My first thing is about Sportscenter. Look, I'm a sports guy and I love the show, but we have to draw a line. I completely agree with Sportscenter going Live. I think it's great, this way when something big happens in the sports world, they are right there to give the news. My problem comes with how long it's on. I don't think you can basically run the same program (with minimal things changed in between the episodes) until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I think when a show is on, it's nice to watch it once, maybe twice, but when you want to watch something about sports I refuse to turn to Sportscenter because it's just the same thing. Instead of running the program for 8 hours a day, they should just put on Baseball Tonight, or show some ESPN Radio TV shows. I know that sounds weird but an example is Mike and Mike in the Morning, or The Herd with Colin Cowherd. I'm not saying to stop playing Sportscenter, but change it up every once in awhile.
The next thing I want to talk about is Real World. The next Real World has been announced and it takes place in Cancun, Mexico. This is an incredible place to hold the Real World. Having it in Mexico is setting everyone up for failure. The whole cast is going to be completely shwasted. When everyone is drunk for the whole time, there will be fights. Fights are equal to drama, and in reality TV, drama equals success. I will definitely be tuning in when this premieres.
People are upset at Lebron James for not giving an interview after the game 6 loss in Orlando, and also for not shaking hands after the game. Look, Lebron poured his heart and soul into all 6 games while getting nearly zero help from his teammates. Really, teammates? When you are on a team with LBJ, he asks only two things. He asks for the guards to knock down 3's, and he asks for Ilgauskas to hit that 18 foot jumper. Neither of these two things happened in the whole series. So, as LBJ, when you go score basically 40 points a night for 6 games, when he loses, you really expect him to shake hands and say congrats on beating me? Come on, people are mad because he left Mo Williams and Delonte West to do the post game interviews. Well, they are the ones that couldn't hit the shots and make the big plays, so why not let them deal with the media. I don't know, I just don't see the problem. When you are trying to win a championship and you get zero help from your team, you're going to be frustrated. He did what he did and we can't change that, so get off of him.
So Heidi and Spencer got married, any bets on when they get divorced?
OK, now to the serious parts of this post. When I wake up in the morning, it's about 7 or 7:30 ish. I turn to ESPN2 and watch/ listen to Mike and Mike in the Morning. I love the show. So, I've decided to start a campaign. My objective in this campaign is to get mentioned on the show. The way that I am hoping to do this is by giving my input on random questions. What I mean by this is, every time on the show they ask for input on the subjects they talk about from the listeners, I will be emailing in. Hopefully over the summer, I can sit in front of the TV from 6-10 a.m. with my laptop and every time they ask for input, I'm emailing in and hoping I get on TV. Call me stupid, but eventually, it will happen. That's my goal, so don't put me down.
I have a fascination with this guy named Bill Simmons. He runs a podcast about every other day, and sometimes daily. In his podcast, he talks about random things from reality TV, to sports. I think the reason why I like it is because it's basically my blog, in a podcast. I had no intentions of making it this way, but the more I listen to his podcast, the more it becomes evident, his podcast and my blog, are basically the exact thing. I mean, we talk about different things, but for the most part, they are equivalent. I actually am in the habit of listening to a podcast of his before I go to bed. You can listen to his podcast if you go to ESPN PodCenter, and look for "the BS report with Bill Simmons." I love them. I encourage you to listen to one if you like sports...but, the other day he had Mark Cuban on and this was a great podcast. I have never been a big fan of Mark Cuban, but this podcast changed my mind. Cuban talked about some options that are coming up with free agents and the economy and his business skills. If you didn't know, Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team, and he owns so many more things. He owns a show called HDNet, which shows concerts and once a month shows movies before they come out in theaters. I just enjoyed it, and it got me thinking about things that I can do in the sports world as I grow up. It also got me thinking about my blog. He basically said, when things are written, you have to look at the credibility of the source. Take a blog. If something is written on a blog, he looks at how many "followers" are on the blog. If there are a lot, and a lot of people are going to read it, then he will pay attention. I want to take this time to say I need more followers. If this blog is going to continue to be written I need to know that people are reading it.
I want to say thank-you to Kyla for becoming my second follower!
I am also setting up another campaign. This one has two separate parts that are not linked to each other, but they both have something to do with podcasts.
1) Plain and simple, I want to make it on the BS report. I know sounds crazy and this is kind of out there, but I think it would cool. So, Mr. Simmons, if you are reading this, think about it.
2) I am looking into how to create a podcast and I want to make at least one podcast and post it on this blog. This seems to be a bit more of a possibility of actually happening, so I am interested in doing it. I will keep you updated on this goal/campaign.
Feel free to let me know what you think about my 2/3 campaigns.
I do want to talk about the Reds really quick. The first-year player draft is coming up and the Reds NEED left handed pitching. Right now, the reds pitching rotation contains zero starters that are left-handed. There are only 4 teams in Major League Baseball that don't have a lefty in their starting rotation. The first team is the Kansas City Royals, and everyone knows how they have been in recent years. They also have Zach Greinke who is pitching like he should be a Yankee next season. The next team is the San Diego Padres, and they aren't too good this year. Not to mention they have Jake Peavy and he is beastly. The next is the St. Louis Cardinals, and they are good, but they have Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright who are two stellar pitchers. The last team is the Cincinnati Reds. Micah Owings gives a good outing once in every 4 games. Edinson Volquez is good, but he is battling injuries right now. Bronson Arroyo is consistently inconsistent, even though he has 7 wins. Johnny Cueto is good, plain and simple, but at times erratic. Then, there is Aaron Harang. I haven't decided on him this year. He clearly isn't as bad as last year, but he isn't as good as he was two years ago, which leads me to the conclusion that he is just mediocre and doesn't deserve to be the highest paid player on the Reds roster. Which leads me to my short letter that I am about to write to the Reds Management.
Dear Cincinnati Reds,
Please draft a young, but good, left-handed starting pitcher that can make some noise on his way to the majors. But, please make sure he isn't going to be a dud, like Homer Bailey is so far.
Sincerely,
Chris Patterson
My quote for this post is by William A. Ward-
"Adversity causes some men to break; other to break records."
