Shag On Sports: Chaos Part3

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LIV

Although I post many things on Twitter rooted in some level of sarcasm, this is not one of those. Greg Norman is a destructive person (explore his background and you will find out allot of crazy stuff). There is a difference in arrogance, narcissism and confidence and he is 100% the first two. His goal is to destroy the PGA Tour and he has partners, the scary MFs as Righty (Phil is not left-handed so time to stop calling him lefty) stated.

Righty, Westwood, Poulter, McDowell, Casey and a host of others are over their golf prime, and you cannot blame them for taking that kind of money to jump to LIV. These are not guys I care to watch compete unless they are on the Champions Tour, which to me is now the “fun” tour. The sad part is, and why I do not have any respect for them, is they now choose to bash the PGA Tour and DP World Tour and without those tours we probably have never heard of any of these guys. A Lee Westwood and Rory fight in the parking lot is something I would however pay to see. Honestly line any of them up for Rory, the Irish are tough dudes.

Sad thing is the Saudi’s have unlimited money and profit or charity is not something they even care about. On its current path, unless something is worked out, the PGA Tour is likely to move down a notch because the Saudi’s are paying people for who they are, not what they accomplish. To me this is much like why the MLB is struggling to attract the fans it once had when it was America’s game, which it no longer is at this point.

I am a capitalist and I believe everyone has the right to go make as much money as they can or need. Not sure that the Saudi’s is a group I would want to be involved with at any level but $$$ will often overshadow morality, something I have seen too often in my lifetime.

Sarcasm alert, or is it….. Guys like DJ, Rahm and Pat Perez also need a lot of money to keep up their wives’ appearances and those expenses will get greater and greater over time. Fast forward 25 years and they will look like the Coach After Eddies wife looks now, unrecognizable as a human (Perez’s wife already in that category).

Also good if you are a fan of LIV and want to see golf go in this direction.

Ones

Plays of the Week (maybe they did not happen this week but first time I saw them):

https://x.com/KNBR/status/1734033580450521138?s=20

https://x.com/PitchingNinja/status/1611750155891675138?s=20

From @FunBaseball Facts - The T-13 hand grenade used in World War II was designed with similar dimensions to a baseball. Developers thought servicemen were familiar with baseball and could throw it with distance and accuracy. It was nicknamed Beano, a reference to a beanball #mlb #baseball #pearlharborday

Yankees receive: OF Juan Soto, OF Trent Grisham Padres receive: RHP Michael King, RHP Jhony Brito, RHP prospect Drew Thorpe (No. 99 in MLB), RHP prospect Randy Vásquez (No. 13 on Yankees), catcher Kyle Higashioka – My only thought is Soto for real? Soto had some solid time with the Nats but in San Diego he sort of flopped. The Yankees line-up could be a tough one if he shows up.

Lost in the chaos is how good the Ducks vs Washington and Bama vs UGA were played. Both games were great to watch. The Bama Game was such a chess match especially the sequences at the end of the half and end of the game related to clock and time-outs. Two great coaches there! No disrespect to UW or Ducks, your guys are solid also. The Milroe story is one that kids should aspire to and hats off to his parents for raising such a fine young man.

In stating my points that I felt related to the CFB I got this response from someone on Twitter, “Also since 2019 2/3 of the playoff games have been blowouts and only one national championship game has been worth watching. So the Committees think tank is failing. So instead of blaming teams for not being good fix your 💩 ass system. Maybe you should go get an education. Cause you can’t comprehend anything. Then again you can’t teach common sense.” – Wow! I believe that had Michigan played FSU they would have blown them off the field as will UGA in the Orange Bowl.

FSU looking like they may be headed to the B10, hope that works out for them.

From the Internet: “Brady Quinn, in a debate with Kanell, brought up a similar scenario in 1993 (that FSU was in at that time), but that’s not something Kanell wanted to hear. He argued that the Seminoles haven’t been paying attention to the history of the Playoff and college football, listing off Kanell’s 1993 Florida State national championship team. The Seminoles jumped an undefeated West Virginia team in the polls and beat Nebraska in the national championship” – That is some Karma right there! Look it is simple the committee seeded the teams, #1’s get in #2’s still get a good bowl game. It is that simple! The biggest slight to me is still UGA not FSU.

From the internet: “In Tallahassee, Joe Tessitore of ESPN, who called the ACC Championship, was the keynote speaker at the Tallahassee Quarterback Club in a previously scheduled event. For the Florida State fans who bought into some kind of ESPN conspiracy, Tessitore was red meat. One person asked, “Do you think it’s appropriate to use a players’ injury just to accomplish a predetermined goal that included the SEC champions into the playoff?” Tessitore replied, “Come on man. A predetermined goal? I don’t know what to tell you. The process is the process. I get a paycheck from ESPN. I work for my wife and two kids. That’s who I work for.” – Nice retort Joe. Did someone at the top of ESPN make the four picks? No they did not! Did they have any influence in the room that Sunday? Only the people in the room can answer that question.

Still listening to the Album Some Girls quite often lately. Interesting to read the history behind this album. Woods first official album with the band and the song “Some Girls” reached number one in the US which I did not know. I was 14 when I first heard it upstairs at Mad Dog Shelton’s house on 8^th Street in my hometown. Sure sounds different now!

Some Girls - Wikipedia