It's hard to find a more painful 24 hours in sports than on Tuesday. It started with the Mets firing
Willie Randolph in the middle of the night, about 3:15 a.m. Eastern Time. It ended with the
Boston Celtics
destroyed the LA Lakers 131-92 to win the NBA Finals.
I had predicted a
Celtics Championship back on Halloween 2007 as part of the Boston Sports
Apocalypse. I don't like being wrong but wanted to be wrong about the
Celtics because the future of the sports world and how the rest of the
world may react to it.
What
impact does the Boston Sports Apocalypse have on everyone else? Mr. Met
is frowning on the cover of the NY Post and that's even before Linda punches
his lights out. Steve is too depressed to write. The Yankees are
dealing with Ching-Ming Wang's injury by signing on-the-wagon-again/off-the- wagon-again Sidney Ponson.
You don't have to be
Reverend Dr. Jack Van Impe to know where this is going. Food riots. Climate
change. Extreme heat and humidity. Much of the Heartland is under water. The US is about to bomb
Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 12,500 for the first time since Saint Patrick's Day.
Where Do We Go From Here:
(1) Without sports and personal repentance, we are doomed to more Boston sports championships as well as global pestilence, wars, famines, etc.
(2) If the Mets don't win this year, I
will recommend that the Wilpons' fire Omar and hire Steve as the Mets
next General Manager. I know it will be difficult for Steve to be Vice
President of the United States AND the Mets GM at the same time but I
only need him in Washington for time breaking votes in the Senate. If
past travel patterns are indicative of the future, he'll spend most of
his Vice Presidency and Mets General Managership in Pakistan, the
Netherlands, or wherever you throw a dart on the map.
You know what to do. Pray to God/G-d/Allah/Buddha/etc for forgiveness and root for all Boston opponents. The fate of the (sports) world lies in your hands and hearts.
Posted by a Repentant Tank at the edge of the Biblical Abyss.