Bud Tries to Fool Fans With Deal or No Deal
Random thoughts while wondering what ever happened to Pablo Torrealba:
Deal or No Deal Dept.: In an effort to save face, Major League Baseball has said if cable operators and the Dish Network want to accept the terms of surrender that Direct TV did, MLB would be happy to extend the Extra innings package on to them. In truth, they know that cable operators will not clamor for it because they would have to offer the baseball channel as a basic station, not as a premium station and they are not about to do that.
So Bud Selig, taking a play out of the NFL blackmail handbook, now wants you to believe that if you are a Time Warner or Comcast customer, it's your carrier's fault that you don't have Extra Innings, not his. And here I thought the only bucks Bud was passing were the Direct TV money to the owners pockets.
Fact: If cable wouldn't blink for something popular like football, they sure won't blink for baseball. One day Bud, when your sport is right up there with the NHL, MLS and Arena football in popularity, you may look back and say "Why did I screw the fans?" But it will already be too late.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Dept.: I think I liked Ozzie Guillen better before the sensitivity training. Instead of being a fighting, profanity laced tyrant, the kinder, gentler Ozzie accentuates the positive. John Danks. Andrew Sisco.
The Sox still can't beat anybody and four of his nine regulars are hitting under the Mendoza line. His starting pitching has been awful and several of the kids he was counting on to show up in camp (including Brian Anderson) have not played well.
Ozzie, please forget being Mr. Sensitive, put one of your size nines up somebody's backside and get this train on the track. Otherwise, it might be a dogfight with the Royals this year.
Cheesy Dilemma Dept.: Here in the land of Gouda, Packer fans are all farklemt because Ted Thompson, a man they don't respect and don't understand has the audacity to consider bringing Randy Moss to Green Bay.
It wasn't too long ago, where in a game between the Vikings and Packers, Moss, then with Minnesota, simulated wiping his hind end on the goalpost after a touchdown. Moss has since been sent to the NFL's answer to Siberia (the Raiders) and is looking for a trade to a team that might contend.
The Packers may surprise a few people this year. They have Brett Favre, a newly formed and quickly cohesive offensive line, some up and coming players on defense and Donald Driver. If they can draft or acquire a decent running back (Marshawn Lynch) they could really give the Bears trouble seeing as how everyone is leaving the Bears.
Moss would give the Packers their best outside weapon since Javon Walker was healthy and maybe even before that. Favre to Moss would be a killer tandem and it would free Donald Driver up to do the things he does best which is be a possession receiver. It makes all the sense in the world, except to Packer fans, who continue to act small market because they are small market.
The NFL is no longer innocent, folks. Your own beloved QB has been in rehab for abusing booze and pain killers and is a whining prima donna. Is Moss an ass? Yes. Does he help win games? Yes. Suck it up, grill your bratwurst and deal with it.
Resurrection Dept.: Dave Wannstedt, Norv Turner, Jim Hanifan, Grady Little, Terry Stotts, Vern Rapp, Ken Hitchcock, Ron Zook and now Trent Yawney. No matter how inept a coach or manager is perceived it still seems everybody gets a chance to redeem themselves no matter how poor their record is. Okay, almost everybody.
Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble Dept. Pt. 4: If Illinois can hang on and win the Big Ten, it may pop someone's bubble, perhaps even someone in that conference. Across America, most of the usual suspects won yesterday, but there are a couple that may also bust some bubbles. One thing is for sure: At least in theory, look for less teams from the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 than usual.
Cross Check Dept.: I'm all for fighting in hockey. I'm all for tough guys in hockey. I'm all for when they send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue (that's the Chicago way) in hockey.
I am not, ever, in favor of what Chris Simon did. It was cheap, it was dirty, it was wrong and it cost his team a game. It's time for him to get McSorelyized.
Boogity Boogity Dept.: Looks like the Fords really like Las Vegas. Not good for little E considering he drives a Chevy. I wonder how that Toyota deal is working out for Michael Waltrip. He's what? Not in the race this week?
I guess that answers that question.
Mock Speed Dept.: The ink on your brackets isn't even dry but it's time for some early NFL mock draft action.
Treed Apple Dept.: Crosby, Stills and Nash sang: "Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by."
I guess when your dad is William Ligue, there is no telling what you can learn.
Doh Dept.: Los artists españoles de la lengua que doblan el Simpsons en español pueden ir en huelga si su unión no se permite participar en el doblaje de la película. Además, si no utilizan a los agentes de la unión del agente nacional de México, conducirán un boicoteo de la película a través de América latina. Usted hace a ese amigo, y apretaremos encima de seguridad de la frontera.
That's My Bush Dept.: How about that wacky Bush administration, huh? In the space of a week, the former top aide to the VP goes down in flames for being a liar and obstructing justice, the FBI says the government has over stepped it's authority on using the Patriot Act, several of the fired US Attornies have made it clear that their dismissal was totally politically motivated and can apparently prove it and congress does not want to extend funding to "the surge."
Is it just me or are you having Nixon flashbacks too?
Boston Baked Dept.: They were just another Rock & Roll Band out of Boston, trying to find Peace of Mind in Tom Schultz's basement and creating More Than A Feeling with one classic album in 1976. Now, word is Brad Delp, the outstanding lead singer for the group Boston, is dead at 55.
The good news is, you don't necessarily have to be alive to continue making albums.
Both Sides Of Mouth Dept.: Why is it Rudy Giuliani's private life is an issue but Newt Gingrich gets a free pass? Sorry, fanatical Christians, you can't have selective morality. That would make you hypocrites.
Magic Bus Dept.: In Florida, a bus driver ignored students getting it on while riding on the bus. In England, there is a man who wants to get it on WITH the Bus.
How sick a bastard do you have to be to want to have sex with a car? This dysfunctional idiot would rather lick the tires than kick the tires. What makes the car attractive to a loser like this? Big headlights? Tight exhaust pipe? Nice manifold?
"Oooowe Buddy, look at the trunk on that one. Makes me all tingly just thinking about wrapping my legs around her bumper. But don't ask me to do one of those foreign jobs with the engine in the back instead of the front 'cause I ain't gay."
Maybe this guy should appear in a remake of Deliverance. "Squeel like a PT Cruiser!"
Yikes!
Deal or No Deal Dept.: In an effort to save face, Major League Baseball has said if cable operators and the Dish Network want to accept the terms of surrender that Direct TV did, MLB would be happy to extend the Extra innings package on to them. In truth, they know that cable operators will not clamor for it because they would have to offer the baseball channel as a basic station, not as a premium station and they are not about to do that.
So Bud Selig, taking a play out of the NFL blackmail handbook, now wants you to believe that if you are a Time Warner or Comcast customer, it's your carrier's fault that you don't have Extra Innings, not his. And here I thought the only bucks Bud was passing were the Direct TV money to the owners pockets.
Fact: If cable wouldn't blink for something popular like football, they sure won't blink for baseball. One day Bud, when your sport is right up there with the NHL, MLS and Arena football in popularity, you may look back and say "Why did I screw the fans?" But it will already be too late.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Dept.: I think I liked Ozzie Guillen better before the sensitivity training. Instead of being a fighting, profanity laced tyrant, the kinder, gentler Ozzie accentuates the positive. John Danks. Andrew Sisco.
The Sox still can't beat anybody and four of his nine regulars are hitting under the Mendoza line. His starting pitching has been awful and several of the kids he was counting on to show up in camp (including Brian Anderson) have not played well.
Ozzie, please forget being Mr. Sensitive, put one of your size nines up somebody's backside and get this train on the track. Otherwise, it might be a dogfight with the Royals this year.
Cheesy Dilemma Dept.: Here in the land of Gouda, Packer fans are all farklemt because Ted Thompson, a man they don't respect and don't understand has the audacity to consider bringing Randy Moss to Green Bay.
It wasn't too long ago, where in a game between the Vikings and Packers, Moss, then with Minnesota, simulated wiping his hind end on the goalpost after a touchdown. Moss has since been sent to the NFL's answer to Siberia (the Raiders) and is looking for a trade to a team that might contend.
The Packers may surprise a few people this year. They have Brett Favre, a newly formed and quickly cohesive offensive line, some up and coming players on defense and Donald Driver. If they can draft or acquire a decent running back (Marshawn Lynch) they could really give the Bears trouble seeing as how everyone is leaving the Bears.
Moss would give the Packers their best outside weapon since Javon Walker was healthy and maybe even before that. Favre to Moss would be a killer tandem and it would free Donald Driver up to do the things he does best which is be a possession receiver. It makes all the sense in the world, except to Packer fans, who continue to act small market because they are small market.
The NFL is no longer innocent, folks. Your own beloved QB has been in rehab for abusing booze and pain killers and is a whining prima donna. Is Moss an ass? Yes. Does he help win games? Yes. Suck it up, grill your bratwurst and deal with it.
Resurrection Dept.: Dave Wannstedt, Norv Turner, Jim Hanifan, Grady Little, Terry Stotts, Vern Rapp, Ken Hitchcock, Ron Zook and now Trent Yawney. No matter how inept a coach or manager is perceived it still seems everybody gets a chance to redeem themselves no matter how poor their record is. Okay, almost everybody.
Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble Dept. Pt. 4: If Illinois can hang on and win the Big Ten, it may pop someone's bubble, perhaps even someone in that conference. Across America, most of the usual suspects won yesterday, but there are a couple that may also bust some bubbles. One thing is for sure: At least in theory, look for less teams from the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 than usual.
Cross Check Dept.: I'm all for fighting in hockey. I'm all for tough guys in hockey. I'm all for when they send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue (that's the Chicago way) in hockey.
I am not, ever, in favor of what Chris Simon did. It was cheap, it was dirty, it was wrong and it cost his team a game. It's time for him to get McSorelyized.
Boogity Boogity Dept.: Looks like the Fords really like Las Vegas. Not good for little E considering he drives a Chevy. I wonder how that Toyota deal is working out for Michael Waltrip. He's what? Not in the race this week?
I guess that answers that question.
Mock Speed Dept.: The ink on your brackets isn't even dry but it's time for some early NFL mock draft action.
Treed Apple Dept.: Crosby, Stills and Nash sang: "Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by."
I guess when your dad is William Ligue, there is no telling what you can learn.
Doh Dept.: Los artists españoles de la lengua que doblan el Simpsons en español pueden ir en huelga si su unión no se permite participar en el doblaje de la película. Además, si no utilizan a los agentes de la unión del agente nacional de México, conducirán un boicoteo de la película a través de América latina. Usted hace a ese amigo, y apretaremos encima de seguridad de la frontera.
That's My Bush Dept.: How about that wacky Bush administration, huh? In the space of a week, the former top aide to the VP goes down in flames for being a liar and obstructing justice, the FBI says the government has over stepped it's authority on using the Patriot Act, several of the fired US Attornies have made it clear that their dismissal was totally politically motivated and can apparently prove it and congress does not want to extend funding to "the surge."
Is it just me or are you having Nixon flashbacks too?
Boston Baked Dept.: They were just another Rock & Roll Band out of Boston, trying to find Peace of Mind in Tom Schultz's basement and creating More Than A Feeling with one classic album in 1976. Now, word is Brad Delp, the outstanding lead singer for the group Boston, is dead at 55.
The good news is, you don't necessarily have to be alive to continue making albums.
Both Sides Of Mouth Dept.: Why is it Rudy Giuliani's private life is an issue but Newt Gingrich gets a free pass? Sorry, fanatical Christians, you can't have selective morality. That would make you hypocrites.
Magic Bus Dept.: In Florida, a bus driver ignored students getting it on while riding on the bus. In England, there is a man who wants to get it on WITH the Bus.
How sick a bastard do you have to be to want to have sex with a car? This dysfunctional idiot would rather lick the tires than kick the tires. What makes the car attractive to a loser like this? Big headlights? Tight exhaust pipe? Nice manifold?
"Oooowe Buddy, look at the trunk on that one. Makes me all tingly just thinking about wrapping my legs around her bumper. But don't ask me to do one of those foreign jobs with the engine in the back instead of the front 'cause I ain't gay."
Maybe this guy should appear in a remake of Deliverance. "Squeel like a PT Cruiser!"
Yikes!
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