Cut The Baseball Season in Half… Please/Real Madrid thumps aside Real Zaragoza

Cut The Baseball Season in Half… Please
The baseball season is far too long, and I’m not the only fan that feels this way. For weeks, I have watched baseball games that are meaningless, and around the fifth inning I find myself watching preseason football or antique NBA games. During the months of July and August, there are so many games that fail to keep my attention. I am come to the conclusion that baseball needs to reduce the amount of games they play during the duration of the season. If you cut the season off at the beginning of August, you can have more fans interested in postseason play. I feel that there is no need for baseball teams to have to play everyday. Why not have teams play only three to four times a week instead of seven days? We as a society become very bored with baseball at times because the game is played every single day.
I am an advocate of a 90 game season compared to a 162 game season. Football is America’s favorite sports mainly because its season is short, and they only play one game a week. There is no real anticipation in major league baseball, because you don’t have time to build hype and drama. I know that the baseball traditionalists would hate changes to the game they love, but baseball ratings and popularity will continue to dwindle because the game hasn’t caught up with the times. Baseball is making a grave mistake in trying to combat with Football during the months of August, September, and October. Creating more drama and excitement to the game of baseball are the only two legitimate ingredients to returning baseball to the number one sport in America.
On another note, I feel that Los Angles Dodgers outfield Matt Kemp should be in the running for most valuable player of the national league. Matt Kemp is having a great break out season, and he is top five in the national league in all major offensive categories. For Kemp to stay focused amidst all the drama and craziness in dodger land directly depicts to the baseball world what kind of locked in season Mr. Kemp is partaking in. If Matt Kemp can stay focus and professional, I believe that the Triple Crown will be in his future in a year or two.


Real Madrid thumps aside Real Zaragoza
The Spanish La Liga has finally kicked off this past weekend with runner-up Real Madrid traveling to Zaragoza. The home side has signed Mexican internationals Barrera and Juarez on loan, but didn’t make much of a difference.
In a match that finished 6-0, Ronaldo (3), Marcelo, Alonso, and Kaka were all on the scoreboard for Los Blancos. Each goal scored was off a quick, smart play that was almost impossible to stop. Madrid kept attacking their opponent’s goal with no mercy. That is a reason why they are one of the top two teams in Spain.
Ronaldo, Ozil, Benzema, Alonso, Di Maria, and Marcelo are all game changers for Real Madrid. When the time comes, each one of these players will step up to make the difference. The scary thing is that Nuri Sahin, signed over the summer, is still on the injured list. Once he is cleared, he will add an even bigger spark to the midfield of this already dominant squad.
Zaragoza is known as a team that could compete with most of the teams in La Liga. They were expected to lose this game by no more than 3-4 goals. However, Madrid’s non-stop attacking style forced them to allow 6 unanswered in this match.
This match marked Jose Mourinho’s largest victory away from home as coach of Real Madrid. The team is full of stars who are all quick, smart, and warrior-like on the field. Arguably, there is only one team that could beat them to the la Liga title; FC Barcelona.
The Catalans have won the last three Spanish league titles and recently defeated Madrid in the Super Cup. Madrid will only continue to grow stronger as the season progresses unless important players unfortunately become injured. The more they play Barca, the more they learn about them. Mourinho will have to come up with a huge game plan when the two sides square off in Madrid in December.
Real Madrid is expected to have a successful season but no matter what they win, they need to defeat Barcelona for bragging rights. The La Liga is obviously a two-horse race and it’s time for the capital side to re-possess their throne atop Spanish soccer.