Talking Points
What’s the buzz from the world of sports? Here are some items that will have people talking:
1
It’s too bad the national media are still obsessed with the Red Sox. (Or, if it were any other day, the Yankees.)
The Rangers became the first American League team since the 2001 Yankees to reach the World Series in consecutive seasons. The Cardinals had to rally from 10 or so games back just to make the playoffs and they have now made the World Series.
So on Monday, the big baseball news is that some Red Sox pitchers drank beer in the clubhouse … during games! Oh no! Of course, these were starting pitchers who were not playing that day. Yet, for some reason, this is a big deal.
We see no reason why it is newsworthy, or even wrong, for players to have a beer or two off camera in the clubhouse when those players were not going to play anyway. It would be different if they were in the dugout, cracking out a half-rack, doing beer bongs in front of the cameras. Actually, that would have been fun to watch.
2
Anyone really surprised that Jim Harbaugh acted a bit childish after his 49ers beat the Lions?
This is the same coach, who, while at Stanford, went for two when his team was crushing Southern California. The final score was 55-21.
So now Harbaugh is still coaching the same way, with the same attitude. He doesn’t care what other coaches, what other teams think of him. As long as his team responds to him. You know what? The 49ers probably loved what Harbaugh did on Sunday to the Detroit Lions.
Remember, the Lions coach, Jim Schwartz, mocked Harbaugh earlier in the game. So when it was over, when the 49ers won, yeah, Harbaugh rubbed it in a bit.
He said he would not apologize.
He shouldn’t have to, anyway.
But what will happen is there will be days when Harbaugh loses, maybe weeks when his team struggles. And when opponents start rubbing it in to Harbaugh, he will only have himself to blame.
3
Food for thought regarding the NBA lockout.
Big NBA fan Bill Simmons of grantland.com pointed out last week how ridiculous it was for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Kobe Bryant to be major players at a recent negotiation session.
Those three players have a combined three years of college, and they’re negotiating with David Stern and a host of other lawyers?
Whoops.
Yeah, we’d say the owners are winning this battle right now.
If the non-stars, the guys who cannot afford to lose a season, are listening only to the superstars, the non-stars are getting bad advice.
