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Some mornings are harder than other mornings for golf fans and this is one of those hard mornings for me. I’m guessing it’s probably a tough one or you, too. Well, it’s probably not, but eh, whatever.
Things were going pretty OK for a while there. My coffee was brewed to perfection. Some birds chirped happily in a tree. My dog quickly did his business on our walk.
Life was whatever it can be in these disgusting times.
Then I clicked on Sergio Garcia’s Instagram story and I got some really bad golf news. Garcia made an announcement while promoting discounted tickets to this week’s LIV Golf (the empty golf league funded by the dirty money of killers) event (only the first 100 fans would get the discount so you had to act fast because this event is obviously a big one that means a lot) – he will be changing the name of his team from Fireballs to something else. He didn’t have the new name but he promised one and a new logo.
Ugh.
Wait.
I mean – wow!?
“Exciting news,” Garcia said on Instagram. “My team is set, and we’ll soon be changing the logo and the name of the team so I’m very excited to have all of these things going on.”
His tone in the video was the opposite of being excited but whatever – if you use that word twice in just a few sentences then you obviously believe it to be true. Duh.
This is all (not) tough, you see, because my grandfather grew up as a Fireballs fan and raised my dad to be Fireballs fan and he raised me to be a Fireballs fan. Then Garcia, who has been captain of this team (which nobody really cares about because this is all just a money grab for the players while doing despicable sportswashing for the Saudi government that executed 81 people just last March) for just one event so far swoops in and changes the name. Not cool to all those lifelong Fireballs fans. Just brutal stuff.
If you’re thinking that Fireballs is a bad name for a golf team then you’re showing you have no idea just how bad things can really be in this empty league funded by dirty money. Iron Heads, Smash, Punch, and Stinger are real team names that haven’t been changed yet. Oh, and don’t forget about Torque, Hy Flyers, Crushers, and Cleeks. Those are real team names, too, that have no meaning at all. Wait, I can’t leave out Majesticks, Aces, and Niblicks. Those are bad too. What I’m trying to say is all the team names are stupid and absent of any meaning or depth.
Now Fireballs is changing it’s name and will strip away the forgettable clip-art logo that made sure fans would never take it seriously.
Dang.
LIV Golf, man. It’s an empty place full of awful money and guys who have traded in their reputations for bigger bank accounts than they already have.
And now they’re just changing the names of their teams that will never mean anything no matter what they’re called.
Good times.
Unless you’re a Fireballs fans. Which I can’t believe there are any of those in the world but, again, whatever.
Quick hits: Braves’ hitter brilliantly blocks ball… Mariners-Angels brawl from a fan’s view… Best moments from NHL playoffs… And more.
– Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud blocked a throw to third by simply not moving in the box and the video of it is pretty darn cool.
– The wild Angels-Mariners brawl on Sunday looked even crazier from this view that a fan had.
– Mary Clarke ranks the top 10 moments from the thrilling Stanley Cup Playoffs.
– This video of Yankees fans cheering on a young fan to complete the bottle flip challenge is too good.
