Sports Anyone out there?
posted by on October 21 at 18:15 PM
Not a lot going on today on the Slog, so I’ll do my best to amuse and abuse whomever might look in, with those most amusing of all things: my own bullshit, and sports!
If I’ve made the one mistake—here in Slog—-that any serious sportswriter knows to avoid, it has been making predictions. My grandfather was a sportswriter, and he insisted that you could only make one prediction: the team that scores the most points will win. He also believed in God, the Latin Mass, and the Jesuits, so I have not followed much of his advice.
So back in late August, I predicted that when the Bears meet the Seahawks the weekend before Thanksgiving that
the Bears will be 7-2 at that point, the Seahawks 6-3. It will rain and be miserable out. And the Bears will prevail on a field goal as time expires, set up for by a Danieal Manning kick return.As I write this at Bruno’s—Chicago’s Most-Slogged Bar—the Bears are 3-4 and the Seahawks 4-3. So the record prediction is impossible (for the Bears in any case). I stand by my meteorological and game-result predictions, because, it’s not like I can take them back, and November is your rainiest month. And after their miracle win today, the Bears could do anything except go back in time and not lose two games.
Now, I’ve booked my flight to Seattle for the game to take my nephew (not to make him straight, but to make him a Bears fan). I’ve paid for tickets on Stubhub—which I never woulda thought of on my own, jeez, thanks for the advice to the Brother about where to get tix, Slog commenters, but why didn’t one of you cheap shits just offer us tickets for the sake of good karma?—so we’ll see if the other third of my prediction will come true. No one will kick to Hester, so we shall see.
As for my other stupid prediction, the evaluation of that will depend on what happens in the ongoing Red Sox-Indians game. Right now, it looks like I might be right, which pisses me and all of my friends from Cleveland off.
I love the Slog, but I have to say that your posts are by far the least interesting.
I usually say "Good luck with Griese, asshole" but it seems that he, at least, has firmly planted sexy rexy in the realm of the dead.
I still plan on enjoying my bears tix. being from packer country, i couldn't possibly in good conscience enable you to corrupt that poor young man by turning him into a bears fan.
and to mike in mo: our d won the game today, for sure, and having drafted bulger early in my ff draft, i feel your pain. but at least you're not a bears fan, so you have that to feel good about.
@1
I thought this was one of his more interesting posts, touching, as it does, on something outside of sports.
I couldn't care less about the lame subjects you choose, but the voice in your writing... theres just something about it that really annoys me. A bizarre mix of entitlement and insecurity. Is that even possible? I'm totally baffled...
not to make him straight
I know. Heaven fucking forfend, amirite?
just because you're close to dan doesn't give you a right to vomit in the slog.
i.e., who the fuck cares, besides you?
Chicago Fan - Don't sweat the wussies here, man. You just have to meet them in person. Then it's all smiles and as much sincerity as they can muster for you to think they're nice. They'll even ask you a lot of questions about yourself. From Chicago? Right on.
Anyways, YOU had to pay for the tickets?
Don't let these uptight pussies get you down about your posts, Chicago Fan. I enjoy sports and your commentaries.
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