18th. | Comic Con!... Big Whoop?

Maybe it's because I don't go to the comic con. Maybe it's because I don't see it on tv. Maybe it's because I don't read a lot of main stream comics. And it could also be because I've never gone trick-or-treat-ing before... But when I hear people say, "Comic Con!" all's I say is, "Who cares?"

Don't get me wrong, I'm a comic lover. A huge comic lover. I enjoy comics very much, and am glad to see that even Google is starting to recognize it as a leader in entertainment. But still... I just don't get 'hyped' over this type of stuff. Now, I've been to a comic con before, and believe me -- it's awesome. And the one I was at, to be honest, sucked in comparison to the Cali. comic con. So I can only imagine how cool it must be! Yet, I still feel no real energy toward this. Some day, I hope to attend. Not as a fan either...

Well... Maybe I would watch it on tv -- however, I don't get G4. Whom is the only provider for this spectacle. Correct? No? Comment and tell me, if you know otherwise, please. So, just figured I blog about it.

Peace and love,
Baron

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17th. | How To Create a Major League Baseball Team

I'm creating this post with mainly one team in mind -- THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS. Now, I've never seen the team play, so I can't actually judge. I just wanted to say the above, so you could at least understand my train of thought.

I, of course, am not in any position AT ALL to tell someone how to manage their team. So everything I'm going to type to the WWW... (world-wide-web) Is simply MY opinion. Now, to me, the key to making a good team is: examine what you have.

If your strong suit is seemingly pitching, then make that the corner-stone of your team. If defense, likewise. This applies to basically everything baseball. If you're REALLY good at it, make it the corner-stone of your team. But there is one rare exception... If your offense is the corner stone of your team, there's only one thing I can suggest. Trade! I know this sounds crazy -- but honestly, I'm being serious. It's not about the amount of runs you put on the board, it's about the amount of runs you prevent the OTHER team from putting on the board.

How do I know this? Without going too deep into the matter... Last year, my beloved Detroit Tigers were the odds on favorite to go all the way to the world series. This, of course, pleased me. Experts expected the team to produce over 1,000 runs that year. And for those who don't know, that's quite a gem. Needless to say, expectation's were high. So, how did the season turn out? Stunning, really. And not in a good way. We finished last in our division and finished the season with a losing record. How could this have been avoided? Really, we needed better pitching. But instead, our corner-stone was offense.

So just what exactly am I saying? Every team should trade their power hitters? Now don't get me wrong, you want/need a good offensive club. And by no means am I saying a struggling team should trade their sluggers. (that would be dumb, obviously.) What I am saying, however, is that if you can get 2-4 mediocre players for 1 REALLY good player, maybe that's the better route to take. Trade one great for a few good. Get the drift? I'm not saying this is what every team should do... But instead, it should be what a few teams do. Now, assume you've got 3 REALLY good players. But the rest of your team is pretty bad. You can fill in all the blanks, if you'd just trade some of your better players.

Okay, so that's my two cents. Agree or not, that's my opinion. And just encase anyone actually cares, and nobody does, I've compiled a few player's name's I think teams should be willing to trade for/acquire.

Pitchers:

• Juan Rincon
• Kenny Rogers? (He's good, but also old.)
  
• Valerio de los Santos? (He's been struggling.)
  
• Aquilino Lopez
• ROY HALLADAY!! (...What?)
  

Positional Players:

• Richie Sexson (1B)
  
• Chris Shelton (1B)
• Vance Wilson (C) (He hasn't played for a couple seasons...)
  
• Gregg Zaun (C)
  
• Mike Hessman (3B - 1B)
  
• Cameron Maybin (OF) (Might be hard to acquire, but worth it.)

Please, don't ridicule me for posting this. Peace and love everyone, log back soon!

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16th. | Movie Shmovie

Dear God, can you please help Hollywood to start making better movies? More kid friendly, and mom approved movies with good morals and happy endings? Thank you Lord, in Jesus' name I pray, amen.

The above describes how I feel totally... Why do I feel this way? I just saw a movie. A bad one. Lost in Translation. I have only one thing to say about this movie. Don't watch this movie. This is one of the worse movies I've seen in my life. In fact, this movie might be the worse movie I've seen in my life. Maybe not. I dunno, it's hard to say it worse than the Good Shepherd. That was pretty bad. And Talladega Nights. Oh my God was that movie bad.

Good movies I've recently seen include Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Bedtime Stories, and Live Free or Die Hard. Those were good. Anything Pixar is good, too. God bless Disney channel.

And on that note, this post will officially end. Oh, and there's a real quick shout out I'd like to make to a cleb that recently passed away... Television will never be the same without ya bud, so long Billy Mays. I hope you knew Jesus.

Peace and love.

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