RANTING: THE PROFESSIONAL ALL STAR EPIPHANY!

While watching the NBA “All-Star” game when I had an epiphany. It occurred to me half way through the first 30 seconds of the first quarter that it’s a joke.

I realized this last year, and the year before, and the year before, and the year before, but had no visible platform in which to vent my angst about what I see.


Anyway, of the 4 major food groups, each one has a sport.

Starch = NHL. Meat = NFL. Veggies = NBA. Baseball = MLB.

Baseball is the most important food group because it's an actual game. I would bet none of the following phrases have ever been uttered: "The NHL All Star game is on! I can't wait to see a great goalie fail at his craft!"

Or this one, "The NFL Pro Bowl is on AND before the Superbowl which is AWESOME!

I am very much looking forward to NOT seeing the 9 players that should be in Hawaii, but aren't, because for some reason, the NFL has it's "All Star" game a week before the championship.

Well, here's to watching a really good cornerback let an average receiver by him for a 76 yard touchdown."

Yeah, people say that.

Finally, how about this, "Oh boy the NBA All Star game is on. I love a good 166 to 162 NBA game on a Sunday night." What's the common denominator here gang?

DEFENSE!

Major League Baseball, as corrupt as it is what with all the drugs and drugs, plus the drugs, has the BEST All Star game.

Why?

It's simple, pitchers using HGH, steroids, and PEDs HATE getting shown up on a national stage.

It's about pride, and it's also hard to lay down in a baseball game even though the 1919 Chicago White Sox would have you believing otherwise. In any event, for my money, the best game for the best in the game is MLB.

Even though their Hall of Fame is absolute garbage and more depressing than my prom photos, it's the best game to watch with the game's best.

Blake Griffin running the point for 3 straight possessions is as likely to happen in the regular season as Marty McSorley is to launch a comeback.

If Roger Clemens wasn’t so bloated, I’m sure he would challenge Barry Bonds for one at bat in the 7th inning, not unlike Deion Sanders calling out Jerry Rice.

By the way, good for you Jerry Rice for ignoring that stunt.

Class beats ass and that’s all I have to say about that.

 In closing, maybe not having a game with the game’s best has seen its time in the sun and could be over. If not, at least make it competitive.

I know there are some soccer fans out there that will be upset that I didn’t mention “futbol”, but here’s why...

NOBODY WATCHES IT IN THE UNITED STATES! IT’S A MEANS TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN BUSY WHILE WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY WHAT GREAT PARENTS WE ARE!

SOCCER SUCKS!


That’s coming soon.

Ciao for now...

The RANT with A.C. & Gerry D.

A.C. RANTED - What is "The National Anthem"

Simply The Best

On January 27, 1991 - 10 days into the Persian Gulf War-

Whitney Houston took the field at Tampa Stadium and performed "The Star Spangled Banner," backed by the Florida Orchestra as over 150,000,000 people watched on television worldwide.

She single handedly set the benchmark for this pregame Anthem and took it to the grave with her.


If you remember, this was the “Scott NorWIDE” game that eventually spawned Jim Carey’s career and the movie “Ace Ventura.”

Am I making that up?

NOPE!

How could the one white guy come out of “In Living Color” and rake millions over the next 15 years?

Anyway, it’s not about him. It’s not about Scott Norwood. It’s not about the Bills never winning a Superbowl (hahahahaha), and it’s certainly not about George Herbert Walker Bush’s war.

It’s about Whitney Houston. 

Since her signature depiction of what the "The Star Spangled Banner" should be like, many have tried, and all have failed.   

Why?



Will Whitney ever be out done?

Because they try to moss it up!





Whitney Houston SANG the song and belted it out there for the masses when they needed it most! 


Don't cry Robin, It's not your fault you suck!

Listening to Robin Meade sing the same song at a NASCAR event makes me want to yank my eyes out and stuff them in my ears! 

For me, there is only one version of the beginning of a sporting event, and it’s Whitney Houston.

Coked and cracked up or not, she did good.

She did real good!

Since I am old enough to have seen it happen on live TV, I am comfortable when I tell you, that if you listen to her rendition 2 or 3 times, and then listen to every other version for the rest of 2014, you will contact me via email and ask,

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME SOONER?!”

I have it in my IPod, my truck, and I even managed to wire it up to my snow blower, as I live in Upstate New York, in that snowy city that Houses the current #1 College Hoops Team...

Yep Still #1


We Upstater's uderstand snow blowing is a pass time so we make the most of it!

It’s cool, when I start the Toro, Whitney sings, and my neighbors, if they’re outside at the time, salute. So in closing, regardless of age, nobody will do it better, at a better time, at a better place, for a better reason, and definitely not under better circumstances.

"She was the right person for the job, and she delivered!"

I was fortunate enough to sing the Star Spangled Banner on opening day at P&C Stadium where the Toronto Blue Jays Triple A team plays.

I like to think most of the 2700 people that came out cheered for me. Whitney Houston though. She captivated a planet in under 4 minutes.

That’s for real.

A.C.

Here’s the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDSALCKH_Y

Friday Night Smackin' Down The WWE...Happy Valentine's Day

As Smackdown approaches on this Valentine’s Day, the WWE has some serious issues to contend with…

First and Foremost:

 

Attitude…

There is none…it is gone.
 

As fans we understand that “The Attitude Era” has long passed but the question is why?

So I’ll tell you!

The WWE has gone “Rudy Poo”! < That’s right, I said it!

The Old Age Outlaws are back and The Road Dog can’t even say “Well Yo Ass Better Caaaaall Somebooooody!”

Nope, He can’t even say “ASS”!!!

They have even gone as far as timing the silent beep to eliminate Bad Ass Billy Gun’s most famous “Two Words”!

…Really Steph?… Really?…REALLY!

No wonder why you can’t get “The Rock” and “Stone Cold” to make a comeback leading into Wrestlemania xXx!

Why would they?

They couldn’t because the WWE is afraid they might offend somebody that probably shouldn't have been watching anyway!

There’s no swearing outside of “hell” and an occasional “DAMN” by Ron Simmons!

I mean WHAT’s a guy gotta do to get a “Hell Yeah!”  and a cold one these days!

Stephanie and Triple H are stuck in Disney Mode, no wait…It’s more like The A-Team in the 80’s!

Bad stories with no plot and G rated violence!

They switch cameras every time blood is drawn. Last Week Roman Reigns was blasted in the eye and blood gushed! They put the cameras on his opponent so the ringside doctor could quickly wipe the blood away…

Unbelievable!

This industry’s foundation was built on guys loading little razors in their taped fingers and gushing blood from their foreheads decades long before “Stone Cold”…Stone Cold”…I said Stone Cold was a household name!

We watched guys like Dusty Rhodes and The Nature Boy, Wooooo! Even Hulk Hogan and Vince himself bled all over national TV, so what’s the problem now?

It’s Ok for Dolph Ziggler to hump the air in his intro but ya can’t “turn that somebitch sideways” anymore?

 

“WHAT?”

We know it isn’t about the money because Vince just semi-launched his own network that is far more advanced than any other in the Television Entertainment world. People have spent millions already subscribing and they can’t even watch it yet!

The problem, and I say it again is:

 “Attitude”

There is none… and there will not be as long as HHH and Daddy’s little brat are calling the shots.

Just look at what they have recently accomplished with the whole "Face of the WWE" gimmick…

They have run their best promo guy, CM Punk, right out the door with their most recent failed promotion. Nobody liked Batista when he left, that’s why he quit yet he won The Royal Rumble and is set up to wrestle Alberto Del Rio at Elimination Chamber???

You Dumbasses, That’s a bathroom break all in itself for “The Millions” watching at home and live in the arena!

They forced the Ryback train to derail along with the “Feed Me More” chants because it was bad for business even though he is one of the biggest and strongest wrestlers in the game.

They turned Randy Orton into a douche when not even a year ago he had the crowd.

Nobody likes John Cena because he is absolutely boring to watch regardless if he is in Arrogant Rich Guy Mode or just trying to be a Wigger. His slow motion sprint to the ring and his predictable ring antics have made him a has been.

Corporate Kane is a disgrace, Paul Heyman is a waste of money, and somebody please tell me why Vicki Guerrero and Brad Maddox are on the payroll!

 

Best For Business My ASS!

What is best for business is to dead this entire YES thing!

It has played itself out so bad that I might have taken it upon myself to personally write the ending of it that is "best for business"!

HHH is chanted to insanity by the WWE Universe.


...Cue Daniel Bryan's entrance. The Crowd goes nuts...YES! ...YES! ...YES!

The Glass Shatters 21 seconds into The Flight of the Valkyries!

Stone Cold Steve Austin walks out in the middle of Daniel Bryan’s spotlight, kicks him in the gut, Stone Cold Stuns him, drops to the ground over a stunned Bryan with a mic in his hand and leads the crowd into a “WHAT?” Chant!!!!

WHAT?

Its 5:45 eastern time and my prescreening of Smackdown is ready for viewing.

How you ask...WHAT?

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!


“AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE….”

Gerry D.