Alas! I return

So I don't have any good excuse for the fact that I haven't posted since the NBA Draft, other than general lack of being productive. Sorry to anyone who had actually been reading this regularly -- I'm going to try to get back into it now.

It's a good time of year for me, sports-wise. I'll have a lot to talk about pretty soon -- Premier League football started this weekend, with Arsenal playing this morning; the NHL will be starting up again soon enough, so I'll have the Islanders and (to a lesser extent) the Capitals to complain about; and the NBA season is also nigh, with the Pacers looking relatively watchable after this week's Big Trade. And I might talk about American football as well, if I get bored enough. I assume the Steelers are still operating, so there's something for me to mildly care about.

So if I can manage, there should be plenty of stuff for me to post about. I'll also talk about music, movies, TV and random crap like usual. So join me, once again, for a jubilant ride through the world of sports and my mind.

An executive decision

I've made one. I'm tired of hearing about the not-perfect game. I'm tired of thinking about it. I'm tired of talking about it. I was going to write an enormously long post about it for today, but it's just annoying and there's nothing to be said about it that hasn't already been said. So instead of copying the echo chamber, I've decided not to add to the cacophony.

So consider this my post on the not-perfect game: it's a crime that it happened. He should have made the call, and the umpires should have conferenced to make sure the call was right. When they didn't, Bud Selig should have invoked the "best interests in the game" clause and declared it a perfect game; there is no "dangerous precedent" to set because this has never happened before and likely never will again. It is cut-and-dried 100% certain proof that instant replay should be expanded in baseball - as my brother said, "It's tradition to have the 'human element,' but it was also tradition to use the Pony Express to deliver mail and we got rid of that nonsense."

I may post later on instant replay, and on the recent overall incompetence and jackassery of MLB's umpires. I feel pretty strongly on both, and I think I have something creative to say. But on the subject of Armando Galarraga's newfound fame, I think everything that needs to be said has already been said.

Indy 500

This is where I am today. Sorry.

Okay, sorry about this, but this is going to be short. I'm not going to be making any more posts until tonight at the latest, because I am going to the Indianapolis 500 today (as i believe I mentioned yesterday). I'll probably write about all of this tomorrow, along with the Lakers-Suns game that occurred last night, and other things.

Enjoy the race if you watch it, and if not, enjoy the rest of your Memorial Day weekend.