First Round of 2004 and disturbing sports trends...

Got to play my first round of golf in 2004 yesterday. I started out very well and had a score of 47 on the front 9. Then my sucking caught up with me on the back 9 where I shot a 57. I guess a 104 after a 3 month layoff isn't so bad. The highlight of the round was a nice chip shot I made on a par 5. I hit a decent drive of about 230 yards, then my second shot went about 180 yards leaving me about 80 yards out. I played a nice bump and run shot over a hill that came to rest about 2 feet from the cup.

The weather this past week has been great. It was actually a little on the hot side yesterday with temperatures in the low 80's. Considering this time last year it was still so cold and there was snow on the ground, I'd day March of 2004 is definitely better weather wise.

I've noticed that lately, some of the networks and cable channels are trying to breathe life into some new sports. It srarted a few weeks back where I saw an advertisment for this "heated" cricket matchup between Pakistan and India. They were making it sound like they had a rivalry like the Yankees and Red Sox. I'm sorry, cricket is just gay. Maybe I would find it more interesting if the cricket players spit tobacco and grabbed their crotches more.

Then yesterday they had on table tennis mathes on ESPN2. They gave it some silly name like the "Spinmasters" tournament. The funniest thing about it was the atire the ping pong players had on. The shorts they had on were reminiscant of the NBA shorts of the late 70's and early 80's. I kept having flashbacks of Kevin McHale and Larry Birds pasty white thighs. Oh the humanity!!! Call me a homophobe, but I don't need to see that much of another mans thighs. I can see why swimmers and divers wear those little speedo bikinis, but I don't see why ping pong players can't wear little longer shorts. Plus how can I take a sport that Forrest Gump excelled at seriously?