Holy Marole: Leteber speaks out

I have asked my friend Marole Leteber to write a take for the BLOG which he has done. For the first time in all my guest postings, I feel compelled to say that Marole’s views do not necessarily represent those of this blogger. So enjoy....

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When Dils told me he had a blog, I told him that blogs were stupid. Now he asked me to write for his blog, and I am changing my tune. I like being able to say what I want with no repercussions. For example, who is his dimwitted friend Snitzer(?) who is trying to defend the Yankees? Buddy, your team has not won the title in 5 years despite the fact that they have the most lopsided competitive advantage in any professional sport. Are you telling me if you were Pirates GM, you would spend $150 million on payroll on the hope that you would win and your fans would pack the stadium every night. I guess we now know why you are not a GM. When I buy a team, you will not be on my short list either. Or my long one….

Speaking of baseball, who even cares if the Sillies make the playoffs, which they probably won't. Per the above, they will flounder once they do against teams like the Mets and Yankees who pay to win instead of paying to be competitive. Plus their manager will do something stupid now or then to cost them a key game. Just focus on football, where the team has a chance of the coach does not keep choking.

The first thing I would do to help with this fuel problem we are having in the U.S. is abolish auto racing. Not only would they stop using all that gas for the races, but the hundreds of thousands of morons who actually drive hundreds of miles in RV’s that get 2.7 miles per gallon could stay home too.

However, while we are on racing, I do recommend Talladega Nights. Very funny movie, as are most things Will Farrell.

My takeaways from the early part of the National Football League schedule:

• The Jets are way better than anybody thought they would be. Look for them to upset the Buffalo Bills this weekend in Orchard Park, NY. Why? Because Buffalo is still not good, and Pennington will be able to do more against the Bill D than Losman will against a very underrated Jet defense.
• There are more bad teams, I mean really bad teams, in this league than I can remember.
• What is the shortest stint on record for tenure of a new NFL coach. I would imagine Art Shell should break that record as he has taken the Raiders to a whole new level of horrendous. The Raiders at home against Ohio State would be a toss up!
• Brad Childress is doing a good job with the Vikings. It seems he did not buy into Andy Reid’s ridiculous philosophy of running the ball no more than twice a quarter, as he is using Chester Taylor nicely.
• The biggest disappointment has to be the Redskins (yeah, that name is not offensive!). How can Mark Brunell still be a quarterback in this league. The Jason Campbell era is only weeks away! Joe Gibbs is having a tough year with Brunell and his star Tony Stewart sucking equally badly. See, if my rule on Nascar were followed, a nice old man like Joe could cut his misery in half.
• The Bears look very good. I guess the calls for Brian Griese got disconnected.
• Brett Favre should hang em up and start acting lessons for There’s Something About Mary 2.
• Is it true the loser of the Packer/Lion game this weekend will be eligible for the BCS championship this year?
• Fantasy football is stupid and annoying. There are much better fantasies than football, people….

In case anybody didn’t notice, hockey started their preseason. I have to say, I missed hockey not at all when they were on strike, and wish they would have stayed there.

If any of you Green Valley boys are reading this and want to grab dinner before cards tonight, you can reach me at my aol email address, MaroleLeteber@aol.com. I may even buy so that you will feel better about me after I take all your money later, which I will....