Millions of people paid money to see A-Rod play baseball last season. Should those criticizing his then-lackluster play have stopped hating the player and instead hated the game? Were they all just jealous? Or how about people who thought any number of box office successes sucked? Are they jealous of the filmmakers? Norbit was seen by millions of people (sadly), but I guess saying that movie looked like dogshit is just jealous.

I love the “jealousy” defense of Simmons and citing the number of Simmons’ readers as to why he’s untouchable. I don’t think the disdain for Simmons stems from jealousy so much as it does 1. his laziness of repeating the same topics over and over again and 2. his tendency to shit on both print journalists and bloggers. He’s the Man of the People who once he got to the top became paranoid and complacement.

In Simmons’ style, think of it this way: he’s the Rocky from Part III who lost touch with what made him champ — pre-Clubber Lang beatdown, of course.

Of course, I guess by your rationale I’m just another “player hater,” since apparently writers are free from criticism. Maybe the same should be said for athletes and movies. Don’t have an opinion on anything, otherwise you’re just jealous!

Okay, maybe he meant the 1991-1992 Pacers or the 1989-1990 Pacers. No, they both won about 41 games too. That inclusion is by far the most egregious (The Celtics had 15 more wins than the 1991 Pacers, but were pushed to the brink of elimination), but the Celtics had more wins than just about all those other teams too.

This is the internet Bill, people check you on that sort of BS.

Well, I think I may have discovered your problem. It’s “sweet tea” and not “sweat tea.” If you’re adding perspiration to the tea, it’s going to taste like shit.

guess what boys, if you had ever “converted” a girl to a woman before, you’d know what he was talking about. And yes, the woman feels stupid, because she was fooling herself the whole time.

Simmons’ mistake: writing above the understanding of the children who read him.

;) hardee har har…please don’t be too mad guys…

Holy shit. I can imagine him saying “Giggity!” repeatedly.