There are more than a few reasons that my stomach turns at the mere mention of Brett Favre’s name.  Foremost in my mind is the fact that he totally dominated my beloved Chicago Bears (22-8) since coming into the league like five hundred years ago.  Next, I think of the way he has waffled about over the last few years about whether or not to remain retired.  Just do it already, Brett.  I mean you played for the Jets last year.  The Jets, for hell’s sake!  And now there is this incessant talk of playing for the Vikings this year.  Why don’t you just drive a stake into the heart of every loyal Packer fan and go into the Hall of Fame as something other than a Cheesehead, you ungrateful bastard?

But recently I have seen something pop up in the national media that isn’t Brett’s fault, but nevertheless makes me hate him more.  Whenever any sports anchor, reporter, blogger, or other sports hack mentions Brett Favre’s shoulder they call it his “throwing shoulder.”  The last time I checked Brett was retired so whatever the problem is that he is having with either of his shoulders is not “throwing” related.  He may have a problem with his “mowing the lawn shoulder”, or his “rifle shootin’ shoulder”, or his “whatever the hell other hayseed things they do in backwoods Mississippi shoulder”, but whatever the problem is it is not a throwing problem.

This didn’t happen the year after other famous athletes retired did it?  You never heard a report saying that Michael Jordan was having problems with his “jumpshot shooting wrists” or that Babe Ruth was having trouble with his “homerun hitting stomach”.  This doesn’t happen anywhere else either.  You never call in sick to your IT job complaining that you are having a headache in your “computing problem solving brain” or to your McDonalds job because of tendonitis in your “burger flipping wrist”.

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