A great day to be a yanderekko...

For those of you who don't know what the heck a yanderekko is, that is the term for a cute girl who ends up becoming a hellbent killer. An example of this is Rena Ryuuguu (one of my favorite yanderekkos) from When Cicadas Cry (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni).

And why is that, one asks? While a number of my local teams won, a number of my local teams also lost today (and yesterday).

I'll go to the teams that failed. Starting with the Galaxy. Now, call what you will, all those "the ball is round" type of talk, but the bottom line is: my LA Galaxy played the type of football that overpaid, pretentious, impotent sportswriters love to rip apart just to get some extra dough. They lost 2-1 to an FC Dallas team that should have been winnable without David Beckham. No excuse for that uncompelling home opener.

Next, the Lakers. Oh dear. How many more losses before you salvage a playoff berth, Phil Jackson? They sunk to .500, losing to Phoenix. I'd rather cheer for the Clippers now. I'll place even money on Phil Jackson and his staff fired if they are eliminated while crashing into the finish line.

Next, the Avengers. Ouch! Ed Hodgkiss, when will you tell you guys to play some defense when it matters most? I mean, I know Arena Football is a high-scoring ordeal-it's a given, and I've actually seen a game during your inaugural season-but come on now. Dropping another one to the Utah Blaze? You can feel the heat now, Hodgie, and it's not coming from Utah...I leave it to you to find that out. Schmuck.

Next, the Angels. While I know Boston will be once again a force to be reckoned with, you gotta tell your guys not to make getting blown out of the water a habit. Baseball, like any sport, has a business side to things. That's why I'm attending classes at the CBA right now...

Finally, Long Beach City College and Long Beach State men's volleyball. I'll get to Alan Knipe's swains last. First, LBCC. Jeez Louise, Randy Totorp! Dropping the match to Santa Monica on the 6th (after looking for the result for over a week)!? You gotta kick butt against Moorpark to get the conference title. The Corsairs might be the ones who take the wheels off you. Unforgivable.
But I'll give you this, Randy: your guys are nowhere near as pathetic as Long Beach State. Ugh, Alan Knipe! Why, oh why, did USA Volleyball hire you to coach the national side at the Pan American Games this summer? It doesn't make sense. Finishing the season on a losing note, getting whitewashed by UC Irvine, of all teams! If this is how your national side will play (and I know they can send the Beach off the face off this war-torn planet if they wanted to), then they've got as good a chance of winning gold as England have a chance of winning the World Cup. USA Volleyball, hire John Speraw for the Olympic run. Please. Or Marv Dunphy. Or Al Scates. Or Bill Ferguson or Mike Wilton. Heck, have your program do an about-face and hire Ryan McGuyre! Anybody but Alan Knipe! For the love of William "Mintonette" Morgan!

I hope I am proven wrong.

Now I go to the good stuff that happened. Anaheim Ducks are now 2-0 on Minnesota Wild, while the Dodgers, LBSU women's tennis, the Dirtbags, and the Las Vegas 51s won. End good stuff. I seem to write more about failure than victory. I suppose I'm falling in with those sportswriters, except for one thing: I'm not paid to blog. And until someone gives me the ability to snap my fingers to take money from someone without them knowing it and letting me get away with it...I like it that way.