Rangers infielder Omar Vizquel wants to spend his offseason learning how to fight bulls [not pictured] in his home country of Venezuela. I’m stunned that I really don’t have a joke for that.
“Just go and learn the basics and stuff,” Vizquel said. “It’s one of my things on the to-do list. There’s a lot of things still to do.”
There are few players who can match Vizquel’s offseason pursuits. Among the other adventures he hopes for: parachuting, flying in an F-16 jet and attending all three Triple Crown horse races.via, via.
If he manages to fly an F-16 into North Korean airspace, he’d probably be able to kill two birds with one stone. And then he could take another item off his bucket list: Serve as political prisoner in Southeast Asia. Ah, that’ll be me someday. also.
I don’t understand rodeo. Sure, it’s not bullfighting; it’s much more benevolent to tie a rope to an animal’s genetalia and yank on it than to chase it around with a cape and decapitate it. But really, how much of a “sport” is this? With former NFL linebacker Junior Seau out there, I guess it picks up a bit of legitimacy. But look how he overplays the A gap and the bull dinks a short pass right over his head. I guess some things never change. as seen here.
UPDATE: Alana G tells us this was for a reality show on “Versus.” I assumed he was doing it because he mismanaged his money and spent himself into a depression. Whatev. Alternate [original] video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
