The Eldrick

Questions and comments from a confused guy (me not Tiger, although I'm sure he is too).

First, this is whole situation is terrible and no one should ever look at Tiger the same again (but, I'm betting soon most of America won't care. That's just the way it is). I'm glad his sponsors are all dropping him. I blame him first for this whole thing (and there's plenty of blame to go around). If you are reading this post and think I'm not calling out Tiger enough, it's because everyone knows Tiger screwed up, I don't have to go into that. He messed up, and has been messing up for many, many years. Having said that, he doesn't 'owe' us all the details. He doesn't owe us any details, and I think it's a kind of sick the way the media is driving this whole story.

If Tiger didn't smash his car into that tree & fire hydrant how long would he of been able to go on without everyone knowing? I know a tabloid was already "breaking" the story, but 1) it was a tabloid, 2) I assume making one mistress go away would be a lot easier than making 10 be quiet.

You are telling me that no one else knew about this, only Tiger and his girlfriends? Really?! No one? Tiger lives in a gated community; anytime anyone came or went from that community they had to be let through the gates by the guards. Surely a guard thought something was up when the guard station would get a call and Tiger would say, "uh yeah, there's gonna be a girl in a '92 Chevy Cavalier coming up soon, go ahead and let her in and send her down to my place." Or his neighbors? Did they just think the plumber was over all the time? Or his friends (does he even have any friends)? Sometimes you just have to lay it out there to your friends, I mean, they are your friends, you are allowed to ask personal questions about their life. That is one of your responsibilities as a friend.

Of course she's claiming she had no idea, but how much of this did Elin know about? Supposedly this stuff has been going on since before they were married. I think she had to have some idea. If she knew about all of this, I don't feel too sorry for her anymore. She'd be only slightly better than the other girls.

I have a real problem with all these girls (in general for their roles) but especially now for all coming out to get their 15 minutes of fame. I don't know what they are hoping to achieve or what they hope to gain now. Clearly, Tiger isn't going to give them any money now after they told the world about their relationships. I'm assuming they got what they were after for years, so why come out now and ruin Tiger even more? Do they not realize that the world isn't going to think better of them or feel sorry for them or take them under their wing because they fessed up?

The Linus (or The Meaning of Christmas)

Well said Linus. That IS what Christmas is all about! You can find this in Luke 2:8-14

The Un-Hall of Fame

What are they thinking?

The Wayman

Toby Keith

More CMT Music

More CMT Music Videos

Toby Keith's tribute song to Wayman Tisdale

The Roof

On the roof at Remington Park

The Reason

The reason I thought it was silly to rake leaves yesterday...


This 55-foot tall tree in the front yard that is full of dead leaves yet to fall.


PS is my usage of 'leaves' correct here? When do you use 'leafs'?

The Yankees

A lot of people ask me why I root for the Yankees in the playoffs. The answer is, because I support their 'business model.' The Yankees don't care. To mildly control team payroll spending MLB has put luxury taxes in place. If a team spends over X amount they pay a tax, and that tax money, I believe goes to some of the poorer/small market teams. The Yankees don't care; they'll pay it with one hand while polishing the World Series trophy with the other. Winning seems to be what matters most and no amount of money will keep them from it (or at least no amount of money will keep them from paying the necessary players to put the 'best' team on the field).

I found this article interesting. It's mainly about a salary cap in baseball, but it also looks at the relationship of spending to winning, and touches on TV contracts, and season lengths.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=bryant/091117

I particularly liked the parts about how even the most expensive team still will only win 95-105 games, which is what a reasonably great team should win anyways. Enjoy

PS. After discussing with the wife I have some more things to add.
Complaint - They buy their wins, they are 'good player snatchers' it's easy to win when you have the best players.
1. They still have to play the games.
2. Other owners could do the same thing if they wanted. I understand that some owners don't have as much money as the Yankees, but if you own a MLB team, you have plenty of money (Tom Hicks excluded).
3. This year the Yankees went into the World Series with only 3 starting pitchers, and a shaky bullpen.