make that throw then you suck. His second big throw to Clayton was a ball thrown into blanketed double coverage which should have been at the very least batted down, but instead the cornerback fell down and the safety decided to attempt to make a basket catch instead of actually meet the ball in the air or put his helmet under Clayton's chin. Passes like that are rarely completed and usually intercepted. In two playoff games he's completed 20 passes, can we stop calling him the second coming.

4. Did Ray Lewis praise Jesus while he was involved in the Bar Fight in 2000?

Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

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