Top 10 saddest moments in a sports blogger's life

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

List for a dismal Friday, with the dead leaves, dirty ground, fog, rain and the knowledge that even as the holidays approach, they will involve watching the Detroit Lions...



10. Discovering that despite that brief moment of competence in kindergarten Freeze Tag, you aren't, in fact, going to be good enough to be a professional athlete

9. First realization of sexual orientation, since either direction is going to make your detractor's barbs either hurtful or inaccurate

8. Initial discovery that just because some people are worse at this than you, you aren't necessarily going to get paid

7. First glimpse of the overwhelming statistical evidence that shows that no matter what you write, titty (always) gets more hits

6. Realization that you've probably already written the same thing before, and that old age jokes at an athlete's expense are going to leave a certain aftertaste later

5. First time that you realize that your crafted piece with a reasoned argument and cogent writing has been completely torpedoed by a crippling and obvious hole in your research

4. Seeing traffic stats for sites you hate that crush your own

3. First instance where you throw in something completely half-assed or random, only to see it get dramatically more attention than the stuff you sweat blood over

2. Finally getting a monster traffic day thanks to links from high traffic sites, only to find that there is almost no carry-over effect

1. Realizing that, if you ever did quit, you'd be back a week later, if for no other reason than to read the comments at your funeral