Epic Drop: Top 10 Reasons Why Kerry Wood Flashed The Old Double Hi Sign

Your link is here, and really, it was fantastic timing on the part of Fox.. but I thought that all telecasts had a seven second delay now, to prevent this kind of thing? I smell a highly lucrative class-action lawsuit from everyone who had their children's development eternally scarred by this. Gimme gimme!

Boring, Meaningless, and On Notice

Elsewhere in the Blog O Sphere, the proprietor of Fire George Karl.com has possibly received a threatening letter from Karl's lawyer. Here's the money quote:

Is your life really this boring and meaningless that you would spend the hours necessary to create such a website?

As Coach Karl's counsel I am putting you on notice that I will sue you into bankruptcy should you cross the boundaries of permissible speech.

Now that we've had the wind-up, here's the gist...

Of course our lives as sports bloggers are boring and meaningless. We are people who spend too much time thinking about sports, then writing about it. The most popular among us get to do it for a living, while the others make little or nothing from it. We provide content about a huge business that milks its customers dry, moves its franchises in a never-ending search for taxpayer arena paydays, makes us endure braying jackassery, and has political leanings that do not reflect the vast majority of its audience. If major sports leagues were run without monopolistic protections, we'd all be shopping elsewhere, at least often enough to keep them competitive.

And, more importantly, so what?

Watching sports is a mixed bag, a choice of the lesser of two evils -- evil one being the support of these folks and the time and expense, and evil two being a life without the transcendent moments that sports brings. So, for that matter, is brushing your teeth, going to work, voting, buying gas, doing the dishes or the vast majority of actions that grown-ups get to / have to perform on a daily basis.

And blogging about sports... is just like watching them, really.

So, on the off chance that Mr. Karl's lawyer is actually Mr. Karl's lawyer, and people actually wonder why bloggers exist to do the strange and remarkable activity of calling out a bad coaching job with a URL and posts... um, because we choose to. Plus, hey presto, the remnants of a Constitution allow you to do it and all!

And it's as boring and meaningless as watching reality television, reading a book, playing music or being a hack lawyer. Look into the abyss, and make up your own story. The abyss won't much care.

Hancock Family Sues the Entire City of St. Louis

At least that’s what it feels like. This is the only fitting end to a tragic story – make it worse.

Josh Hancock’s family has sued Mike Shannon and his daughter who own/run the restaurant where Hancock was drinking before he died. Stating it was their fault that their son was drunk. They are also suing the tow truck driver (which Hancock ran into), the tow truck owner and the driver of the wrecked car the tow truck was assisting.

Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote a great article on how embarrassing and frivolous this lawsuit is for the Hancock family.

Let’s blame everyone other than Hancock who:
1) Made the decision to have that many drinks;
2) Was not wearing his seat belt;
3) Was speeding;
4) Was talking on his cell phone;
5) Also had marijuana in the car with him; and
6) Didn’t even brake before hitting the truck.

How about this idea Hancock family – Josh got really drunk and made a tragic mistake. But if you must continue with this ridiculous lawsuit don’t forget to include the following person’s in the suit:

1) Ford - the manufacturer of the car Josh was driving for not making it indestructible to 85 mph collisions.
2) The rental agency where Hancock rented the Ford Explorer.
3) Tony LaRussa’s late inning pitching substitutions that would drive anyone to drink.
4) Bud Selig and MLB’s schedule makers. If the Cardinals would have been on the road that day, Josh would not have been driving.
5) Jacque Jones – he knocked in a run against Hancock in the game before his death.
6) Verizon – they did distract him by allowing him to have cell phone coverage.

Get the point? Ridiculous.