Patriots 13-0

Thanks world, you’ve really outdone yourself this time.

Once you begin to learn about this kind of sport and gambling arena I think the true magnitude of what kind of people can do this becomes evident, and Mike Vick is someone who could do this.  He was able to watch, fund, plan, organize, house, and fully participate in all aspects of this gruesome activity.  On December 10th he was given 23 months in prison for his actions.  The biggest question that comes from all of this is do you agree with the actions the court, the media, and us as a general society have taken.

The first big question being asked is “why does this seem to a be a much bigger deal that he killed dogs than if someone were to kill a human being? “  I think that is explainable.  Most importantly the general society in America looks at dogs almost like little kids.  They don’t have a reason to be killed.  They aren’t “thugs”, they have no defense.  They are looked at as innocent beings with no intention of hurting us, which is far from people’s view on a regular human being.  Millions of homes have dogs, how many homes have the type of people who are usually gunned down in unsavory activities dwelling within?  The regular person just can’t relate to the average type of person who is killed in a homicide, but everyone knows at least one dog that they have had a personable relationship with.  As odd as that may sound, it’s true, people feel more sorry for dogs than people.

The media has also dealt with this issue in a way that has been very swift and intense.  Mike Vick is gone from the face of the NFL, and was so in a matter of minutes.  He lost every dollar of marketing money he had before he could blink his eyes.  His contract was gone, his signing bonus in jeopardy, everything that had his name on it was thrown into the fire.  I can totally understand this in this situation, but it’s funny how we react to things of this nature and not accordingly in others.  When Leonard Little killed a woman in an accident while drunk he was still playing.  Again I’m not saying that the response to Vick is wrong, cause Lord knows if I had anything to do with any of his endorsements he would be canned faster than soup at Campbells, I’m just saying that we react differently to different things and Little’s case was the oddest of them.

Overall I think everything that has come to Vick is fair.  Sadly what out-trumps my disgust of what he did to those dogs is how frustrated I am towards his decisions.  How can you think that fighting dogs is worth 130 million dollars in potential salary?  It blows my mind.  How can he not have one trustworthy person around him to simply stop him and say “Hey Mike, you really think this is that great of an idea?  Do you think this is worth it?  You do know that if you get caught doing this that this luxurious lifestyle is all over, right?  You do know that this all goes away as soon as anyone finds out?  Oh, and wearing a hat that represents your dog fighting kennel is probably the stupidest idea I’ve personally ever heard of in my entire life!”.  It’s sad that he lived a life with no one there to help him do what’s best for him, his family, and even those unbelievably dumb friends of his.

Now tonights games dealing with these six teams I have talked about is what really got me freaked out, let us compare the results of tonights games.  The Yankees (2nd place in the AL East), faced the Toronto Blue Jays (3rd place in the AL East) who were fresh off of sweeping a division opponent, tonight in New York.  The Blue Jays were up until the ninth inning when the Yankees came back to tie the game 4-4 and force extra innings.  The game went to the 14th inning when Greg Zaun stepped to the plate to hit a home run.  The Yankees, at home, could not do anything in the bottom of the 14th and lost.  On the other side of the country The Padres (2nd place team in the NL West) played against the Rockies (3rd place team in the NL West)  who were fresh off of sweeping a division opponent, in San Diego.  The Rockies were up until the ninth inning when the Padres came back to tie the game 1-1 and force extra innings.  Then game went to the 14th inning when Brad Hawpe stepped to the plate to hit a home run.  The Padres, at home, could not do anything in the bottom of the 14th and lost.  Weird isn’t it?  It doesn’t stop there.  The team above the Yankees in the AL East, the Red Sox,  played and easily beat a weak division opponent 8-1.  The team above the Padres in the NL West, the Diamondbacks, played and easily beat a weak division opponent 12-3 (I know the Dodgers aren’t the Devil Rays, but it kind of seems like it lately).  The Tigers, the team chasing the Yankees in the wild card played the worst team in the AL, and won.  The Phillies, the team chasing the Padres for the wild card played the worst team in the NL, and won.

Things are basically just running down two parallel sets of train tracks looking at the same scenery.  I hope that their fates do continue down the same path together until they meet in the world series and my head explodes.  I don’t think I could actually imagine what I would do, until lets just hope both teams stay heading in the right direction.

AFTERTHOUGHT: Yankees 1-9 hitters matched on the same team with the Padres pitching =  Jake Peavy gets 32 wins in a year, Chris Young 26, 142-20 record for the Yadres.