Wife Beaters

I was drifting off thinking about underwear recently, probably in a subconscious effort to sabotage my studies. No, not lingerie to the average male reader's amazement. I was thinking about my undies. I've got this go-to pair of boxers that I've been rocking now for 3 years, clearly the ace of my underwear rotation (Note: Unlike a pitching staff, I have more that 5 items I rotate...just to clarify). These Tommy Hilfiger drawers are navy blue with a gray trim around the waste, and have a picture of a football(life obsession) and the year 1985(year of my birth) printed on. They are breezy, but not baggy, and purely a delight to wear. I get excited when I see that they're coming up in the rotation, and, I often times even plan when I am going to wear them. I know, I know, it's sounds pretty feminine but you know what, I'm coming clean about this issue.

You're probably wondering what in the world that previous paragraph has to do with wife beaters. Well, not much but it was a tangent my mind went on while thinking of the actual meat of this rambling: Wife beaters. After dating my current squeeze for about 3 months, her Mom recently came clean to me about her hatred of beaters.
(On a side note, it's incredibly refreshing to get along with a significant other's family. I had always made efforts to coexist with my woman's loved ones, but never actually enjoyed spending time with them as I do in my current situations. I think the whole husband&mother-in-law relationship is an extremely interesting, complex, and often times downright hilarious one, but I will get into that another time) Naturally, I understood her misgivings. I mean they're kind of trashy, that's pretty much where the root of their name lies, otherwise we would just call them sleeveless undershirts. The girlfriend quickly followed suit in the disparaging thought train.

I have to take a second and defend the undershirt trend that was started in trailer parks worldwide a few years back. The first thing I like about the beater is that its a natural sweat protector. When it's a sweltering summer day, I don't want my tee showing sweat stains. It's the perfect layer of protection so the shirt on top stays dry. Why is it better than a plain white-undershirt tee underneath? You have more range of motion in the shoulder regions and it looks better under any collared shirt, as long as the beater lines aren't showing through of course. Secondly, its a great type of undershirt to have on when trying on clothes. Any type of shirt can fit comfortably over it, and it's far less cumbersome than a full tee undershirt when checking out new duds. For these reasons--among others that I won't bore you with--I defend the wearing of a wife beater.

Just to clarify though, I do not support the brandishing of wife-beaters in public or as the only torso apparel that a guy would choose to wear out. I mean come on guys, why not just pop your collar? If you're trying to look like a complete tool box, it's the much better look of the two.

Anyways, went 5-3 with my picks last night and hope to improve on that tonight. Remember that my record is not simply on games that have even payouts. Unlike other handicappers, I will take underdogs straight up rather than with the points. Also I will take hockey and baseball spreads that pay out like dogs because of the difficulty there is in handicapping the lower-scoring sports. So on to the huge (10-free pick huge) Ry for Ry TGIL Saturday Edition:

Tennessee (-8) over TEMPLE

Ohio (PK) over DELAWARE

OKLAHOMA (-12) over Utah

KANSAS (-18) over Massachusetts

RICHMOND (+4) over Virginia Commonwealth

PURDUE (-24.5) over Indiana State

Wizards (+5.5) over SIXERS

Rockets (-4) over CLIPPERS

SENATORS (-1.5(+180)) over Lightning

BRUINS (-1.5(+115)) over Thrashers







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