It is oh so good to be back. Apologies for a lack of a post in quite a while. Being surrounded by incessant consumerism, lazy lifestyles and sports placed me into a coma-like sedation where ESPN and NHL Network (both in High Definition, of course) served as my intravenous nourishment; while Battlefield 3, Skyrim and Busch Light acted as an oxygen-delivering breathing apparatus. Back to a half-vegetated, American state has opened my eyes to many things, not including how incredibly awesome America is - that is incessantly obvious.
The Journalism school here at Oregon emphasizes 100% infusion with mass media, social media, and multimedia 100% of the time. Basically if you are NOT on Twitter during class reading up on what Lamar Odom had for breakfast, well, you're... different. In a word- being overseas was strange at first because I could not experience the instant gratification and now-now-now lifestyle I previously basked in. To catch up, I thought I would look at each major sport association (Hell yeah I am including the MLS) and examine where that association was in August of 2011, and see where it is now.
MLB
August- St. Louis was 10.5 games out of first place in a division which only had 2 out of 6 teams over .500
Now- St. Louis did what? Whats that? Old news? Still ridiculous. That means the Mariners have hope this year, even if we trade away a phenomenal rookie pitcher. (Cue the Dumb and Dumber line: "So you're tellin' me there's a CHANCE!") Pshhh who needs Pineda anyways... I swear Seattle is a New York Yankees farm team. First John Olerud, now THIS!? BLASPHEMY!
NBA
August-A pathetic lockout drudged on in the shadow of the NFL's own relationship between rich hood-rats and richer owners. Players were putting on Pro-Am shows to stay in shape, and everyone thought Kobe was going to Italy.
Now- A season is well underway, with me fully on the Clippers bandwagon. Shoulda gone to Italy, eh Kobe?
NFL
August- Players were scrambling to get into shape, as the lockout ended and many thought a season would not even happen. Also, most San Francisco fans were ready for another sub-.500 season. Weird.
Now- The Packers are out. WTF OMG That is all.
NHL
August- Who knows, and who cares, really.
Now- My Canucks are struggling after a mental and physical beating by those blasted Bruins a few weeks ago, and the St. Louis Blues are surprisingly good. What's going on in that city!?
MLS
August- Teams were mid-season in a season that proved to be quite entertaining, even with my Sounders under-preforming in the playoffs yet again. The Galaxy had the West Conference locked up by this time, and were heavy favorites to win the Cup.
Now- Well, the Galaxy didn't win, and arguably two of the biggest stars in the league, Robbie Keane and Thierry Henry, depart for European Clubs on loan. Great. Hey, at least the Sounders had a good draft!
Yeah, admittedly I missed quite a bit, both when overseas and in this post. (No need to discuss the Ducks. I'm still celebrating from the Rose Bowl, and won't let LaMike or Darron ruin it.) But it is good to be back, and it is great to be current on Lamar Odom's diet as well.
The Journalism school here at Oregon emphasizes 100% infusion with mass media, social media, and multimedia 100% of the time. Basically if you are NOT on Twitter during class reading up on what Lamar Odom had for breakfast, well, you're... different. In a word- being overseas was strange at first because I could not experience the instant gratification and now-now-now lifestyle I previously basked in. To catch up, I thought I would look at each major sport association (Hell yeah I am including the MLS) and examine where that association was in August of 2011, and see where it is now.
MLB
August- St. Louis was 10.5 games out of first place in a division which only had 2 out of 6 teams over .500
Now- St. Louis did what? Whats that? Old news? Still ridiculous. That means the Mariners have hope this year, even if we trade away a phenomenal rookie pitcher. (Cue the Dumb and Dumber line: "So you're tellin' me there's a CHANCE!") Pshhh who needs Pineda anyways... I swear Seattle is a New York Yankees farm team. First John Olerud, now THIS!? BLASPHEMY!
NBA
August-A pathetic lockout drudged on in the shadow of the NFL's own relationship between rich hood-rats and richer owners. Players were putting on Pro-Am shows to stay in shape, and everyone thought Kobe was going to Italy.
Now- A season is well underway, with me fully on the Clippers bandwagon. Shoulda gone to Italy, eh Kobe?
NFL
August- Players were scrambling to get into shape, as the lockout ended and many thought a season would not even happen. Also, most San Francisco fans were ready for another sub-.500 season. Weird.
Now- The Packers are out. WTF OMG That is all.
NHL
August- Who knows, and who cares, really.
Now- My Canucks are struggling after a mental and physical beating by those blasted Bruins a few weeks ago, and the St. Louis Blues are surprisingly good. What's going on in that city!?
MLS
August- Teams were mid-season in a season that proved to be quite entertaining, even with my Sounders under-preforming in the playoffs yet again. The Galaxy had the West Conference locked up by this time, and were heavy favorites to win the Cup.
Now- Well, the Galaxy didn't win, and arguably two of the biggest stars in the league, Robbie Keane and Thierry Henry, depart for European Clubs on loan. Great. Hey, at least the Sounders had a good draft!
Yeah, admittedly I missed quite a bit, both when overseas and in this post. (No need to discuss the Ducks. I'm still celebrating from the Rose Bowl, and won't let LaMike or Darron ruin it.) But it is good to be back, and it is great to be current on Lamar Odom's diet as well.
Another gem of a post!
ReplyDeleteI think you got your information about the MLS from some fuzz nut though....the Galaxy beat Houston Dynamo to win the MLS Cup. Landon and D. Becks got a trophy before BIG BECKHAM's contract and possibly playing career ended in Los Angeles.
Welcome back!!!
~ N. Sleeze