Sadness Revisited

On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, I wrote a post entitled "Sadness", which is copied below.


Johnny Damon is a Yankee. A little bit of my sports passion just died.
And this made me vomit a little in my mouth.

At the time, my Red Sox fandom was hurt by the fact that the lovable, cavemanesque Damon shed his trademark beard and went to the rival Yankees. Now, I don't want any part of him. Not because many label him a "traitor" for leaving the Sox, but because we traded a 24 year old, fast, outfielder who was adored by the community for one that is 36, slow, and has a poor arm. I get that we also got pitching out of the trade and the enjoyment of watching Mark Schlereth wearing the old English D everytime he shows up on Mike and Mike. And I understand that Granderson may have left us soon anyway. But I hate buying an expensive guy that is past his prime.

And in 4 months, I'm sure I'm going to be writing the third post in this series: Why I Love What Johnny Damon Brings to the Tigers.

Interesting Thought

After last night, isn't "What if the 2006 Dolphins had pursued Brees instead of stupidly going after Daunte Culpepper?" undeniably the best football "What If?" of this decade? If Miami gets Brees, the Saints don't win Super Bowl XLIV; Nick Saban doesn't flee Miami as quickly as he did, or at the very least, doesn't go to Alabama (now we're swinging this year's NCAA title as well); the AFC would have the four best QBs (Brees, Rivers, Brady and Manning); Miami's future is obviously altered; and the Saints are almost definitely playing in San Antonio right now. Good golly. -Bill Simmons

I think this is an excellent point. Taking it one step further, if the Saints don't have Brees going into the 2006 Draft, wouldn't they likely have taken Vince Young over Reggie Bush? Can you imagine how different both teams would be right now?

Remember when?

Let's see how much you were paying attention last year.

1. Which movie won the Oscar for "Best Picture"?
2. Name the top 5 top grossing movies that came out last year.
3. Who had the top grossing album?
4. What did Joe Wilson, Representative from South Carolina, shout during Barack Obama's September speech on health care reform?
5. Who won American Idol in May?
6. We all know Matt Stafford was taken #1 in the NFL Draft. Who was taken #2 and which team drafted him?
7. Who was drafted first overall in the NBA Draft?
8. Where did the Pistons, Lions, and Redwings rank among their Conference? Where did the Tigers rank among the American League? (Note: For each team, except the Lions, consider the season that ended in 2009)
9. What was the most searched term on Yahoo?
10. Place these events in chronological order.
a. Tiger Woods' infamous car accident
b. US Airways plane makes miraculous landing on the Hudson River
c. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift's acceptance speech
d. A-Rod admits to using steroids
e. Kate Gosselin from "Jon & Kate Plus 8" files for divorce
f. Olympia Snowe makes a key vote to pass health care bill from Senate Finance Committee