Monday, September 26, 2089
IPA POSTSEASON PLAYOFF POLL IS POINTLESS
Sorry to say, but as my redneck relatives in the Heart of Dixie, the great state of Alabama, tell yours truly, "The IPA postseason playoff poll is just plain sorry -- it is useless with a capital U". And as much as I dislike agreeing with any of their opinions --- Yep, they are absolutely correct. "My picks are just plain sorry and useless with a capital U".
I just look back at the Pro Cup champions since 2080 and sadly found that only one #1 pick actually lived up to expectations and won. That was the Belair Beach Sunbirds in 2084.
Here are the overall IPA Pro Cup winners:
'80 White River (3rd Choice)
'81 Rolling Hills (3rd Choice)
'82 Kenwood (7th Choice)
'83 East Point (4th Choice)
'84 Belair Beach (1st Choice)
'85 Colfax (5th Choice)
'86 Rolling Hills (5th Choice)
'87 La Claire (6th Choice)
'88 Summerland (8th Choice)
'Nuff said.
That is some sorry pickings.
In a word --- "USELESS"!
However, this information is very valuable to EC. Now I don't have to do the annual and tedious IPA Pro Cup polls. Apparently it's just a big waste of time. I have to research every team and post screenshots ad nauseum. You folks probably don't even pay any attention to them. Do any of you ever read my long-winded and rambling posts and tirades?
The only thing folks do these days is just text. They don't use complete sentences. Just 5 words or less at most and using acronyms that I don't know.
And nope, EC does not text. My fingers are too large to type using those small letters on my phone. And besides it takes too long to text, having to type out everything. Why can't y'all just call people and talk to them?
Don't leave --- I'm not finished.
Here's another tirade of despair:
Baseball is overloaded with every statistic in the world and is coming up with useless new ones every day. Sorry, folks. I'm an old fogey. All I use is Runs, Hits, Errors, BA, HR, OBP, ERA and FA. WORFs, WARs, WHIPs, WHOOPs, WOBAs, WIMPs, WHOOPEEs, WAMs and all of that balderdash are useless to me. I'm so sick and tired of baseball broadcasters telling me the launch angles, exit speed, pitching mechanics, arm angles and batting mechanics during a broadcast that I now watch a telecast with the sound off.
Have they ever thought about just filling in a few game details about the game and let us simply watch the game without all of their inane discussions?
Wouldn't it be nice to just have one broadcaster doing a game like it was in the good old golden days of radio?
And speaking of "useless" --- I was Cousin Useless to my favorite cousin George.
That's was a term of endearment, I hope.
