The Blue Workhorse

Imagine if our future president does his job well. What if by 2010 he eliminated poverty, the economy boomed, and every nation in the world decided to be nice…and because of all that, the President was impeached. Told he could no longer be the President because he did his job too well.

If that ever happened, President McCain or Obama could find solace in calling up Jericho Scott, who would then be 11 years old.

Scott, after all, is facing the same dilemma right now. No, Scott is not the President, but the 9-year-old has been removed from his “job” because he does it too well.

“Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player — too good, it turns out.” (AP - John Cristoffersen)

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I’m not much on gymnastics, but I was able to catch some of the women’s competition from Beijing. It was apparent the Chinese and the American teams were the class of the female field. On the day of the competition, the Chinese women performed best and were the deserving recipients of the team All-Around gold.

A few days after the completion of the meet, rumors began spreading about the ages of some of the Chinese gymnasts, claiming some may be too young to be eligible to compete in the Olympics. This concept made absolutely no sense to me, because I always believed the Olympics are designed to determine who the best athletes in the World are. If a 14-year-old girl can put together a better floor routine than anyone else in the world, she deserves to be the gold medalist.

I will never be convinced that putting a 14-year-old athlete in an event open to the best athletes of any age in the world is giving someone an unfair advantage.

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For a professional women’s softball player to become nationally known, the typical criteria is:

A. Be a dominant pitcher
OR
B. Be attractive

It really helps if both of the criteria can be met (ala Jennie Finch or Cat Osterman). However, one player is breaking the mold.

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Becky Hammon, have you no shame?

It is bad enough one communist regime, China, was graced with the ability to host the 2008 Olympics.

Now, in another direct slap in the face to democracy around the globe, a citizen of the nation that shines as a beacon of freedom and liberty to that world is playing for a country that strives to take away the freedoms of their own peoples and the peoples of neighboring nations.

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In sports, there is occasionally a feel good story about the person that just finishes the race, but more traditionally…sports are about winning. Athletes are bred to want to win…and now you should want to win as well:

Our good friend, Kellex, over at The Sports Dollar is holding The Contest of Sports Sexiness where you can win a ton of prizes. (Unfortunately, Natalie Gulbis is not one of them.)

This is such a great contest that even we had to get in on it by sponsoring a prize. Here’s the list of participating blogs and all the prizes you can win:

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Hopefully, you’ve now decided upon a destination after reading Part 1 of the “Planning Your Sports Vacation” series. The next step: Who do you go with?

Do you go alone? With family? Associates? Buddies?

This seems so simple, yet it can be so difficult. Trust me I know!

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The first step in planning your own sports vacation trip is deciding to go, but then after that you’ve got to try to figure out where you would like to go.

Washington D.C.? Chicago? Boston? Dallas? New York? Detroit? Los Angeles? There are several historic sports cities you could potentially choose.

Our goal through the usage of this 6 part “Planning Your Sports Vacation” series is to help you get the most out of your sports vacation!!

And choosing the right destination is the first step. While this may seem like the easiest choice in your trip planning, there are actually several things to consider.

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Have you ever wanted to go see your favorite sports team play on the road? How about wanted to make a trip to a historical sports monument or even to the Hall of Fame of your choice?

If you’ve ever entertained the thought of doing any of these or considered any other trip for the purpose of being entertained by sports, we’ve got a great series of posts that will hopefully help eliminate some of the stress that comes with planning the trip and let you actually get to the fun of the trip.

We will begin our 6 part “Planning Your Sports Vacation” series tomorrow with The Destination.

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