A New Definition of Pathetic

The Con

According to Dictionary.com, pathetic means:

–adjective

1. causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.

2. affecting or moving the feelings.

3. pertaining to or caused by the feelings.

4. miserably or contemptibly inadequate: In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest.

However, as 2010 winds on, I’d like to offer a new definition of the word: waiting for the Detroit Lions season to begin.

The Detroit Tigers have won just 4 of their last 25 and have dropped 7 games out of first place in the American League Central. 40% of their starting lineup is on the DL and President/GM Dave Dombrowski was unable to swing a trade for a bat or a bag of balls by the non-waiver trade deadline of July 31, 2010 at 4pm EDT. Stick a fork in ‘em baby!

So I suppose I must wait for the Lions to begin another season and wait until the 3^rd Quarter of their first game to realize it will be another year of below mediocrity. Unless Bassmasters is exciting as a few have told me…