Pay the extra few bucks and get Triple-A plus, when it's 3:53 am and you're stuck on the Merrit with a flat tire, you'll be glad you did. Never, however, buy the goddamn insurance the tire place tries to sell you.
The Yankees are talking about getting Mike Cameron to play center field next season. Cameron, who struck out 140-plus times in 400 at bats, couldn't crack my fantasy team. Makes me yearn for one Bernie Williams.
JFK Airport has to be one of the most godforsaken places on the planet. The best thing about my trip to Vancouver? Getting customs (back in the U.S.) overwith in Vancouver. Not much of a traveler despite being married to a true globetrotter.
Call me crazy but the morning team of Boomer and Carton is the most entetaining listen these days at WFAN.
Mike Francesa begged Ron Darling to sit in with him at the Mohegan Sun remote this afternoon. Just by being in his proximity, Francesa could make Osama Bin Laden likeable by comparison.
A money manager friend of mine once tld me "the only time you want the stock market doing well is the day you take it out. Makes sense, especially these days.
The way I feel about John McCain these days is reminiscent of how I felt at the end of the baseball season when I knew the Yankees wouldn't be making the big boy playoffs.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Some Thoughts on the ALCS Broadcast
Call me crazy but did anyone else have difficulty finding the ALCS on TBS? I couldn't easily find it on my cable system. And since I'm traveling finding the blasted TBS became more frustrating. Why does baseball do this? For a few extra bucks?
Which leads to me the broadcast team of Chip Carey, Ron Darling and Buck MArtinez....perhaps the oddest broadcast team in recent memory. Here's a question...if his last name is Del Franco and not Carey, does Chip work this series? He's a hard listen...like he's trying to force it. He overtalks like the broadcasting version of Jesse Jackson. Instead of saying "it's 10:00" Carey actually said "the hour has reached 10, tonight in St. Petersburg." Are we kidding?
Creating a storyline before onev occurs. Take for example, his questioning of whether Matt Garza was on a pitch count....Darling, thankfully, set Carey straight. "He's a got 150 days to rest." When Manager Joe MAddon took Garza out in the 7th, Carey, Darling and Martinez did not mention it. Which was strange.
Which leads to me the broadcast team of Chip Carey, Ron Darling and Buck MArtinez....perhaps the oddest broadcast team in recent memory. Here's a question...if his last name is Del Franco and not Carey, does Chip work this series? He's a hard listen...like he's trying to force it. He overtalks like the broadcasting version of Jesse Jackson. Instead of saying "it's 10:00" Carey actually said "the hour has reached 10, tonight in St. Petersburg." Are we kidding?
Creating a storyline before onev occurs. Take for example, his questioning of whether Matt Garza was on a pitch count....Darling, thankfully, set Carey straight. "He's a got 150 days to rest." When Manager Joe MAddon took Garza out in the 7th, Carey, Darling and Martinez did not mention it. Which was strange.
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