Pregnant? Manny and Scott?
January 8, 2009So its been pretty slim pickins in the sports pages for me lately. I did come across this article about WNBA star Candace Parker being pregnant and for some reason it struck me as kind of funny. Before anyone gets mad, I want to clarify that In no way am I making fun of her or women’s sports. I just thought the situation was funny and the headline “Sparks standout Parker is pregnant” caught me off guard as I glanced at the sports section. It’s not everyday you see the word pregnant in a sports section headline. You just never would expect the headline “Derek Jeter pregnant, Steinbrenner furious”. It was almost like she did something wrong….like “Vick caught in dog fighting ring”. I don’t have a clue about the WNBA, but it turns out Ms. Parker was the rookie of the year, MVP, and won an Olympic gold last season. Basically it sounds like she’s the poster child for the league. And now she’s out cause she got knocked up. The owner of the team and her teammates and the league can’t be too thrilled about this turn of events…but I guess that’s part of female athletics. I wonder if the owners have pregnancy insurance. It just never crossed my mind. Oh well, Mommy first, athlete second. And here I thought big money ruled the world. Refreshing.
And now on to Manny. I’m really curious as to what’s going to happen. Is he really gonna have to eat the stale offer the Dodgers made him two months ago? Don’t you hate it when someone tries to shove $45 million down your throat? $22 mil and change a year for a couple seasons. Did Boras’ plan finally backfire? Is there really no sucker team going to come out of the woodwork and save the day for Manny and Scott? Can the owners be that smart to recognize that a day over two years is too much? This is high drama, kind of like a daytime soap opera and I like it. Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting episode.
Boras cries collusion in 3…2…1..
When the team you played for the previous season does’nt win it (no matter how good your numbers were and are) if you’re a knuckle head in the clubhouse, other teams will follow suit and try and win without you; less the whoever being whoever.