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The Giants Win and Secure Home Field Advantage

Joe — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:52:42 +0000

Derrick Ward lifted the New York Giants over the Carolina Panthers in an amazing game last night, broadcast locally on NBC. I was busy for the first few minutes of the first quarter, but I can’t remember watching a game that was so thrilling and kept me on the edge of my seat since last year’s playoffs.

Derrick Ward was an all-star as he led the team rushing with 215 yards. The victory brings the Giants to 12 – 3 and positions them at the top of the NFC. This means that they get home field advantage in the playoffs and a first round bye. The Giants need to play more like they did in the last half of the game last night if they want to make it to the SuperBowl and I think the home field advantage will give them the extra umph that they need to go back to the big game.

Roxbury Gets Knocked Out of the NJSIAA Playoffs

Joe — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:06:13 +0000

Though this post is coming a few days after the loss, I’m sad to report that my high school alma mater was knocked out of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association football playoffs. I heard that they had a good team this year, though I never really get the chance to go up and watch any football games any more. I wished the best for them this season since this is the ten year anniversary of my old team winning the only on-field state championship in Roxbury High School history. It would have been nice to celebrate that ten-year-old victory by watching the team win another state championship.

It looks like Rahway beat them soundly with a 33 – 7 final score. Oh well. Here’s hoping for better success for next year’s team.

Sit Down, You’re Too Good!

Joe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:32:39 +0000

From the “This is the Problem with America Today” files, we have the case of young Jericho Scott. Mr. Scott is a 9-year-old pitcher whose team has been disqualified from playing in their league because Jericho is too good of a pitcher! I shall rephrase…the kid pitches a 40-something per mile fastball and the parents of the opposing players go running bloody murder that their children are frightened to play against him.

Are you serious?

One of the biggest problems that Americans will face in the future is that many of today’s parents are breeding their kids in an “everyone wins” type of atmosphere. From the article linked above:

“The spirit of the league was community, family, well-being, nurturing,” Peter Noble, the league’s attorney, told the Register. “It’s an extended family and it’s been disrupted.”

So this league was put together not so young athletes could compete against each other in the sport, but so everyone could participate in a feeling of well-being and nurture each other? What the hell does that even mean?!

What happened to playing in a sports league as a young kid and scratching and clawing your way to victory? If you come up against a kid like Jericho, then you know what? You lose! He’s going to beat you because he’s really good at the game. If you want to beat him then you train to become better at the game and you beat him. The parents in this league obviously see the league as a part-time babysitter for them and they are probably horrified at the thought of having to spend more time and money on the sport if their kid winds up liking the game. Imagine that – your “babysitter league” actually ignites some type of athletic passion in your kid that he or she wants to pursue…the horror!

I hate reading stories like this one. All of my best to young Jericho as he and his family struggle against a bunch of morons up in New Haven.