Lamenting

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The Mid-Summer Classic. Who gave the All Star game that name? Classic? What's classic about it? Okay, that sounds a little bitter, maybe because there are no Orioles on the roster except George Sherrill. But it isn't about that -- I've never seen the point of the All Star game. And the Home Run Derby? Again, what's the point? That guys who are paid to hit a ball are able to smack a middle-of-the-plate hanging pitch out to the cheap seats? Eh, please go flex your steroid-pumped muscles elsewhere.

No, my real lament is about my O's. They managed to hang in around .500 till the week before the break, but I don't expect them to see .500 again this season. It's sad and not what I hoped for the team this season, but not a surprise.

And my other sports lament: Brett Favre. Please don't. Just stop. There can be no truly happy outcome for you and the Packers. The only satisfactory ending would be a Superbowl ring, but I don't see that in your future. Please stay retired before you eat up all the goodwill that fans and industry people had for you.

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[(Anonymous)]

I've been wanting to blog about Favre for the last several days, but can't seem to get past, "Stop Brett. Just stop." Sigh.

-Wendy, the Super Librarian

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My sister put it well, if bluntly: I just want him to be quiet until he's inducted into the hall of fame.

Second thoughts are okay, but I wish he'd dealt with his privately rather than publicly, because the back and forth with the Packers comes across as ungracious and selfish.