A few things worth noting:
1- The Bachata music playing before Beltran's at-bat. Welcome to my world. Everyday. But much louder.
2- Joe Buck's call of the first two strikes. Understated. Let the tension do the talking.
3- Then there's Tim Mcarver's call on the replay after strike two. "Fastball strike one...strike two fouled off Beltran's right leg..." Idiotic and inane. Overstating the obvious with his let-me-clue-you-in tone. Classic Mcarver. Almost as rich as his 6th inning gem, "the infield is getting wetter and wetter the more it rains." Someone punch me. Just knock me out.
Friday, October 20, 2006
With Apologies To Pepe
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I caught the end of this game last night and was thinking of you and out of the love I have in my heart for you, wishing for a stl win on your behalf. Baseball...
What does Pepe care?
Oh... the sports post.
Forget pepe.
was that exciting? was it, though? really?
ahhh, baseball. i heard about this on the radio and meant to come by and give my congrats. so, congrats. i am glad that the guy on the dirt threw that little white ball so fast in a certain area and that the other guy didn't swing the stick at it and hit it. close one. i waited in nervous anticipation just like those folks in the stands.
seriously, congrats.
forget you, smanny! go bleach your hair!
Did you hear that everybody!? Did you hear the smugness? That was snobbery right there!!!
[We always resort to personal attacks when our arguments fail.]
smugness is under-rated
i am not against ALL sports. just BASEBALL. man, this is a game that must have been developed before anyone knew how precious time truly is! there should be a pitch clock, like a shot clock. you've got like 5 seconds from when the ball hits your glove (from the catchter) to unload that rock. this, i understand, would translate to homerun fests, but IS THAT BAD? anything to infuse this thing with excitement is welcomed in my book. how about multiple baseballs in play at once? huh? that would speed things up a bit, keep it interesting. i like the sports with constant motion, so you can tell guys are really sweating out there, not scratching themselves, yawning (i've seen yawns), and generally kicking their feet in the dirt. i've seen players (actually on the roster and therefore "in the game") sleeping in the dugout. what the hell kind of sport lets you play and sleep? it is insane. i've searched my soul and my soul needs speed and excitement from a sport, else i would watch golf and skeet shooting and the ididerod(sp?). come on!
that said, i will go to a baseball game and love it -- not because of baseball (all the exciting plays could be compressed into less than six minutes) but because of the friend and beers and hotdogs. i've searched this darkened soul, now who will search theirs and say, "you know, you're right, i've wondered why my pulse slows down to one beat per 45 seconds when i watch baseball?!" think about it guys, just think about it and get back to me. i need someone to tell me that it IS a mindnumbingly slow sport. please. anyone?
Slow is bad?
how's this? closed?
slow is not bad. slow is fine for lovemaking and roasting bbq NOT for a sport!
now you can close whatever you want to close.
wow. that was one of the lamest series i've seen in a while.
congrats where congrats are due, mainly to eckstein for being scrappy, and to the Tigers pitching staff for not having a clue how the HELL TO FIELD A HIT!!!
113 days til Spring Training.
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