REALLY – Lance Armstrong is returning to competitive cycling in an attempt to win the 2009 Tour de France. The 37 year old Armstrong will be joining Astana, and he hopes to raise cancer awareness across the world. The absolute only way this is a good thing for Armstrong is if he wins the Tour de France, REALLY. If Armstrong does not win the Tour de France, the overly aggressive and insane French press will be all over Armstrong writing stories about how he can’t win when the sport is clean. Even though National Geographic’s Stefan Lovgren wrote an great article explaining some of the science behind Lance Armstrong, the French will always be on a witch-hunt. A win in 2009, at the age of 37, with daily drug tests and results posted on the internet, is the only way this turns out a wonderful story for Armstrong, REALLY!
SERIOUSLY – Major League Baseball is nervous – truly nervous, SERIOUSLY! Why? While a Boston Red Sox/Chicago Cubs or a LA Angels vs LA Dodgers World Series would be huge for MLB, a Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies World Series would be horrible for television ratings. With the riveting first round match-ups like Brewers/Phillies and Rays/White Sox, baseball fans are thirsting for a big team. No Mets and no Yankees in the playoffs means a lot of the Northeast is moving on to the Giants, Jets, Knicks, Rangers. While a lot of people root for the underdog and MLB talks about trying to level the playing field (the draft slotting system push the past two years as one example), MLB always roots for the big market and worldwide most popular teams to go through the playoffs because of the cash money, SERIOUSLY!
C’MON - Angels, big game tonight – it’s a must win. I don’t think I can handle the Red Sox winning another game.
