So, today, The Voice of (un)Reason wraps up its first month of existence; day number 30 since we launched from the sidelines at Gampel Pavilion. Hopefully the first 11 posts have given you an idea of what is to come in the future, and of course, we’re very much still figuring out where this is all going to go ourselves. Today we introduce our first weekly segment. Every Sunday, The Voice of (un)Reason will present two “unReason of the Week” awards, one each in the field of sports and news. Basically, the weekly awards will honor the most ridiculous things we can find in each field over the week. Without further ado, on to the first ever winners:
The first ever unReason of the Week Award for sports goes to the Boston Red Sox for their signing of J.D. Drew to a five-year, $70 million contract. I mean, wait a minute. Are you serious? $14 million per year for an outfielder who has never played more than 150 games in a season, and only twice has topped 140. Since becoming a full-time big leaguer in 1999, Drew has averaged 118.25 games per season. That’s 43 or 44 missed games a year. Throw in that he has only twice batted over .300 and only three times hit 20 homeruns or more, and it’s just really hard to fathom how he is worth this kind of cash. Sure, he’s coming off of arguably his healthiest and most productive season (100 RBI for the first time), but you have to assume there’s always a potential breakdown right around the corner for Drew. I just can’t imagine that there was no way for them to get him (or someone about equal to him) for a whole lot less money. I guess Trot Nixon just wasn’t filling the role of pretty decent, often-injured, right fielder well enough for Boston.
On the news side, the first ever (un)Reason of the Week Award goes to Ohio shoppers who continued to shop even though the building they were in was ON FIRE. This story was mentioned in the links section of this week’s “Final Exam Survival Guide”, and again, my reaction is: “Are you serious?” The building is on fire, smoke is so thick that it caused $100,000 worth of damage to merchandise, and the natural instinct of these people is to… KEEP SHOPPING! What is wrong with you people? Leave and go to another store! Or leave and come back after the building is no longer ON FIRE! I don’t care what I’m shopping for, if the store I’m in bursts into flames, I think I’ll head on out the door. I’ll take care of my consumer needs at some other time. Not to mention, not only did people not want to leave the store, but more people were still TRYING TO GET INTO THE STORE! “Hey, that store over there is on fire.” “Wow, would you look at that, it is.” “We should head on in and see what kind of sales they have.” “Sounds like a good idea to me.” WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!
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Just a couple links from the past day or so:
Town of North Pole, Alaska Responding to Letters to Santa – One of my favorite holiday stories every year. What a great community.
Driver in Princess Diana Crash Was Drunk – New DNA evidence surfaces. How sad.
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