Misc. Rant

I don't really have any one subject I possess a dying urge to discuss, but since I am currently playing the role of secretary extrodinare for Georgia State Athletics, while our lovely secretary Beverly is in a meeting, I figured, "Why not rant?"

Let's start jumping subjects ...

Last night Mr. Barry Bonds crushed his 713th home nearly into the upper deck in Philadelphia. After reading "Game of Shadows," I have no respect for Bonds and could care less about his "heroic" home-run feats - the book completly nails his backside to the wall leaving me with no doubt he is a steriod using, lying cheater. The best moment of the game came when the entire front row in left field lifted a banner made of four bed sheets reading, "Ruth did it on hot dogs and beer."

The Braves seemingly popped out of their slump by shellacking the Mets 13-3 at Shea, but I'm not convinced we're through the worst. The Braves have no bullpen and I cannot understand why they didn't go after any relievers this offseason. They could have resigned Kyle Farnesworth, kept Kolb (who is still better than Chris Reitsma) or chased after a number of quality free-agent relievers - including, but not limited to Tom Gordon and Billy Wagner! Now, with Andruw Jones injured and no late-inning pitching, the next month could be rough for the Braves unless they trade for help.

The NBA and NHL Playoffs are in progress. I haven't watched one NHL game (my NHL television allotment for the year is only 100 minutes considering how terrible the game translates to the small screen, and all 100 are reserved for the Stanley Cup Finals) and have seen equal parts good and horrendous NBA playoff action. For every Lebron James or Kobe Bryant game-winning shot I've seen, I've witnessed a JV-like game with scores like 120 to 75. (And by the way, for my finals pick I'm going out on a limb ... a big sturdy one and taking the Spurs and Pistons).

Georgia State, as a whole, has been quite succesful in the Colonial Athletic Association in their first year. We know basketball had their stuggles year one, but some of our other teams are doing great. First, both the men's and women's Panther cross country teams finished third in the CAA Championship meet. Then, both men's and women's golf won their respective CAA Championships by over 20 strokes. Now, softball just clinched the CAA regular-season title and baseball still has a fighting chance to make the CAA tourny.

Well, I believe the quick rant is over as the staff meeting has come to a conlusion. More to follow soon, hopefully on the Hawks and the NBA draft.