So Cal Sports Check

Last week, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers deservedly took home the Cy Young award.  This week, Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers was undeservedly snubbed of the NL MVP Award.  However, showing enormous character, Matty just smiled, shook his head, signed his PHAT contract extension, and gave the classic 'wait 'till next year' statement.  We can't Matty.  We can't.  We're super-hyped and so proud of what you've done this past season despite the McCort mess that we're already on the edge of our seats in anticipation of March.



From postseason accolades to lost season lammentation: Though the decertified players and the league have supposedly resumed talks today in anticipation of striking a deal that would get Christmas games on the docket, I'm not holding my breath.  I started back in June with the solidified mindset that we would have a repeat of 1998-99 and have about a 50 game season.  That middle-of-the-road, should-have-been-realistic view is finally turning sour to despair, as I stare at the towel that was this season while I ball it up, ready to throw it in.  The media really needs to stop with the false hope thing on this one.



This Saturday at the Colliseum, the Los Angeles Civil War gets underway at 4pm with the 9-2 USC Trojans hosting the 6-5 UCLA Bruins.  Since USC is not elibile for anything that counts, UCLA will claim the Pac-12 South with a win and go on to play in the Pac-12 Championship game.  Who'd have thunk it?  Of course if they lose, Rick Neuheisel should polish that resume quickly.



Finally, since there's on pro ball being played and nothing to get excited about on that front, let's turn to the excitement of NCAA Hoops!  My Alma Matre, Santa Clara Universtiy, is playing tonight at the Anaheim Convention Center against Oklahoma after taking out New Mexico in a 79-76 overtime thriller on Wednesday.  It's still early in the season, and yes, the Broncos got waxed by UCSB in their first true game of the season, but they were sure to take out their aggression against San Jose State and continued the impressive play on Wednesday.  Tonight's game is a 9pm PST on ESPN 2. 

Another Occupy Protest?

Yes!...and in the new Promenade Walk district in Downtown Long Beach!  Except it was just CSI Miami filming and episode that will feature the popular OWS movement.  Not sure yet when it airs, but keep an eye out!

October BC Post FAIL

I held off on posting about Breast Cancer Awareness month because I wanted to follow the common advice of not writing anything when incensed.  However, as the month wore on, I realized that this is a subject over which I will never be less than adamant over its sketchy and less-than-benevolent nature for a cause.  I continued my research on the matter, but I never got to delving into the operations of SGK to uncover the true percentage of $ that actually goes to the cause.  This, however, I will contend over and over and over again.  The SGK foundation repatriates more money into the US Economy than it sends to breast cancer research.  This is because they spend inordinate amounts of money on advertising and in partnering on pink-branding products that it isn't feasible to pass-through even a majority of the donations or product revenue to the actual cause.

But I'll stop there because October is over.  I will double my efforts for a post or a few posts on the topic next year, but I WILL leave this on the table...

-Pancreatic Cancer kills a higher percentage of its victims (i.e. Patrick Swayze, Steve Jobs)
-Lung Cancer kills 4x as many people as breast cancer
-The only cancers that have higher gender specificity are ovarian, testicular, and prostate

So, until next year, something to marinate on...