What Matters...to Reporters

I was watching Around the Horn and the panel was talking about steroids in baseball again and Manny Ramirez visitng the Dodgers. During the discussion, it was mentioned that fans don't care about steroids in baseball anymore. The panelists however, all maintained that they wanted to see Manny sit and answer questions about his steroid use (alleged) for a half an hour at the least in order to feel like they have contrition from Manny. I have two problems with that.

Number one, if the fans feel this is no longer an issue, why are you going to try and force us to really care about this? No one is really crying because some dude went and got some roids and we still want to see the games. The issue is done. Why do these journalists need to try and get every detail of steroid use. They can't figure out how it happens? It is pretty well documented.

Then there is this idea that he must feel contrite or sorry for what he did. He doesn't. He knew what he was doing and is dealing with the consequences. This idea that we have to apologize to your level of satisfaction has to stop. To be holding on to the "issue" until you feel someone has personally come and kissed your feet is a terribly selfish idea and as a journalist, you need to move beyond your own personal need for justification and report the story as is and not make the story yourself.

Me and my teams

After careful consideration I have decided to add a sports blog to my repetoire to complement my existing Hip-Hop Blog. The best way to start out is to lay the foundation by talking about the sports and teams I follow.

Let me say now some things will probably be weird to some people. I'm black, under 30, not from the South and I enjoy baseball, Football, and Nascar first and foremost. Then there is college basketball and lastly NBA Playoff basketball. I will occasionally watch some college football because some relatives now play at that level but not much. The number one team of all high schools is of course, The Knights of Baltimore City College High School.

In baseball I am a hometown fan of the Baltimore Orioles. and of course the biggest, baddest football team in America, The Baltimore Ravens.

I don't have many Nascar drivers that stand out more than any others because I like to see variety in competitiveness. I can say I am not a fan of the Hendrick Motorsports team and I tend to favor Ford drivers like David Ragan, but more on that later.

In the NBA, I am more a fan pf players than I am of teams, of course being from Baltimore I follow Carmelo Anthony closely, but for some reason not Rudy Gay. Kobe is the best player today although Lebron is very close and Dwayne Wade can carry his team just like either of those guys.

Thats the start of this blog so I hope you can stick around for more!