Soft part 3 (The MLB)

Well, im back with part 3 of soft and this week its the MLB's turn for me to rip. What's soft about they MLB? well lets start with the owners and their refusal to put a salaray cap in baseball, its plain ludicrous that the Yankees can go out and spend close to $1 Billion dollars on players while the Florida Marlins spend just barley over $20 million and are more competitive than the Bronx Bombers. When will owners learn that buying every superstar does not help you win championships! THERE ARE TOO MANY EGO'S IN THE CLUBHOUSE FOR THE PLAYERS TO COME TOGETHER TO WIN A TITLE! With a team like the Yankees, their players are thinking more about having "relations" with Madonna then scooping up that groud ball and getting the throw to first. Whats another issue with the MLB? The MLB, needs to work out the instant replay in the game, the MLB has gotten it right with instant replays for homeruns but what about the instant replays for say plays at the plate?! Major League baseball, one of the many leagues that thinks they can satisfy fans problems by fixing one problem and sweeping the rest of them under the rug thinking that the fans will be fine with the one problem fixed. HEY BUD SELIG FANS ARE NOT STUPID WAKE UP AND GET A NEW TOUPE YOU PUPPET FOR THE GREEDY OWNERS AND GROW SOME BACK BONE! IF YOU HAD ONE YOU WOULDNT HAVE CALLED A TIE IN THE ALL STAR GAME IN 2002!
Thats all for the rip on Major League Baseball, I think I got all my rage out.
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Soft part 2 (the NFL)

Well, I'm back with part 2 of soft, this time I'm ripping the National Football League.
Where to start with this league? I say lets start with the fact that too many players in this league are out of control. Too many NFL players are allowed to run wild with no boundaries and end up getting themselves into stupid sitautions that can land them in jail or worse (ex:Pacman Jones in the strip club and Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg), what happened to managment/coaches telling these guys to be back in the hotel room by midnight or else its a $1000 fine or you dont play in the next game? Its a shame that too many teams are afraid of what the players may do if they are "leashed", teams in the NFL need to get rid of the guys that dont care about the team and only want to party more often than they do now. There are many players in the NFL who have drug charges in the off season and come back to training camp as if nothing happened. NOW THAT IS EMBARRASING drugs can land you in jail and kill you just like shooting a gun recklessly so why d0 these guys get off easier than others with the law and teams? Many factors could play into why these guys who get drug charges get off easier position, color, what team they play on, what their name is...... All NFL teams should get rid of these junkies and wild wild west gunmen and I really do not care what their name is the NFL says that they have rules in place to truly ban players for life for drug charges or behavior that is not benefical to the team or league SURE YOU DO, Pacman Jones could mess up about 2 more times and all NFL commisioner Roger GOONdell would say is "well Adam (real name of Pacman Jones) needs to get himself sraight or else we will do something". The second reason why I'm ripping this league is the man in charge Roger GOONdell (actually Goodell) this idiot first of all takes the Pro Bowl out of Hawaii and moves it to Miami hey Roger the reason it was in Hawaii is becuase it was supposed to be A VACATION FOR THE PLAYERS, COACHES AND COMMENTATORS OF THE LEAGUE! Most players in the NFL are from Miami! My goodness how in the world did he replace Paul Tagliabu? Wait there is more, this idiot takes away constant football in Europe by shutting down NFL Europa and giving once a year games in England, does that make any sense? PEOPLE IN EUROPE WERE GOING TO NFL EUROPA GAMES IDIOT!
I've ripped this league enough anymore and I may punch a hole through my laptop I'm getting so mad typing about what has gone wrong with the NFL.
Thats all for now, next week I'll be back with my rip on the MLB.
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Soft part 1 (The NHL)

In professional sports, more and more athletes seem to becoming soft as the years go on, they either want the time off for the broken nail or they want the $35 million dollar contract after a lackluster season just becuase of who they are, but why? What has happened to the men and women that play these sports becuase they love it and would do anything to succeed? The people that play the game almost always in today's sports world feel the need to call out either their teammates, coaches, or the fans for being yelled at or taunted just to try and deflect the heat that they are getting for their poor play onto the fans. To me, this is the true definition of a soft athlete. It is so annyoing to see players in the NBA, NHL and other leagues (and I will admit their are plenty of guys in these leagues that would pay the teams just for the ability to wear a jersey of a pro sports team because they love what they do and are not consummed by greed) just acting like greedy idiots and arrogant fools on and sometimes off of the court. A clear example of a true soft athlete is Sean Avery, why is he soft? Sean Avery is soft (and stupid) due to the fact that he truly does not have any respect for the game of hockey and others that play it, Sean Avery can play the game when he wants to but has no backbone most nights. The fact that Sean Avery is truly proud of the way that he refuses to fight other players after he gives a cheap shot to an opponent (which is most games) and he skates away or taunts the opposing team from the bench, in my eyes I believe in if you do something to a person be prepared to have it done to you and you better stand up and take it like a man, seeing as Sean Avery doesnt fit into my saying he must be a mouse or some other being that is cowardly. Sean Avery is also soft (and once again stupid) for not being able to draw the line between smart play and stupid play, in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarter finals matchup between the New York Rangers and the Washington Captials, Avery of the Rangers gives a backhanded punch to Capitals player Milan Jurcina and went after another Capitals player in the game taunting him as he was down on the ground injured, Avery recieved penalites for both incidents and was lucky that the Capitals did not score on either powerplay or Rangers coach John Torterella would have torn into Mr.Avery like a wet paper bag on the bench.
Sean Avery is only one example of a soft player there are many that run in the NHL and other leagues, Carey Price when he was a rookie he was a humble kid but now in year 2 he sees that its tougher than it looks and he tries to act like the big man on campus with his mocking of Pat Roy's sarcastic arm raise to the fans, Carey Price I hope this sweep brought your ego the size of the Province(soon to be a country by 2012) of Quebec down a notch. Am I done yet? Nope not yet, who else is soft in sports? The atheles who want their coaches gone or who "tune them out" during the year a certian team in a certian city with a hockey team in the province of Alberta showed this year that they really did not care and as I said before on my sports show showed they are soft, the team I am refering to is the Edmonton Oilers. Players on the Edmonton Oilers truly showed that they treated this season not as serious as they truly needed, Oilers forward Robert Nilson missed an optional practice when he was in a slump. If your slumping and the coach (former coach now) calls a optional practice THAT IS A MANDATORY PRACTICE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN OPTIONAL PRACTICE! Thats an insult to the team, the coach and to the league if your missing a chance to get more practice when you need it. Many members of the Edmonton Oilers showed that their minds were not on hockey (some like Steve Staios, Ethan Moreau, Dwayne Roloson, Sheldon Souray,Ales Hemsky and Zack Stortini showed that they were in complete focus this entire NHL season) Well, thats enough ripping for one day, I know I mentioned earlier the NBA and NFL but the soft overpaid players that cant handle a coach that is a butt buster but like my post on the National Lacrosse League more will come soon, next week, the NFL is getting a good rip from me.
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The NLL, A a game you should be checking out part 1

The National Lacrosse League, its has been around since the late 1980's (known then as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and soon later on the Major Indoor Lacrosse League before becoming the National Lacrosse League in 1998) and many may have seen it on such TV channels as NBC, Versus or Sportsnet if you live in Canada, but have you really seen it?

The NLL is one sport like many that has names that are household in Lacrosse but may not be as well known in other sports, examples being The Gait brothers Paul and Gary, (Gary on left, Paul on right)

John Grant Jr.

or John Tavares (his nephew is the junior hockey star who also is known as John Tavares)

The one thing that the NLL has on many other sports is true creatvity.

Now you may be saying "but Avry! other sports have been creative!"

Not in the way that the National Lacrosse League has been.

How many other sports have the opposing teams come onto the field to the tune of "I'm a barbie girl?"

Thats what the Edmonton Rush did for the Toronto Rock during their game last night at Rexall Place here in Edmonton (The Rush defeated the Rock 16-13).

Another thing that the NLL has going for them is constant "taunting" not allowed by other sports leagues, but it is encouraged in the NLL espically by the PA announcers/commentators!

Here in Edmonton, local FM radio personalities, on 100.3 the Bear Paul Brown, Yukon Jack, and Gillian Foote taunt the opposing teams throughout the entire game over the PA system (lets see this happen in other pro sports) taking shots at former Rush players who are now playing on other teams, making fun of other teams names as they are in the middle of moving the ball up the floor and many other insults.

This story is not over yet, stay tuned for more part 2 of this story will be coming real soon....

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Dwayne Roloson the Iron Man and Ryan Moats

Well folks my favorite NHL team the Edmonton Oilers, are in the thick of the things in the playoff race, (in 9th place in the western conference 1 point out of a playoff spot) and they are taking on the Anahiem Ducks tonight and are starting for the 31st straight game their 39 year old goalie Dwayne Roloson! Now you might think that "39 year old goalie making over 30 straight starts?! is the starter injured?" Dwayne Roloson is the starting goalie for the Oil. Roli as he is called by many in the NHL is like fine wine, he gets better with age, right now at age 39 his goals aganist average is 2.76 not too bad for a guy that broke into the NHL at age 26. One problem with Roli the goalie is that he may burnout, well he didnt burn out when the Oilers made it to the 2006 stanley cup finals vs the Carolina Hurricanes, he was injured in game 1 and if he was healty for the entire series the Oilers would have brought the cup back to Canada. Can Roli and the Oil duplicate that 2006 magic, as a die hard Oiler fan and one that follows trends from now and back from 2006, I say yes he can.
Before I finish I want to talk about what happened to Houston Texans Running Back Ryan Moats and his wife. Moats and his wife, were driving to a hospital in Dallas to see his wife's dying mother and apparently he broke a red light. The police officer that pulled him over did not immeditly give Moats a ticket which is what he asked for so he could get down to the hospital to see his dying mother in law. The officer, Robert Powell said to Moats "I dont care" and "I can screw you over" when Moats was telling him about the story, the officer refused to let Moats go into to hospital but did eventually let him wife go in. Ryan Moats did not get a chance to say goodbye to his mother in law before she died.
Officer Robert Powell showed absolutly no class in the situation, nor did he show that he is capable of using common sense.
To read more about this here is a link to the story.
http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/nflnewsfeed/2009/03/traffic-stop-kept-moats-from-seeing-dying-relative.html
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Oilers vs Blues

Well, the Edmonton Oilers pulled out the shootout win last night and what a game it was! Ales Kotalik scored the shootout winner and Dwayne Roloson stood on his head in between the pipes to help the Oil get the 2-1 to push them into 7th place in the western conference. The Oilers showed why they will be a playoff team come april becuase, they buckeled down when they had to, (but with a little exception on the part of a few of the Oilers D men but it did not lead to much) players like Sam Gagner, Shawn Horcoff, and Fernando Pisani played great offense with guys like Steve Staios playing great D. If the Oilers take on the Wings in the first round it would not worry me becuase, the Wings have never won a series in their posteason history vs Edmonton (The Oilers have a 3-0 record over the wings in playoff series) and the San Jose Sharks were unable to handle to Oilers. This team will be in fine shape come playoff time.
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A New USFL?

The title says it all. The USFL is coming back in Feburary 2010, some old names will come back to the League and some new names along with some new rules (ex: 4 points for a safety). I am currently talking with the League's founder Micheal Dwyer and hopefully he will come onto the show in the near future.
Here is the link to the league's website.
http://www.newusfl.com/

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Shaq and Kobe MVP

Well, the NBA All star weekend has come and gone but the one thing that I will talk about this time is the fact that Shaq and Kobe in their first game on the same team together since the 2004 NBA finals they are named co-MVP's and well its fitting but is the feud over? I doubt it these two have been going at each other for years and they admitted it themselves that they still are not best friends but I think that something will set these two off again and the song with Shaq asking Kobe how something tastes will be sung again.
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Smashed Remotes

Yesterday I was wacthing the Edmonton Oiler-Minnesota Wild game and sadly the Oilers lost in a shootout and well I dont know who I feel worse for the Oil would couldnt really gain a whole lot of ground in the Western Conference Standings or the TV remote that I smashed to Pieces due to my anger. Needless to say attempts at the Avry household were futile to fix it, oh well, so home much does it cost to fix a remote or get a replacement one?
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My first blog here

Hey,
Im Avry Lewis-McDougall I do a show on blogtalkradio.com/Avry called Avry's Sports Show on blogtalkradio.com/avry 7PM mountian time and well Ive been on for eh, about 8 months now and I enjoy it! I cover all kinds of sports on my show and I guarantee, laughs, insight, blood, sweat and tears with my show.
Heres a link to my show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Avry
I'll keep this updated as much as possible and I will bring some cool stuff to this blog!
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