Olympic Strategery...

I woke up this morning the same way I always do. Assault on the alarm. Lights on. Fan off. Shower time. Directly after my vertical soak I turn on Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN2. The scrolling ESPN bottomline shows that the US Softball team is down 2-1 in the 6th inning to Japan. Japan is the Wayne Brady to the United States' Denzel Washington! However I let it go because I "ASSumed" the US would eventually win some way, somehow. The next three words I plan on typing is a phrase I utter entirely too much. "I was wrong." At my own amazement the undefeated US softball team choked on their previous three gold medals and did the unthinkable. Where do we go from here? The IOC is cancelling baseball and softball for future Olympics, yet Trampoline a legitimate "sport." Is this really how the greatest softball team in the world wanted to end it? I think so!

There is method to their madness. That's right, I'm officially opening up the conspiracy hot line and I'm taking calls all night. Give me a jingle on the jangle. Call the old number, it'll give you a new one! I digress. Prior to the gold medal game against Japan, the US had given up 1 run. IS THIS THING ON? 1 RUN!!! The odds on them giving up 3 more in a matter 7 innings is pretty low and the Vegas bookies have Scotty as a heavy favorite. Here's my belief. They threw the game.

Look at it this way...what do the women have to gain if they trounce Japan in a 11-0 rout? "How about a 4th gold medal, Potty." Granted, but they've done that before. They haven't lost since...well, ever. Softball has only been recognized as an Olympic sport since 1996 and so the winning streak begins. Basically the IOC is cancelling softball due to the dominance of the US national team. Basically the IOC is blaming the US due to the lack of parody within international softball. Basically the IOC forgets that it is the other countries responsibility to evolve their athletes into actual world-class athletes.

I think that the US loss to Japan is GENIUS! Yes, I believe the US orchestrated this loss in order to show parody and a competitive bar being raised. Without this, the appeal brought to the IOC would leave the US to blame. Just standing their with their shoulders shrugged and 4 gold medals dangling around their necks. Now reinstating the softball games for London '12 will seriously be considered.

I know, I know...I'm forgetting about baseball in this argument. However, they don't apply to this due to the fact that they aren't as dominant and aren't even legit professionals. Basically Jenny Finch is Derek Jeter and anybody that you can name on the US national baseball team is Crash Davis. Softball = Professionals. Baseball = Amateurs. The International Olympic Committee (IOC was getting redundant) has professed their undying love for "stars" and "icons." Hence the reason for USA basketball switching from college players to the NBA's finest.

This has gone on too long. If you only read this paragraph, it will make a long blog short. Softball, too dominant. IOC, competition Nazis. Softball loss, genius. Softball vs. Baseball, two different things. 2012 Olympics - London, softball wins gold. Wink, wink. I just hope they don't cancel trampoline. Then I'll really have something to say!