I turned on Sports Center this morning for probably the first time in at least a couple years–not really intentionally, but I ended up there, so I figured I’d watch a bit.

And I’m actually noticing that they seem to really be focusing on the news again, rather than all the feature stories that they started jamming in over the past few years, which is one of the main reasons I stopped watching it.

Then they get to the Top 10 Plays of the Day, and gave me a whole new reason not to watch–Play #2 of the day yesterday, according to ESPN, was Alex Rodriguez hitting a home run.

Yes, it was the first pitch he saw in his season debut.  But it’s the 554th time in his career he’s hit a home run.  And, oh yeah, now we don’t know how many of those home runs are legit, since he’s admitted taking steroids in Texas.  And there are allegations that he did in New York.  And high school.  And that he tipped pitches, which if true, hopefully will finally earn Rodriguez some punishment from the league (and possibly some retribution from some fellow players).

In the mean time, at least I now know I don’t have to worry about trying to catch Sports Center any time soon again.