If I Was In Charge

Hello everyone. It has been a while since I wrote an article. With my Bulls playing game six tonight against the Pistons, and the White Sux coming in to Wrigley for the weekend, this is one of the best sports weekends of the year. With that in mind, I have been thinking about what I would do if I was in charge of all sports.

I am not talking about being a commissioner of a league. I am talking about complete control of all sports( atleast the ones that I care about, some drunken redneck in camoflauge can be in charge of NASCAR). Everything that goes on in the sports world, from announce teams to mascots falls in my domain. So I can do whatever I see fit to change the sports landscape. Anyone that knows me knows I would spend my first day in office completely restructuring the BOOYA network. But I could write about the problems with the BOOYAS until I turn sixty, so let me discuss problems that can easily be fixed.

By the way, these thoughts are not my top things I would do. I am writing this off the hip, so whatever comes into my head is going to be put to paper. However, I do know the very first thing I would do if I was in charge.

The VERY FIRST THING I would do if I was in charge of sports would be- Put Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is the biggest travesty in professional sports. Pete Rose bet on baseball as a manager. He bet on his team as a manager. Pete Rose might be a complete asshole who will do anything for a dollar. But do you know what else Pete Rose did? He got more hits in baseball then ANYONE. Baseball has been around since the post civil war era, and no one, I repeat, no one has gotten more hits then Mr. Rose. The all time home run leader is in the Hall. The all time strikeout leader is in the Hall. The all time Wins leader is in the Hall. The guy with the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth most hits of all time are in the Hall. But Mr. Rose is still on the outside looking in because of the deal he made with Bart Giamatti.( I know I spelled that wrong but I don't have the patience to spell check.)

The Hall of Fame is for people who excelled on the playing field. Pete Rose did that. He is one of the top 25 players of all time. Ban him from managing again. Ban him from being involved in coaching. But put him in the Hall.

The same goes for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Yes, he was a White Sux. But not many people realize that he has the second highest career batting average in the HISTORY of baseball. Only Ty Cobb( who by the way was a complete piece of shit of a person) has a higher career batting average. Shoeless Joe may have taken money to throw the World Series ten years before the great depression, but he hit .375 in the series. Until these two guys are in the Hall of Fame, the Hall will remain incomplete.

Another thing I would do if I was in charge of sports would be to increase penalties for driving under the influence.( The goddamn Cubs just blew a four run ninth inning lead to the Mets, FUCK!) For anyone that is convicted of drunk driving, they should be suspended for one quarter of their respective season. Anyone that is convicted of a second DUI would be suspended for an entire season.

Driving while intoxicated is something that puts thousands of lives at risk No excuse is valid for it. When you throw in the fact that professional athletes can easily afford a limo or a personal driver anytime they drink, it makes a DUI by an athlete that much more sickening. Strong punishment is the only way to get this point across.

One more thing I want to change about sports? I would get rid of Joe Morgan and Tiki Barber as announcers/commentators. Joe Morgan is an egotistical jackass. Every time Sunday Night Baseball on the Booya network begins, I feel a need to vomit when John Miller mentions his "Hall of Fame" partner. Joe Morgan is god in Joe Morgan's eyes. He speaks the booya network talking points, and he states the obvious when it comes to his analysis of the game. Johan Santana is a good pitcher. Alex Rodriguez is a good fastball hitter. No shit dumbass. If people don't know that, they shouldn't be watching baseball.

As for Tiki Barber, I despise him. First off, he is NOT a hall of fame running back. He was only a every down back for five years of his career. When I think of the hall of fame running backs, I think of Sanders, Dickerson, Brown, Smith and most of all, Walter Payton. Tiki Barber should not even be mentioned in the same day. For that I apologize.

Mr. Barber spent the last two years of his football career setting himself up for a television gig. He marketed himself like crazy. Nothing is wrong with that. But he is also an egomaniac that can talk the talk but never walked the walk. I can't wait to see Keith Olberman join the NBC Sunday night football cast, but will change the channel once Tiki is shown.

So many things need to be fixed in sports. These are just three things I would do. I have many other things floating around but don't have the time to write them. Have a good day every buddy and GO BULLS. Twenty Two hours until the Cubs whoop on the Sux at Wrigley. If anyone has a topic you would like my opinion on, feel free to contact me at sportsandpolitics@yahoo.com.