Things have been going a bit slow this week. I’m looking forward to things picking up this Labor Day weekend and early next week. From what I understand, one of my buddies from Denver will be in the area this weekend, so we’ll probably get together for a few drinks. From a media perspective, there hasn’t been a whole lot that has gotten me riled up. Earlier this week ESPN made public news of a 9 year old boy that was told he can’t pitch anymore because… get this, he’s too good! Check out the article here. One commenter on the site got me to laugh based on how true the comment is:
It’s the antithesis to excellence, promoting mediocrity, everybody gets a feel-good trophy regardless of whether they suck or not.
I just find the whole concept sad. So what if your boy isn’t good enough, we’ll make him look like a superstar by removing the better players. This way, when he grows up, he won’t understand the concept of people being better than him at certain things. And, instead of letting this one kid be great, let’s make sure he doesn’t do things he’s good at. How are kids supposed to figure out what they’re good at and truly enjoy if we trick them into thinking they’re better than they really are? What’s so wrong with not being good at something?
Although not as bad, I’m almost positive I heard Rick Sutcliff comment on TV that he could hear the boo birds at Yankee stadium from the US Open site in Flushing. Does he realize how far it is from the Bronx to Flushing in Queens? Or, does he think anyone geographically challenged would believe him? Or, maybe he was kidding and I’m taking life a little too seriously. Yeah, that’s probably it. As punishment, I’m going to the bar for a few drinks. 
Knock back a few C&C’s for me too buddy!