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Bad week for athletic old guys

Frayed Knot Dec 01 2015 06:42 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 01 2015 09:07 PM

- Kobe announced his retirement earlier this week effective at the end of this season. Although between playing for the shittiest Laker team maybe in history (currently 2-14) and having a shooting percentage that about matches Anthony Recker's 2015 BA, it's quite possible he'll bail (or get re-injured) before he even gets that far. - Peyton Manning gets hurt and now is watching his nobody-ever-heard-of-him backup succeed right out of the box with two straight wins including one over the Patriots. Currently in a walking boot, it doesn't seem like he'll be back anytime soon and even if he does miraculously heal it would be tough to make the case that he deserves his job back come playoff time seeing as how he was statistically among the league's worst QBs before he went down. - and now comes word from Tiger Woods, at an off-season tournament that he's hosting but not playing, that he's nowhere close to returning from his latest back surgery, that his only approved exercise right now is walking, and that he's spending most of his time playing video games. In a brief media session today, the voice which used to belong to seemingly the most confident athlete on planet since Ali is talking about his career using past tense verbs which leads you to believe that winning just a tournament at some point in the future seems like a long-shot while winning the five major titles to surpass Jack's record, something which not all that long ago seemed a matter of 'When' rather than 'If', isn't even a dream anymore. All three guys were, until fairly recently, about as on top of their games as it was possible to get, but when they fell they fell Hard! Father Time remains undefeated.

Fman99 Dec 01 2015 08:10 PM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

Counter argument -- at age 42 I did run three sub-4 hour marathons this year, for the second straight year. I'm like a cheetah.

MFS62 Dec 01 2015 09:20 PM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

Things happen in threes, so I guess that means I won't show signs of aging. Later

Edgy MD Dec 02 2015 07:20 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

Woods is 39. At his age, Nicklaus was not only still competitive, but still had three major championships in his future. Fading may be inevitable but that fall was still a lot steeper than expected, especially by golf standards. The guy lost his reputation, his focus, and health all at once.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2015 08:23 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

I have no doubt Tiger was and maybe still is a steroid user.

metsmarathon Dec 02 2015 09:01 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

supporting counter-argument: at 37, I had the best offensive season ever in my work softball team's eleven-year history, setting our single-season records in home runs and OPS. old guys rule. (though this was the first time in 5 years, that I have not acutally been the oldest player on our team)

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2015 09:32 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

And as if on cue, Kobe goes 4/17 on 3's last night (and that Improved his season's rate) as the Lakers lost by double-digits to the previously winless and trying-to-lose-every-game-they-can 76ers. Overall he scored 20 points but it took him 26 shots to do so. So he not only suxx this year but his status as he takes his final lap combined with the lameness of the rest of his team dictates that he still jack up most of the shots.

Centerfield Dec 02 2015 10:03 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

supporting counter-argument: at 37, I had the best offensive season ever in my work softball team's eleven-year history, setting our single-season records in home runs and OPS. old guys rule. (though this was the first time in 5 years, that I have not acutally been the oldest player on our team) Which everyone knows simply does not happen without help. Feel free to draw your own conclusions, but mm is not going to be on my ballot in 5 years.

Edgy MD Dec 02 2015 10:28 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

Frayed Knot wrote: And as if on cue, Kobe goes 4/17 on 3's last night (and that Improved his season's rate) as the Lakers lost by double-digits to the previously winless and trying-to-lose-every-game-they-can 76ers. Overall he scored 20 points but it took him 26 shots to do so. So he not only suxx this year but his status as he takes his final lap combined with the lameness of the rest of his team dictates that he still jack up most of the shots. And God, please end this reward-the-losers insanity of American sports drafts. We have an alleged major league match-up featuring two franchises with proud histories creating a disgrace by fielding designed-to-lose rosters.

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2015 10:37 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

The mystery to me is why attendance in Philly over the last three seasons has averaged as high as triple digits (last night as Kobe made his final visit to his home town being an exception). They're now in their 3rd consecutive season of all-out and all-but-admitted intentional suck (1-18 this year on the heels of 18-64 and 19-63 seasons) as they grab #1 overall draft picks only to then deal them off in exchange for future draft picks, presumably until the find the right combination that suits them. Maybe this will all work out for them in the end but, even if it does, I wouldn't being paying more than $2 or $3 for a ticket to watch the dreck they're putting out on the floor since 2012.

Lefty Specialist Dec 02 2015 07:06 PM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

Payton and I both have plantar fasciitis. It is not fun having little gremlins hammer roofing nails into your heel with every step. Mine's getting better, slowly (lots of stretching and icing). But I wouldn't want to be an NFL quarterback with it.

metsmarathon Dec 03 2015 09:48 AM Re: Bad week for athletic old guys

my plantar fasciitis was mostly in the arch of my foot, though to a lesser extent I also suffered from the heel spurs. it's basically the devil, and i empathize with each and every athlete that gets saddled with it.