Fashion.
Evidently, some clothes company is offering a new 000 size for its lady customers. This is a great idea. One never knows when an anorexic epidemic may sweep the nation, or a few million women will escape after having spent years in a concentration camp. Other than that, who can wear this stuff that's over 12 years of age? Some women don't like it, because they feel it pressures them into being skinny. Not to worry, girls. Most men prefer a little meat on the bones, and elsewhere. Hey, there's a reason, actually a couple prominent ones, why folks like Kate Upton grace the covers of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, and not an Asian gymnast.
The Home Run Derby preceding the All-Star game.
It's getting wimpier every year. Now they've even got rid of the home plate umpire. Sure, any ball swung at that does NOT result in a home run is considered an out. But it used to be any ball taken and not swung at that was in the strike zone was an out as well. Nowadays, these guys wait for the "perfect pitch". They typically let several go by that would be called strikes by an umpire, but they weren't "just right". Technically, these "sluggers" could be at bat forever. Even the balls have been wimpified. The age old color of white isn't good enough anymore. Now they have to be a "special" color so the poor multi-millionaire dears can see them better with what amounts to them facing batting practice pitching. To boot, yours truly wouldn't be a bit surprised if those "special" balls used in the Home Run Derby wouldn't pass inspection for a typical major league game. In other words, I suspect they're a little more juiced than your average person getting struck by lightning. Wound up tighter than Judge Judy after a long night at a meth lab. Like that. And what's with the announcers going ballistic over every home run? They'll ooh and ahh over a homer that drops into the first couple rows of seats. Maybe 350-360 feet, depending on if it was hit down the right or left field lines. 350 feet? I used to play slo-pitch softball with guys that could hit it that far. And anything over 400 feet in the HRD is considered a "monster shot", though in many ball parks it would be caught for an out in centerfield. Wake me up when they start hitting them 500+ feet like they did back in the old days, without the benefit of customized bats and juiced balls. Whatever happened in the meantime? How can guys supposedly be so much stronger, have better equipment, better training regimens and coaches, but can't hit balls nearly as far as their predecessors from decades ago? Very strange.
Typical government.
Remember the octo-mom? They've got her jammed up because she appeared in a porno movie, posed for a couple mags, and danced at a strip club, but didn't pay taxes on that income. Hey, the woman has 14 kids in all. If anybody needs a break -- it's her.
The NFL.
Wow, can that be right? Five Baltimore Ravens have been arrested in the off-season for various offenses? Who do these guys think they are? The former Portland Jailblazers? The defense of the Detroit Lions under loose cannon ex-coach Jim Schwartz? I thought he shuffled off to Buffalo. If you didn't have enough problems already, good luck with that, Bills' fans.
Justin Verlander.
Once amongst the most dominating starting pitchers in the game, including a recent Cy Young award, the "fastball flakes" man seems to be slip-sliding away into mere mediocrity. Since 2011, he's gone from 24-5, to 17-8, to 13-12, and is only 8-8 this season with an ERA of a rather high 4.88. This is definitely a downward trend. JV can still show flashes of brilliance, but at other times he gets hammered by opposing hitters. So, which is he? Still really good, but not getting any breaks, or have the other guys finally figured him out and things will get worse in the future? We'll see.
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