Elijah Dukes, just trying to help.

There’s a baseball player by the name of Elijah Dukes. He has had a troubled life and while in Tampa got into trouble. However, he has been given another chance and was able to go to the Washington Nationals. They want to change the culture of the team so they want him to not get into any trouble. Makes sense.

Then Elijah last Saturday went to the Great Falls Virginia Little League kickoff, and was 5 minutes late for his game. Initially he was suspended, however, he had to play due to injury. The team fined him, and the little league raised money to pay for this fine.

I do understand the point of the Nationals, however, this is a bad pr move. The guy was trying to help out the little league in a local area, and is efforting to get his life back. But the DC Nationals decide to punish him. I do get their point, and this is unfortunate but if this happens again, please take care of it better. This is crazy to punish a guy like this, especially after their own behavior. This is the same team that started the season as the worst team in MLB, as well as misspelled their own name as the Natinals.

So I understand their point, but you are an organization that is drenched in mediocrity at best. Here’s hoping they will be okay in the future, and maybe stop embarrassing themselves in the eyes of the public. I’m sure their Redskin waiting fans of DC , will love to hear less mess come from their baseball team.

Before I end this, congrats to the Great Falls Little League Baseball. They’re the true class in this entire situation.

http://www.gflittleleague.org/

Roasting the Detroit Lions

We need to roast the Detroit Lions.
I’m not talking about the Thanksgiving Turkey type of roast, or Bar-B-Q a pig on an open fire. Oh no. I’m referring to the humorous types of roast. We do it all the time to comedy legends to even sport stars. Usually it’s all done with great fun plus the money raised goes to a charity.

Now it’s high time for the Detroit Lions to be on that list. They’re awful, the worst team in the NFL, and let’s face it , ripe for a roast. You could have comedians or people representing most of the cities, or maybe teams on their schedule, or then again people from the organization. I don’t care, and could see great things for the NFL. They already have a variety of means to get their sport out there. I mean, this is an organization that actually has people to watch teams draft players. Draft players. Some genuinely watch combines. Unbelievable. So at least, let’s start roasting the worst teams in the league.

Every year we should take the worst team, put them on comedy central and roast them. Then of course, like all good roasts, allow them to snap back. It’s all in good fun. It gets the anger out, especially from fans, and then the money can go to a good cause by the choice of the team being roasted. In addition, I don’t think we should stop there. I believe we should do this for NBA, MLB, and NHL. Especially the NHL. They need to get people to watch so anything will be positive for them.