Football fans are posers

The MLB opens the 2009 season today with Atlanta taking on the defending World Series champions Philadelphia Phillies (which sounds really weird, actually). No doubt that hardcore baseball fans are absolutely going bonkers and if anyone pukes on your lawn today its because somebody played the Bud Selig drinking game while watching the opener.

Now that being said, I know a lot of football fans that scoff at baseball as if it should be a sport that retirees play. Please.

Everyone loves football. Everyone talks about it. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's the best sport - just the most popular - it's just really easy to talk about football because the games are once a week, you only have to track 16 games, and you can refer to a few key players on your roster and then throw out some "the team" statements and congrats - you're now talking sports out your butt.

That guy that always seems to "miss" the games of his favorite team (as in he doesn't really give a crap about sports, but he wants be able to fit in with his buddies) can always watch the highlights and talk like he's been a season ticket holder for years. That's just the way football is - it's built and catered towards the casual fan.

Now baseball - that's a sport you have to have dedication and moxie to follow. There's 162-games to follow, with them being played every single day. Run across somebody that can talk baseball and you've got yourself a serious fan.

Meanwhile casual football fan will start sputtering after a while and confuse Curt Warner with Kurt Warner...

I'm convinced that football is only the most popular sport because it's the most convenient of sports. So the next time I see a guy wearing a Giants jersey and a Jets hat in Northtown, I'll let him know a piece of my mind.

Uh-oh, A-Rod

Did A-Rod use steroids? Here's a story from ESPN...

Alex Rodriguez for the second straight day refused to address allegations leveled by Jose Canseco, who claims in his forthcoming book he introduced the three-time MVP to a steroids supplier.

"It's over as far as I'm concerned," Rodriguez said Wednesday after his New York Yankees lost 4-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies. "No further comment on the matter. I'm just excited to be playing baseball."

Canseco discusses the accusations in his book in an exclusive interview with ABC's "Nightline" that will be broadcast Thursday night. Details from the book first came to light Tuesday on the Web site of freelance writer Joe Lavin, who said he obtained a copy.

In "Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball," scheduled for release Monday, Canseco claimed he introduced Rodriguez to a trainer/steroids dealer named Max after Rodriguez approached him "in the latter half of the 1990s" and asked where "one" might acquire steroids.

I hate to point fingers, but ouch. The very least A-rod could have done was run Canseco's name through the mud. It's not like it hasn't been done before, and people might actually like him after it. Now, there's a lot of doubt by him saying "No comment."

Now it seems like A-rod didn't want to say anything about it because he didn't want to admit to anything but it more evidence comes up in the future, he doesn't want to be called a liar.

I can't wait until they bust Bud Selig for HGH.