Comments on: Ravens-Bengals: A Battle For First

By: dan the man

dan the man — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:17:18 +0000

@Andrew - Welcome back, dude.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:02:54 +0000

I do also want to apologize for…well, you know. I think I can tend to get super stressed out and it’s all too easy to take it out on the internet, and I am sorry about that. Taking a two week vacation to my friend Mickey’s house in Florida took a lot more than I’m comfortable sharing off of my mind, and I feel rejuvenated in many ways (especially since I rediscovered the Red Sky at Night Clipper City, served across the street from my Wednesday night hangout in Rochester).

I’m still going to get drunk and post here (obviously).

By: neal s

neal s — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:22:33 +0000

I think making a solid Mad Men reference is a good start. Hell of an episode tonight.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:14:40 +0000

I read Posnanski’s beyond just excellent “The Soul of Baseball” on the train back to the Rochester today. It’s funny what can end Pax Romana.

The worst part is that I don’t have a thing to say right now but I need to say it anyway. The Ravens lost to the Bengals, the Yankees swept the Twins, I’ve been studying in my own way the issue of parity in professional sports, I have this sinking feeling, I’m pretty sure parity couldn’t save the Orioles from the 2000s, Dick Whitman couldn’t hold back any longer, and I just don’t know.

Like I said, I’ve been studying and writing (because you can’t write if you don’t write) about parity in professional sports. It’s such a gigantic subject, though, that I need to know if it’s worth tackling for our collective benefit. I don’t expect whatever we find out together to save the Orioles or baseball or prove finally that baseball is lost forever in competitive imbalance…but I think that we can learn A LOT, and that’s the most important step to changing everything that needs to be changed.

But, yeah, is this even something worth talking about?

By: neal s

neal s — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:16:49 +0000

No doubt that seeing the Red Sox get swept out of the playoffs on the same day that the Patriots lose is a beautiful thing. I love seeing that city/region get taken down a peg or two.

We must now transfer every bit of mystical energy we have to the Angels, who will almost certainly face the Yankees in the next round.

As for the Ravens, it’s a tough loss but I think the Bengals really are that good. I’m not saying they’re locks to win the division or any such nonsense, but they’re right there with the Ravens and Steelers. Every game just got that much more important.