You stick your average kicker, who said he wants to leave, with the "Franchise" tag!

For the second year in a row, The Browns have used their "Franchise" tag on Dawson...Seriously, that's just fucking sad....He's a good kicker...But come on now...Many Browns fans love Dawson...I mean he's been the only consistent thing the team has had since their return in 1999...This coming season will be Dawson's 14th with the Browns...After being tagged, he will make 3.8 million dollars this season...That seems like too much for a 37 year old kicker, that didn't plan on returning to the Browns, and started to show signs last year, of losing some of his leg strength and consistency...

Shit, 3.8 million dollars for any fucking kicker is too much...I guess that's the going rate for making a guy live half the year in Cleveland.

Later, The Beeze. 

 
Here we go again...Some how the stomach flu has attacked my house again...The Little Beeze started puking Friday night...Sunday afternoon the baby and our oldest daughter started...Then Sunday night the Mrs....Me, so far only blew a little mud...But I'm fearing the worst...How did this happen again...I blame the kids and their school...Their school that they will be leaving after this year...We have decided to put them in our neighborhood Catholic school...The public schools have been heading down hill the last few years...And our oldest, isn't being challenged at all...She's in 4th grade and reading at a 6th grade level...She's ahead in everything...And the public school as I said, blows!

At first I thought the Little Beeze was sick from all the junk food he had Thursday night at the Lake Erie Monsters game...Yep, the boy and I took in some AHL hockey Thursday night...We got seats right on the glass...


He loved it...He loved repeating all the trash talk the die hard fans were shouting all night...Great section! Great view of the action!


And the Monsters as they have all season, drew well again...At the first intermission, we saw that even Waldo was there...


The boy had Ice cream, and then cotton candy, and water...I had a hot pretzel and a Mountain Dew...That crap along with parking ran us $35...So even minor league sports charge way too much for that stuff, but $35 each for seats on the glass, is great...Little Beeze pounding on the glass and repeating the trash talk he heard, was priceless...

But there was something there that pissed me off...Cleveland's two biggest culinary swingin' dicks both have places at "The Q"...Chef Michael Symon has one of his overrated, overpriced, arrogant, douchebag "B-Spot" burger places there...And Chef Rocco Whalen, from "Fat Chef" crying like a bitch, "I'm fat because mommy kept feeding me to protect me."...And "I'm a stress eater."...Fuck you! Rocco has a Nacho & Taco place there...

Both these egotistical, fucktards didn't have their places open...What, do these cunts only open for the Cavs...Ummm, fuck the Cavs...Pay attention to the numbers...By the end of the year, The Monsters will have out-drawn the Cavaliers...The Monsters are averaging 14,000 a game...Hey dummies, the Quaker Steak & Lube was selling shit tons of wings...I bet if Rocco's Nachos & Tacos was open, he would have made a good buck...Shit I would have hit up some of that shit...But that's what happens when you're an arrogant douche who thinks you're the only fucker in Cleveland who can cook...Both of you cunts can suck a dick!

By the way, the Monsters won 4-3...Not a bad club, considering the injuries, flu, and call ups to Colorado...

Now to what the hot and heavy sports talk in Cleveland is...


Holy shit that looks good!

As my regular readers know, I predicted Griffin to win the Heisman back in July...I've been paying attention to the kid for a few years, and I really like him...I like the fact that he was recruited by Stanford, but decided to go to Baylor for two reasons...He didn't want to wrapped up in a QB battle with Andrew Luck, that could affect the team badly...And he wanted to go to Baylor, to turn it around...To make the program relevant...Well he did that...Now could he do the same for the Cleveland Browns?

I would love to see it...But the Browns aren't talking...And knowing the little that we know, this group in the front office does not like to part with draft picks...And rumor has it, that to get Griffin, they have to move up to the 2 slot...To do that, the talk is giving up both their 1st round picks this year, and next years...Why so much to move up 2 spots? Because the Redskins have a nut-job owner who will sell the farm for a star QB...

Now the Browns have a lot of holes to fill...They need WR's...Yes, more then one...They need a right tackle...Another corner...A safety...And outside linebacker...A running back...Another OL and DL to add depth...A QB wouldn't be bad either...Now some of that shit can and should be done through free agency...

Now, I'm a believer that there is no point in getting your franchise QB if you aren't going to give him the weapons and protection he needs...So no matter who that is, the Browns really need to get those pieces...But Griffin seems to be one of those rare talents that you may never get another chance at...For the critics, did you see, he's not under 6 foot...He measured in at 6 foot 2 inches plus...Oh, and then he ran the 40 in 4.41...But don't be confused...RG3 has always been a throw first, run only when needed guy...So don't stick him with the labels that are always put on black QB's...Kid can make all the throws...

So, I'm all in with doing what has to be done to get RG3 in Cleveland...Shit Brownies, just think of all the #10 jerseys you'll sell! Browns fans will finally have a QB that they are really excited about...Who was the last? Bernie Kosar! And he couldn't run at all!

Monday is the Trade Deadline in the NHL....Everyone is waiting to see if Columbus moves star, captain, franchise leader, and heart & soul, Rick Nash...I hope not, unless it;s to the New York Rangers!

I'll be watching all the deadline deals, while I sit on the shitter...

Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.

Believe in what!?! Shitty owners...Front offices run by idiots...Year after year of losing...Mother fucker I'm tired of people calling Cleveland, Believeland...

Just a week ago, a PR douche from the Indians went on 92.3 "The Fan" and told the morning show, that Indians owner, Cheap-Bastard Dolan won't spend much in free-agency because he felt when the Indians were in the hunt last year, and in the Playoffs in 2007, that "the fans didn't come out enough." Really!?! In 2007 when the Indians were in the playoffs, the fans turned out...And last year, your fucking team was a .500 team, so quit acting like you were in the hunt! Never mind the economy was/is in the tank, especially in cities like Cleveland...

Monday I wrote about The Cleveland Plain Dealer not standing behind their Browns beat writer Tony Grossi...And most likely Browns over-sensitive management and ownership had a hand in him losing his beat...Well, because he lost his beat, he lost his Hall of Fame vote...Even though it is said he will still be covering the NFL, just not the Browns beat...Instead, his vote was given to the PD's other Browns beat writer, Mary Kay Cabot...

Now Cabot, is a hack that I actually dislike even more then I disliked Grossi...This chick always seems to be behind the story...She'll tweet news 4 hours after 5 other people broke it...She'll write crap up a day later, when it's an after thought...She blows...That said, I don't think all female reporters suck...

That takes us back to 92.3's morning show, Kiley and Booms...They were bitching about this topic, this morning...Honestly, I listen to these two half the time, just so I can go to work pissed off...Chuck Booms is a "comic" who loves to talk about how big he was...He also likes to throw his Republican views out there from time to time...But he sounds like the worst kind of Republican...The hypocritical, closeted kind...This guy is just dying to have a dick in his mouth...

Kevin Kiley is an ex-football player, who has been in broadcasting for awhile...Maybe too long...He loves to hear his own voice, and loves hanging up on callers...Callers help drive sports talk, but if you call and disagree with this guy, he's hanging up...He's fucking obnoxious...

So this morning they made it clear, that because women don't coach or play in the NFL, that they shouldn't have a Hall of Fame vote...Well, there are plenty of sports writers out there, that clearly have never played football...So why should they have a vote? Fuck, why should they even report on it...Look at ESPN's John Clayton...He's the dorkiest, nerdiest, little twit ever to report on football...We all know he was keeping stats, instead of scoring touchdowns and banging cheerleaders...SO why the fuck is he reporting on Football!?!

Yeah, holy shit on a stick...I'm sticking up for women having the right to vote on the Hall of Fame, and to cover Football........

Except Mary Kay Cabot! That bitch sucks, and Grossi should have never lost his vote!

And lets stop with this Believeland bullshit!

Later, The Beeze. 

 
All I can hear in my head is, "I come from a land down under!" Or did Men at Work mean cum!?!

So the NFL had their "Pro-Bowl" and the NHL had their "All-Star" game this weekend...Love hockey and football but "All-Star" games are crap...The NHL skills competition can be fun to watch, but I'm losing interest in that these days too...Now they do a shoot-out thing, trying to be like the NBA's dunk contest...Guys hot-dogging and using props...Everyone was swinging on Patrick Kane's nuts, but his moves weren't the best...And I had more fun watching the goalies try to fuck with the shooters...Nobody is giving Carey Price any love...He turned his back to the shooter and watched his reflection in the glass, and he made the save!

Prince Fielder signing in the D was cover plenty already by everyone and their brother, and I could give a damn about Basketball...So what to talk about in Sports? Well, in a shocking update, I will defend a sports writer from The Cleveland Plain Dealer...The PD as we call it, is a piece of shit! Just a horrible paper...And now former Browns beat reporter Tony Grossi was not a favorite of mine...But I'm sticking up for Tony Grossi today...WHY? because his own shitty bosses, at his shitty paper didn't!

Last week Grossi who has worked the Browns beat for 18 years, tweeted that Browns owner, Randy Lerner is "a pathetic figure, the most irrelevant billionaire in the world."

Now, I don't disagree with him at all on that! But Grossi quickly deleted the tweet when he realized what happened, saying it was suppose to be a text messaged "smart-(aleck) remark to a colleague." He also apologized to Lerner and the Browns...

But the damage was done as many followers re-tweeted it...Why wouldn't they? Finally, a reporter covering the team, said what we had all been thinking for quite some time! Fans are always talking about how Lerner is never at games...Always watching his Soccer team in England, or in New York with all his big bank buddies, plotting how to rape the middle-class more...Grossi was right on, and Browns fans were happy some one cut loose...Sadly, Grossi back-pedaled...Most likely fearing for his job...Right again, because instead of having his back in any way, shape, or form, the yanked Grossi off the beat...

And no matter what they try to say, I'm sure Lerner and the Browns organization made it clear, that they didn't want to see him again...Since Lerner took over after is father's death the franchise has come across as thin-skinned...It's skin got even thinner when the walrus, Fatty Holmgren came on board...Snapping at the media for questioning him, and the direction of the team...Snapping at the media because they wanted questions answered...Saying, "You're with us, or your not, and remember that when you come looking for playoff tickets." Try winning 6 games first, you fat fuck!

Listen up Fatty and Lerner...Here's the only trophy you two fuck-stains will be seeing...


And before people get on Grossi and his Twitter slip-up, just as they do whenever some dope gets in trouble because of a tweet...I personally know a Plain Dealer Sports Writer...Known him for years thanks to my dad...I have sat next to his drunk ass in a fine Cleveland watering hole, as he hit on my wife, and she laughed at him...Three minutes later, he was sleeping on the bar...None of these PD hacks want to be on Twitter...They were forced get Twitter accounts...There is a reason my dad isn't on Twitter...Guys that age don't need or want to fuck with new technology...They don't want to be on the grid anymore then they already are...They don't have the same Look at me mentality as Ashton Kutcher and I do!

So the PD made Grossi get on Twitter, but when he makes a mistake, they don't have his back...What twats...If they had any balls, class, and credibility, they would have said, 'Our guy made a mistake, and apologized, it's over and done with. If you don't like it, too bad.' But we know that won't happen...So Tony Grossi, I don't know where they are going to stick you, other then in the ass...So I suggest start writing a column, so you can get away with blasting dopes like Lerner...And put Twitter to good use...Shred all those pricks that didn't back you up...Burn that shitty bridge to the ground!

-Last week I blasted TIM_THOMAS...Plenty of people disagree with me, but fuck it, I stand by what I write...Taking a political stand, and saying it has nothing to do with politics sounds retarded...Then after calling attention to yourself and your stand, and refusing to talk about it continues to make you look retarded...Let alone, I thought how you originally made your statement made you sound like a dolt!

-Little Hockey here...Have you ever heard of the Bakersfield Condors? That's okay...But you gotta figure, if you're playing Hockey in Bakersfield California, you better know how to fight...



These two teams racked up 14 ejections and 278 penalty minutes, with 18 fighting majors!

Want to learn more about Hockey in Bakersfield...I suggest the book, "They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven"...Great book about life in minor league hockey, life after cancer, and life.

-Well we started in Australia, we may as well end there...




Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.

  Yep, Time to break out that 2012 Rosie Jones Calendar!

It's 2012 and where the fuck is my Jetson's flying car!?! I guess we haven't advanced as much as people thought we would...Now before I wave goodbye to 2011, I just want to say this...New Year's Eve, on Twitter and Facebook, lots of people were shitting on 2011, and wishing it away...Hey, I get it, people have good years, and bad years...The Browns more bad than good...But every year has highs and lows...We all tend to remember the bad, hell, I made my blogging name on the bad! Thanks Sandusky and Penn State for that week of hate filled blogs...Oh, and China, for my post FUCK_CHINA which was my highest drawing post of the year, and my in-traffic from South-East Asian has really shot up! THIS post has done well too, with 2,545 views...I wonder why?

But there was plenty of good too...Bin Laden is dead right! And this is cute as hell right?






Look at me starting off 2012 trying to be positive...Ha! Then I watched the Browns game! Yeah, they lost to the Steelers...They kept it close, but couldn't pull it out...But at this point, why win...Keep yourself in line for a good draft pick...No, I'm not getting into who the Browns should draft..Lots of Cleveland fans and talking heads were all over the Browns drafting RG3 after Baylor's bowl shootout with Washington...

Thing is, these dummies don't even realize that wasn't even close to his best game...And then there are the guys that were knocking him, while basically saying they had only seen a couple of his games...I've been paying attention to the kid for 3 years...He can make all the throws...He's smart, and yes he can run...But if you watch enough, you'll see he uses his speed and athleticism to extend plays and look down field more...Unlike Vick when he was in college, when he looked at the primary target, and then just ran...Kid is solid...

But if the Browns draft him, they better get a couple WR's and O-linemen for him, or else he'll end up getting Tim Couched, just like Colt McCoy and other who came before him...The Browns might be better off going after free-agent Matt Flynn, who passed for, what, a thousand yards Sunday against the Lions, while Aaron Rogers chilled on the bench...The Browns have lots of holes to fill, before they throw another rookie QB out there to get killed!

Monday is one of the NHL's big-time events...The Winter Classic...They backed down to the big boys and moved from New Year's Day, so not to compete with the NFL...Smart I guess, but since I have to work Monday, I'm not real happy about the game being Monday afternoon...DVR is set! But if you have the time, check it out...It's a great rivalry between the Rangers and Flyers, and the whole vibe of playing out doors is great...

Here's Ranger's goalie Henrik Lundqvist practicing Sunday...



Here's his backup Martin Biron, looking drunk, but styling with the old-school brown pads!



If you have Versus, it's switching Monday to NBC Sports, and they are going all-in on Hockey...Monday evening they'll be showing a documentary on the Summit Series...When Canadian All-Star (NHLers included) faced the Soviet Union in an 8 game series....NBC Sports also is getting into College Hockey...They launched there coverage Saturday night with Notre Dame beating Boston University, followed by a documentary on ND's Hockey program...A network tied into ND and Hockey...I like it!

Before I go, I wanted to put in a video of the Little Beeze...For Christmas, he wanted a bunch of "Ugly Dolls"...He saw them on YouTube and got hooked...He got some, and he's been making videos with them on his iPod Touch...Kid cracks me up...Sunday we put some of his Christmas money, and a Toys-R-Us gift card to use, and he got some more...So what are "Ugly Dolls"? Here ya go!




That's it for now...Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.