So Elijah Dukes, outfielder for the Washington Nationals, was fined by his team… Guess why (come on, come on, guess)? He was five minutes late because he was speaking at a Virginia Little League gathering. Wow, right? It wasn’t because he had a late lunch or because he overslept or even because he got stuck in traffic. A professional baseball player was speaking to potential professional baseball players about the game… Amazing!

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So the parents of the Little Leaguers decided to pay the $500 fine and even offered an extra dollar for administrative costs. There are so many directions I could take this in, but I’ll just stop here with this…  The priority of some of professional sports organizations is still surprizingly disappointing with all more serious issues going on within sports today.

Little leaguers yall, little leaguers yall…

So Yankee Stadium is now open for business and the New York fans came out in full force to appreciate the billion-dollar sight. The stadium is an unbelievably beautiful place… sorta looking like a Roman colliseum.

The thing is the Yankees loss their home opener…

I really don’t think New Yorkers care too much. I’ve found that they really seem to support one another no matter what the task. What speaks profoundly to this notion is that the actual field looks the same as the old one… a definite shot out to the past.

For me, it’s a great example of remembering what’s important… That you don’t have to leave the memories of the past behind in order to achieve greatness in your tomorrows.

You know, no words can ever express a loss, especially an untimely one, right? We express our sincere thoughts and prayers to the Adenhart family in the loss of their son, Nick Adenhart.

Adenhart, the 22-year-old pitcher for the Los Angeles Angles, was killed last week in a car accident by a drunk driver.

Two others lost their lives in that fatal crash and we send sympathies to their families as well.

Wow, right?

I was reading an article this morning about Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, and I had an interesting thought (Well, it was interesting to me… LOL!)…

K, so Marcus Jordan has chosen to continue his basketball career at a seemingly less than desirable college, the University of Central Florida. While the article actually commended his choice, noting that it was a good decision now for better recruitment possibilities later, I still acquired a weird feeling behind the news… or the potential reaction to the news.

First, who could possibly live up to being Michael Jordan’s son?… (I’m not going anywhere with that, I just needed to ask to satisfy my own selfish desire.). What I want to address is the endless hawk on the backs of so many to do or to be… (I know normally the hawk reference if in accordance with weather, but I liked the graphic picture of a hawk on someone’s back…)…

Like Marcus, if people (old and young alike) would just make decisions based upon what is best for their lives, their futures, and not concentrate so much on popular opinion… man, what a world this would be.

I learned early on to beat to my own drum (That sometimes got me in a world of trouble, but that’s another story for another post. LOL!). It’s an unpopular and hard thing to do sometimes, but I believe it leaves you with less regret…

Hey yall… it is Major Leage Baseball (MLB) Opening Day (Last night was MLB’s actual. opening night, but not many respect that as the official start of the season.). My Hubby is not a baseball fan; however, I think I can convince him to be more interested in the game… What does this day represent? It’s like Spring… new beginnings, new identities, new relationships, new opportunities, etc.

If you are in relationship with a baseball fan (yourself not being one) then take some time to breathe and reflect on the meaning of a new season. Your sig-other hopefully has renewed hope and excitement for the coming season. Capitalize on that and bring a new dimension to your relationship. Well at least that is my suggestion…

Yay baseball! I love when another seasonal sport begins… and, seriously, the best part is that I’m a little closer to summer (LOL!).

I was going back and forth about whether or not to talk about something that I saw last week while watching the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (remember this is March Madness). After a few conversations with myself (yes, myself!), I decided that I did want to talk about it…

About a week and a half ago, the men’s basketball team from Morgan State University were getting spanked (beaten real good) by the University of Oklahoma’s men’s team. Now all of us basketball fans know that when one team is crushing another there can be a lot of emotionally-driven dumb plays. But this was just uncalled for (at least I think so)…

Need I say anything else?… I think I will. How can someone commit a play that can potentially end another peer’s playing career? When the Morgan player was later asked about his actions, he sorta downplayed the entire thing. I think what I like best was Griffin’s (the player who was flipped) response… which was just to simply get up and walk away. His actions were louder than words.

I have a lot of feelings that I won’t bore you with, but I will say that Griffin’s actions reinforce to me that everything is not worth reacting to.

So, I’ve mentioned before how much I love Jordan, right? This one doesn’t take away from that…

His son, Marcus Jordan, helped his high school team, Whitney Young of Illinois, win their basketball game scoring a game high 19 points. So, of course, every camera was on Jordan as he teared up (I believe something came down his face.) in fatherly pride watching his son and the team receive their accolades.

There is a great photo that captures this moment, but it was like 1 million dollars… so you’ll just have to take my word for it. Instead, I thought any picture of Jordan would do. So, here goes…

I know here we focus on professional sports, but this time of year is very much about March Madness… If you don’t know about this bracket bearing, stay home from work ’cause you’re “sick”, and TiVo just won’t do time of year, it’s all about the best of college basketball teams bringing it all to the court and taking home the championship.

I guess my problem with this whole thing is the way it goes down… Meaning, the hand full of teams that make it aren’t necessarily there because they are, indeed, the best. It’s this subjective ruling that is determined by some random group of people and that’s it. While I’m at it, I’d also like to echo the thoughts of an analyst I heard earlier this week on the radio… Teams that don’t have the big school names, the television coverage, or the gigantic endorsements don’t get a chance to play the big named schools. Its unfortunate because there is talent on these less glamoured teams that no one ever gets to see.

You know, I’m just about fairness and I don’t think the way things go down is particularly fair. And you know what else? I know unfair things happen all the time. As I understand it, this complaint has fallen on deaf ears for years, so I guess this will be another deaf musing… Oh well, I remain unmoved.

Just wanted to comment on the private (well, were once private…) nupitals of the New England Patriot’s quaterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen. They’ve been dating for a minute and were recently married, and of course everyone is trying to get that one great, exclusive shot…

Hubby and I always travel watching our backs so no one will get that money shot (LOL! I’m cracking myself up!). Its a burden that some of us must endure.

Much success to the really, really, really (stupid really) rich couple (Smile!).