Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 23, 2014

That’s what I try and do. Was with one cohort on Friday blaming everything on Republicans, the next morning a cohort was blaming it all on Democrats. Different topics, same bipartisan….

I blame the Detroit Lions. It’s all their faults!

These days, the sports section seems pretty toxic, too…

Go Packers!!!

For those who want the feeling to linger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM

DA BEARS!

As a Steeler fan I have to say that I feel for the Lions. …and the City of Detroit. Doesn’t seem that either can even buy a break.

Well, talking about sports, anyway. And watching them. Except maybe a baseball game on a warm summer evening, from the bleachers. Only thing is, the fun from that is now spoiled with all the antics that merely serve to distract from the game.

This Canadian lady is pulling for the Montreal Alouettes in the Grey Cup and hoping the Montreal Canadiens keep playing well. Even though I moved to Ontario 20 years ago, I just can’t cheer for the Argos, the Ti-Cats or the Maple Leafs.

You can ignore politics, but politics won’t ignore you, Wiley.

Statler & Waldorf arguing about sports, instead of heckling The Muppets.

@Greatwizzo: The Bears suck & will continue to suck as long as that idiot family owns them!

can’t do the sports section anymore. domestic abuse, cops covering up assaults, schools having sham classes, even horse trainers sabotaging their own stable. the sports channels are just terrible.

This conversation is commonly known as a “senior’s moment”

Lots of Bumgarner’s around where Madison is from. While I was pulling for the Royals, I have to admit it was exciting to have a local guy do well.

Sports are a waste of sweat, wait that is waste!?

Athletics is the ultimate meritocracy in which you can only enjoy success by earning it. No wonder so many people don’t like sports…not everybody “wins.”

Yeah, better there.

Anybody who knows anything about sports laughs at the idea that it is a strict meritocracy. Losing coaches and managers are recycled ALL the time. Coaches and managers have their pets and their doghouses—neither tend to be rationally based on merit. Take a look at anybody who signs a big long-term contract: his production won’t always plummet but frequently will be far less than his agent told the owner it would be. (And don’t get me started on agents!)

Louisiana once had a lieutenant governor who boxed for LSU in the 1950’s, back when boxing was sanctioned by the NCAA. Is that a political subject or sports subject?

MadBum made the funnies!!!

Thanks Doc! Van Lingle Mungo!!

Well, looks like Wiley has dropped another level in my eyes — not a mention of Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp, or Yasiel Puig. (Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, or even Gil Hodges…)

What was it Keith Olbermann used to say when he was doing sports for an LA TV station? “In the department store of life, sports is the toy department.”

If what I have to listen to at work is any indication, sports can be just as toxic as anything else.

The “aim” seems to be more like anger and distraction…

Wiley, after the rock-‘em-sock-’em week just past, kudos on a nice peaceful Sunday.

I have a theory that boxing fell out of favor because of all the fixes, falls, and fakery. But the continued success of wrestling is proof that the theory is wrong.

I’m from KC, and I don’t care much for Bumgarner.