Bold Predictions (I)

The Poll

Well, the people have spoken and lyrics stay.  Now I need to start getting clever.  Final tally Lyrics 17 - non lyrics 12. 

Check out the new poll on your right. 

The Forecast

So....

We have teams!  You'll have to forgive me because I went in different directions simultaneously on this one.  As you may know there is an online sports desk review of the teams that can be found at the bottom of this BLOG.  I also made the mistake of recruiting some special guests to give their opinions of the draft. 

For this week I had invited Charlie Sheen to give his opinion on our team drafts.  Now, I haven't quite figured out how to get Charlie onto sports desk, so I had to actually take notes on what he said to print them here.  I have to admit that his answers were a little erratic, but I can assure that every quote is an authentic Sheen quote.  This is brief, but give it a quick read before moving onto Sports Center.

Without further adieu, Charlie Sheen.  (Swear to God!). 

BANSHEES

BLOG:  What do you think about the talk about Simon Smith and certain performance enhancers?
Charlie Sheen:  I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.


BEER BROS.

BLOG:  The Beer Bros. have rookie captains, can you speak to how big a job it is to lead a team?
Charlie Sheen:  I don’t have a job. I’ve got a whole family to support and love. People a lot more important than me are relying on that money to fuel the magic.


BREW JAYS

BLOG:  If you were Bo or Roddy, what would you say after taking the league by storm last year and leading in runs scored?
Charlie Sheen:  I’m sorry if I offended you. I didn’t know you were so sensitive. I just thought that, after you wailing on me for eight years, I could take a couple shots back.


DISLOCATED JOINTS

BLOG:  How many games do you think the Joints will win this year?
Charlie Sheen:  I closed my eyes and made it so with the power of my mind, and unlearned 22 years of fiction … the fiction of AA. It’s a silly book written by a broken-down fool.


DODGE CITY ROUNDERS

BLOG:  Do you believe that the Rounders are destined to return to the finals? 
Charlie Sheen:  I will not believe that if I do something then I have to follow a certain path because it was written for normal people. People who aren’t special. People who don’t have tiger blood and Adonis DNA.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Charlie Sheen.

EDITOR'S NOTE ON SPORTS DESK:

I feel a little bad putting this out, but a deadline is a deadline.  The next two editions will be a little more complete, I hope.  Part of the difficulty is getting names to be pronounced correctly, or even close to correctly.  Often names and more complicated words have to be spelled phonetically which makes the task somewhat arduous (I could never use arduous on Sports Desk). 

The other issue is that the program takes about 40 minutes for me to load up into youtube and making edits once it is there is impossible.  Its a bit of a bugger.  And of course the last issue is that my data base of pictures to put into the back drop screen is a little thin.  Hopefully that will build as the season progresses as will camera angles and overall production quality.  Of course, the more I add in, the longer the upload time....bear with me, its getting there. 

Finally, neither Sports Desk nor The BLOG will be 'ranking' teams or picking an overall favourite.  I, like many people, have opinions on which teams will do really well and which might struggle a little.  The truth is that I'm likely wrong and there is no sense putting preconceived notions into people's heads.  I need to maintain a smidgen of journalistic integrity and neutrality. 

What I intend to do is post a pool with each of the three Sports Desk episodes that will ask which of the five teams will be the most difficult to play.  Everyone will have different methods of rating those teams, plus there should be the usual contingent of voting for yourself, or against yourself as the case may be.  The three winners of the polls will be declared favourites by the people and of the people. 

I should have gone into politics.