a few ideas

So, did a bunch of watching baseball yesterday, and I've decided a few things..

the TBS announcing team of Buck Martinez and Chip Carey ought to be played to torture inmates in Guantanamo Bay. There, I said it. Do all these clowns go to the same school to learn how to talk thru the nose??? Just terrible. At least while watching the Yankees/Sox last night I got to listen to Jon Miller, and he's a damn fine announcer. Yesterday afternoon, I got to flip between Cubs/Phillies (on TBS with those 2 horrific announcers), White Sox/Tigers on WGN, and eventually the Rockies/D'backs on the local channels. Now, I think the local guys are a little dumb at times, but at least there's a legit banter and play off each other. Even the White Sox game wasn't horrible. I'll be honest, I usually can't stand their call, mostly when they play the Red Sox, because I can hear them being homers. But that's what they get paid for.
Martinez and Carey are supposed to be national announcers, and I'd rather hear nothing from their telecasts other than the chatter of the ballpark. Their voices go through me, they bring nothing to the game, and Martinez over-analyzes every stinkin' pitch. Can't imagine why he couldn't make it as a manager (cue the sarcasm!).

As for watching the Red Sox and the Yankees over the weekend, I've got a definite gripe about Saturday's game...I couldn't watch it!!!! No one in Denver could. Why??? Because the Rockies were on Fox, and it was a nationally split audience. So I got to be one of the few people in the country that was forced to see the Rockies/D'backs, because it was nationally televised, I was in that market, and Major League Baseball has some archaic rules when it comes to weekends and showing games. Thanks a bunch. Can someone just punch Bud Selig in the groin 9 times for me?

But I did get to watch the game between the Yanks & Sox last night. Gee, lucky me. Am I the only person that wouldn't mind Dice-K getting lost along the Mass. Pike for awhile? I swear, he's the anti-Christ on the hill. And I'm supposed to root for him???! I can't remember yelling at a winning pitcher like I've wanted him dead before. I just can't. In case anyone who reads this knows someone that can get in contact with Mr. Matsuzaka, please pass along this message: "Hurry the hell up already!!!!!!!!" I can't believe that Sox management, nor Terry Francona or pitching coach John Farrell told him to step it up already. It was 46 degrees at gametime last night. If your defense is cold because you're knitting a small sweater between pitches, they tend to get cold, too. Seriously, if I ever find out that the Sox could've traded Dice-K and a dozen cases of baseballs to the Twins for Johan Santana, I may be forced to renounce my fan-hood of them. Work fast and change speeds, how hard is that? Not very, and it's worked for numerous pitchers 10 times better than him.

If you know anyone from Seattle, in Seattle, or a Sonics fan, give them a hug today in person, over the phone or via IM/email, as last night was probably the last Sonics game ever.

I was going to write about how impressed the Thuggets were last night, even with Kenyon Martin getting T'd up in the first 3 minutes of the game, but guess who got busted for DUI last night? Nice work, All-Star.
As for the game, if JR Smith would play like this every night and keep it zipped up, he'd be an early favorite for 6th man next year....really. He had 18 in the 1st half last night, and it was quite impressive. Still not my favorite player, never will be, but that kind of effort could make Enver (get it, no 'D'-I know, lame) a tough out in the 1st round of the playoffs.

In case you missed this over the weekend, Oklahoma St. football coach went on a rampage after a game and damn near went after a reporter for writing an article about QB Bobby Reid. Like Paul Harvey says, "and now, for the rest of the story." I thought it was interesting.

I was going to write about some of the early entries into the NBA Draft, but Jeff Goodman at FoxSports already did it, so read this instead. And let me say 'Buh-bye' to Donte Greene from da 'Cuse. Your athleticism will be missed, your shot selection, not so much.

I'd like to file this under, "That Bitch is Crazy", but after reading this, I think Alicia Keys honestly believes this crap. Hey honey, wanna know what else is a conspiracy theory? Global Warming? Ask Al Gore, but make sure you ask all the other scientists who state that it's a garbage theory. Typical White People? Ask Barack Hussein Obama about that one. Guess you don't want white folks buying up your albums anymore, huh? No problem. Mariah's album is coming out soon, and I hear it's going to tear it up. You won't need anymore of my money, so you don't have to get it. Way to insult a large part of your audience.

And lastly for the day, I just read that Jessica Simpson's sister Ashlee not only got engaged recently, but is now expecting. What the hell ever happened to a good old-fashioned BJ?? These so-called celebrities have so much money, but not the common sense to wrap it up? I know that there are some single moms out there, and I even know 2 that are a little older than me, but that's kind of the point, they are a little more prepared for it. Way more prepared than a 23 year old Ashlee Simpson or a 17 year old Jamie Lynn Spears. Honestly, for the sake of our humanity, these stupid girls need to stop procreating and learn to get on their knees. You'll hook a man that way, too. I know, I'm one of them.

I'm out, happy Monday!