Shake my head….

I do not get the sports writers in today's world. I guess they have fallen into the same trap as the rest of the news media. They write and vote based on what will sell.

I do not understand, how Felix Hernandez did not win his second Cy Young. I hope he is right in that it will motivate him to pitch even better next year (not sure how he can elevate his game much more, but anyway). The funny thing when the MVP results came out, Hernandez placed higher then the pitcher that won the Cy Young this year.

While watching one of the sports pundit shows, one reporter stated that he chose Klubber over Hernandez based on salary, in that Hernandez made 23M and Klubber made 550K, so Klubber performance was better because he made less money. Really, I was not aware that salary was now a stat in baseball. I guess the game is evolving that way. For everyone's information, Hernandez makes that kind of money because he puts up Cy Young numbers every year, just not once.

Now lets talk about the rest of sports reporting, and where it has gone. You can not turn on a sports show with out hearing about which NFLer has broken the law and has been suspended. Sad really, and there may be a lot of causes (not excuses) for this. But where are the positive things coming out about players? Tamba Hali was born in Liberia (one of the Ebola ridden countries), and left the country when he was 10 to be educated here in the US, he learned football and has become an All-Pro. He recently donated a million dollars to expand medical centers in Liberia to help treat Ebola victims. His team the KC Chiefs and his team mates also made donations, yet no one has heard of it. I guess that is not news worthy.

Now I am a big Hope Solo fan, but she has gotten herself into a mess with charges of domestic abuse similar to some of the NFLers. But why hasn't she been suspended from her professional team and is still representing the US in international competition. Is she getting differential treatment because she is female? Is it fair?