Asshole Of The Week: Nobody

Welcome to Asshole Of The Week, where every Friday your trusty Foul Balls editor picks out the one person from the previous seven days who makes him think, "Man, what an asshole." It could be anybody from an athlete, an owner, someone in the media, or just anybody who happens to catch my ire.

Man, it seems like every week we're breaking new ground in the Asshole Of The Week feature. This week will be no different, as there is no AOTW this week, and not just because I'm taking a holiday weekend off like last time.

Nope, it's because nobody really pissed me off this week. I know, because I spent like the last two hours scouring the internet looking for a story that would do just that. I found nothing, at least not anything in which I wouldn't have had to fake it, and I'm not comfortable doing that.

I'm a man of conviction, and I'm not going to call anybody an asshole if I don't really mean it. Let alone don them Asshole Of The Week. I feel like I'd be cheating you, the rabid pitchfork-toting masses. Do you want to form an angry mob and go after somebody who doesn't really deserve it? No, of course not.

This did get me wondering, though, what if this happens again? Judging by the feedback I get from you commenters, along with some of the email I get from others, AOTW is quickly becoming one of your favorite things on this site. I understand, because it's also becoming one of my favorite things to write, and because of that, I don't want this to happen again.

So now is where I turn to you, the angry pitchfork-toting reader, to help me out. At anytime during the week you come across a person in the sports world (sorry, your boss doesn't count) you feel is deserving of an Asshole Of The Week: nominate him. Send me an email at tomfornelli@yahoo.com with the subject Asshole Of The Week Nominations.

That way, if I ever have another one of these extremely rare weeks where I can't find somebody to hate, I can always find somebody to hate for you. That's how dedicated I am to you.

Thanks in advance,
Fornelli

PS. Anybody who names me Asshole Of The Week in the comments sucks.