{"id":11419,"date":"2015-12-29T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesdevol.com\/?p=11419"},"modified":"2015-12-29T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T15:41:23","slug":"a-little-sports-for-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesdevol.com\/?p=11419","title":{"rendered":"A little sports for the end of the year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well&#8230;haven&#8217;t figured out a political one yet so I thought I&#8217;d do a short one on sports&#8230;I was just going to say that all of my teams suck and leave it at that, but that just didn&#8217;t seem enough&#8230;so, here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Lions&#8230;.what the heck can you say about the Lions? You would think that since 1957 they would have gotten to a championship game even if by accident&#8230;but, no&#8230;in 58 years, not one damn championship or even a whiff of a team good enough or lucky enough to even compete&#8230;and it doesn&#8217;t look good for next year, either&#8230;but, do I still watch? Yep&#8230;but with the understanding that they will be bad&#8230;not sure if I know a Lions fan that ever even talks about the super bowl&#8230;.not in our vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers&#8230;&#8230;boy what a fall for the Tigers&#8230;contending for the world series last year and just stinking up the place this year and I&#8217;m not really sure what happened&#8230;.lots of injuries did them in for the most part and staleness of the management team didn&#8217;t help&#8230;thankfully, some of that has changed for next year but the starting pitching looks like it is mediocre at best&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings&#8230;after last night&#8217;s game, I&#8217;m not sure what to think of the Wings&#8230;looks good for a playoff spot for the 24th year in a row but I think their mindset is that that is the ultimate goal&#8230;just to get to the playoffs&#8230;for such a young team, that&#8217;s not the way to think&#8230;there has to be a loftier goal&#8230;back to the Stanley Cup finals at least to get some of these guys motivated&#8230;.I can&#8217;t remember a Wings team that had the swagger they used to have and tuning in to watch we were confident that they would dominate the other team&#8230;I want that back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United&#8230;.worst&#8230;team&#8230;ever&#8230;just horrible to watch&#8230;just painful to watch these guys play right now and I&#8217;m not sure I will for much longer&#8230;no killer instinct&#8230;no defense..no nothing&#8230;looks little better than the David Moyes team&#8230;Louie VanGaal has to go&#8230;along with some of the players if this club wants to return to the Man U that used to be&#8230;.I can&#8217;t remember the last time they even scored a goal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Okay&#8230;that&#8217;s it for now&#8230;was going to talk about nascar a little but just don&#8217;t feel like it right now&#8230;.more later&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well&#8230;haven&#8217;t figured out a political one yet so I thought I&#8217;d do a short one on sports&#8230;I was just going to say that all of my teams suck and leave it at that, but that just didn&#8217;t seem enough&#8230;so, here goes&#8230; The Lions&#8230;.what the heck can you say about the Lions? 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