Brewers Should Blame Blond Broad's Big Boasts
The atmosphere here in Wisconsin is festive this week. Granted, the flags are still at half staff over the Elderly Hillbilly's decision to be a pouty, whiny baby, but baseball is booming. The Brewers begin a big four game series tonight against the Chicago minor league team that could give them sole possession of first place.
The Brewers shared first place going into play yesterday, but quickly fell out with a loss to the Astros coupled with a Cub win over the Marlins. This could all have been avoided if the blond on the Brewers pre-game show would have kept her mouth shut.
Baseball is nothing without superstition, and opening your big mouth and talking all that smack is bad for your team. During the pre-game show, which was originating from Wisconsin Dells (those sales guys will sell anything, huh?) the hosts cut back to the blond chick at Miller Park. She started cooing about "the first place Milwaukee Brewers." That's mistake number one, sweetie. The Brewers were TIED for first place, not actually in control of first place. Then, she starts the hard sell for the six or so tickets left for Monday night's game. "So, if you want to see the Brewers beat up on the Cubbies." Sweetheart, don't talk smack, especially when 2/5 of your starting pitching and most of your bullpen should be pitching in an industrial league, not the second highest professional league.
By the way, you are there to be a reporter not a cheerleader. Perhaps you should study some game film of Michelle Tafoya or Susie Kolber who actually provide quality information, not just eye candy. After watching this woman for a couple of minutes, I decided that I'd rather be tied to a chair and be forced to watch classic Jim Gray interrogations.
Act like you've been there before, people!
One more Brewer broadcast note. Most broadcasters accentuate the positive about players and very rarely say anything negative. Enter Brewers radio broadcaster Jim Powell. Powell is the guy who is on when Bob Uecker is out of the booth. Yesterday, he was going over the pitching matchups for the late games. In mentioning the Yankees and Red Sox, he took direct aim at Yankee Sidney Ponson. After noting Ponson has been a cancer everywhere he's been (my paraphrasing, not his words) Powell admonished the Yankees for signing him. "I want to win, but not that bad. I don't know if I want to win so bad that I'd sign the likes of him." Now that's great and refreshing stuff.
The Brewers shared first place going into play yesterday, but quickly fell out with a loss to the Astros coupled with a Cub win over the Marlins. This could all have been avoided if the blond on the Brewers pre-game show would have kept her mouth shut.
Baseball is nothing without superstition, and opening your big mouth and talking all that smack is bad for your team. During the pre-game show, which was originating from Wisconsin Dells (those sales guys will sell anything, huh?) the hosts cut back to the blond chick at Miller Park. She started cooing about "the first place Milwaukee Brewers." That's mistake number one, sweetie. The Brewers were TIED for first place, not actually in control of first place. Then, she starts the hard sell for the six or so tickets left for Monday night's game. "So, if you want to see the Brewers beat up on the Cubbies." Sweetheart, don't talk smack, especially when 2/5 of your starting pitching and most of your bullpen should be pitching in an industrial league, not the second highest professional league.
By the way, you are there to be a reporter not a cheerleader. Perhaps you should study some game film of Michelle Tafoya or Susie Kolber who actually provide quality information, not just eye candy. After watching this woman for a couple of minutes, I decided that I'd rather be tied to a chair and be forced to watch classic Jim Gray interrogations.
Act like you've been there before, people!
One more Brewer broadcast note. Most broadcasters accentuate the positive about players and very rarely say anything negative. Enter Brewers radio broadcaster Jim Powell. Powell is the guy who is on when Bob Uecker is out of the booth. Yesterday, he was going over the pitching matchups for the late games. In mentioning the Yankees and Red Sox, he took direct aim at Yankee Sidney Ponson. After noting Ponson has been a cancer everywhere he's been (my paraphrasing, not his words) Powell admonished the Yankees for signing him. "I want to win, but not that bad. I don't know if I want to win so bad that I'd sign the likes of him." Now that's great and refreshing stuff.
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