tonight, instead of investing in my thursday evening teaching i decided to spend time with kellie and watch the 2004 all-star game. the following thoughts flitted through my brain sometime during the evening:
- it pains me to say this, but i believe that joe buck is being brainwashed by tim mccarver. case in point: he has spent the night saying things like, 'if you have noticed vlad guerrero yet, you're really missing out' and 'mark mulder might not be a household name, but he's a fixture in the bay area.' is there any self-respecting fan who hasn't known about vlad since his injury shortened debut in 1996? likewise, whether due to the lame x-files jokes made on sportscenter or the last three years of the alds most people know who mulder is. insert the rant of the durham bulls coach on nuke laloosh's debut here.
- speaking of laloosh, clemens did a hell of a tim robbins impersonation this evening. i am a die-hard national league fan, but i couldn't help but enjoy seeing clemens getting whipped like a red headed stepchild this evening. clemens is a mercenary and traitor (reports are that he is trying to engineer a trade to a contender as we speak), who unfortunately never blew his elbow or rotator cuff (there's still time roger!).
- it was also fulfilling to see kent make an elementary error on the infield. mug with ali all you want kent, we still know that you're an unregenerate, 'truck washing' redneck.
- scott rolen is the bodhisattva of the hot corner.
- according to mccarver, 'there has not been a meaningful conversation between a runner and a first baseman in the history of the game.' thanks for the striking insight tim! wisdom certainly does come with age.
- would it kill fox, or baseball tonight for that matter, to employ rob neyer or bill james as a color analyst? i am beginning to believe that the network heads are raging anti-sabrites.
that's enough for one evening. i will bore no more.
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