Random Thoughts: White Sox Bounce Back In Style
Random thoughts while wondering whatever happened to Rodney McCray:
After a devastating and unnecessary loss Thursday night in Baltimore, the White Sox bounced back to clobber Tampa 9-2. The highlights of the evening were back to back jacks from Jim Thome and Paul Konerko, a solid start from Javy Vazquez and a Brian Anderson sighting.- Jerry Owens is the odd man out for the Sox in the outfield. This comes as a surprise to those who thought it would be Brian Anderson. The fact that Owens can only play center and throws like my Aunt Shirley probably had something to do with it. Nicely played, Kenny Williams.
- The visceral reaction to Marty Brennaman's comments about Cub fans is amusing to me. If Harry Caray had said what Marty did (about Philly fans for example), Cub fans would have lined up for miles for a drink of the kool-aid. Marty is the last of the tell it like it is announcers left on the planet. God bless you Marty for speaking your mind instead of worrying how it was going to play with the team brass or the sponsors. And, this isn't even Marty's biggest firestorm. In 1988, he was suspended for inciting a riot after umpire Dave Pallone made a bad call against the Reds.
- Where ever there is controversy, a hot button topic, an easy, slam dunk excuse for a column, there will be Captain Obvious.
- If you had April 18th in your "when will Ben Sheets get hurt", pool, please advance to the window and collect your winnings.
- John Paxson says he is looking for a teacher for his next coach. Wasn't that what Scott Skiles was supposed to be? I am very curious to see what Paxon has in mind. Perhaps Laker's assistant Jim Clemmons gets another shot at running an NBA team.
- That loud whirring sound is the body of Don Drysdale spinning in his grave.
- I don't care if the Fudge Packers retire the Elderly Hillbilly's number as long as he still isn't wearing it. And no, Favre will not be an announcer, no matter how tongue and cheek you might get.
- I don't know about you, but to me, this has Arlen Specter written all over it.
- Speaking of governmental wastes of time, congress now wants to probe the BCS. The charge is led by representatives from Idaho, Georgia and Hawaii, all three of which represent states where fans fell like they were jobbed by the BCS. Attention congressmen: I just paid $3.45 a gallon for gas yesterday, three boys from Wisconsin just got blown up in Iraq last week and people keep coming in daily over our borders without our knowledge. I'm paying more for food than I ever have because that's gone up 17% in the last year. Fix these things and then we can worry about the BCS.
- It's really too bad about Christmas Ape. Christmas Apes is the assumed name of a writer at "Kissing Suzy Kolber" who recently announced his real name is Mike Tunison. That didn't sit well with Tunison's employers, the Washington Post who immediately sacked him because of the conflict of interest. Even though he didn't cover sports. You'll see a lot more of this stuff in the future as people who blog as a hobby are reminded by employers that they own our bodies, souls and creativity, even when we aren't at work. Somehow these employers believe our views are their views and that when we blog, we are not only representing us, we are representing them.
- Some humor from Serious Sports Network.
- George Snuffleupagus should be sent to bed without phone books to sit on. The debate the other night turned into a cartoon. This is the problem with our national discourse: We can't talk about issues because the media would much rather talk about the gossip. Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert would have done a better job hosting the debate than Gibson and Snuffleupagus.
- You star in a popular TV show for ten years, but one failure in a new show and you are forced into roles that no one else wants. David James Elliott is well on his way to becoming the new Scott Bakula.
- Today's list:Fifteen great quotes from Al Pacino
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