Athlete Blogs Reveal Intriguing Things: Baron Davis Likes the Mike & Ikes, Schilling is Annoying

Athlete blogs are an interesting thing. At various times, they can be insightful, poignant, funny, annoying or nonsensical. Of course, it all depends on the athlete and the topic.

Personally, we like the whole idea of the athlete blog in the sense of the perspective provided on a player’s personality, including their demeanor off-the-court, interests, etc., etc.

We can deal without athletes using their blog as a forum to push political agendas, promote themselves as a brand or make broad statements about sports and society. It’s our preference to get that kind of commentary elsewhere.

This morning, we see both ends of the spectrum. First, is the typical grandstanding “look at me” “attention, attention!” tactics of the king of welcome to my political campaign site (ahem, I mean blog), Curt Schilling. Schil gets his crack (e.g. personal publicity) this morning via a post on the steroid issue and what he thinks Clemens should do blah, blah, blah. I didn’t read it. I don’t plan to. Question, Curt? Did anyone f-ing ask you? Shut up, already!

Now, with that distastefulness cleared from our mouths let’s return to why we DO like athlete blogs. We like them because they are entertaining and often leave us with priceless gems of otherwise completely useless knowledge that we find immensely humorous for no logical reason. For instance, Baron Davis had Mike & Ikes for dinner on the plane last night. Phenomenal.

The entirety of Davis’s most recent post can be found below.

Wind down time. Minnesota was not that cold so i had a fun off day. Got it in at the studio, very classy lol. Dropped a sick sixteen ya dig and now im on the plane eating mike and ikes for dinner. ill holla at the next stop

We’ll be waiting for your holler, Baron. What’s for dinner tonight, Hot Tamales? Mmmm…