We take on the rest of the season with one simple goal in mind: Limit the damage. Reaching .500 would be nice, but realistically there's almost zero chance of that. But like Ghandi once said, "Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it." (Little known fact, that dude was a serious degen).
A couple thoughts before getting to the Super Play of the Day...
This piece in this weekend's edition of the Wall Street Journal caught our eye. We don't know what's more puzzling: That the writer seems to think that the Raiders' ineptitude on offense makes them difficult to defend or that Terrell Pryor didn't know how to throw a football until a couple months ago? It's a tough one, but we'll go with the former. Typically, the inability to move the ball consistently doesn't present additional challenges to a defense. If it did, the Jags would be undefeated...
Derek Jeter had a $9.5 million player option for 2014 to return to the Yankees. So, naturally New York upped the ante this week, as the two parties came to a one-year, $12 million agreement. Not a typo. That's $12 million for a fragile, light-hitting 40-year old short stop who played only 25 games last season.
Sure, you could probably argue that Jeter is worth that at the gate this year, but you know what would also put asses in the seats: A short stop that could help the team win actual fucking baseball games. And to the those who say the Yankees 'owe' Jeter, go fuck yourself. The Yankees owe him shit. It's a business, and they've already been overpaying for years...
In local news, horrible person and Starbucks founder Howard Schultz told a Canadian radio station this week that owning the Seattle Sonics was a nightmare. Kill yourself. Schultz, which leveraged Seattle into a global business empire, bought the team for $200 million and sold it for $350 million. We should all suffer such nightmares. This is why many locals refuse to drink Starbucks, and which is why you shouldn't either...
In other local-related news, Adam Schefter is an asshole. Schefter reported this week that the Seahawks were in talks to acquire Jared Allen from the Vikings. No they weren't, and Schefter, who has blocked us on Twitter, is a hack.
If there's one position where Seattle is set, it's the defensive line, which is loaded. The especially true for defensive end, where Chris Clemons, Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett and Red Bryant make up perhaps the league's best group. To the extent they were involved in talks regarding Allen, it was simply to drive up the price for division rival San Francisco, which was rumored to have interest. You'd expect an 'insider' to be savvy enough to figure that out...
Super Play
Homer alert: Seattle -15
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