Say What You Will, This Guy Is Better Than Jared Leto
I always promised myself that if I ever had an opportunity to talk to a celebrity, I wouldn’t ask a question they’ve heard a thousand times before. I’d ask them something like, “how do you prefer your corn? Cut? On the cobb? I’d ask if they ever cut the corn directly off the cobb and formed tiny, fragile sheets of corn. This would stun the celebrity. They’d never forget me. Probably because they’d think I was nuts.
The Teachable Moment You Don’t Care About
If you were a baseball ump in last year’s playoffs, or were related to a baseball ump or cared about the umping business at all, then 2009 just wasn’t your year. It marked the loudest cry for different umps, more umps, more “My Humps” on the jukebox, more ump replays and robot umps.
Another such ump flub happened Wednesday night in Game 1 of the ALDS, but you won’t hear about it because it involved the Yankees and they don’t deserve our tears.
Who’s The Boss: Steinbrenner Vs. Springsteen
I woke up this morning to a text message from a friend alerting me that the Boss died in New York. I damn near had a heart attack before I realized he didn’t mean Springsteen.
Help me settle this in the comments down below: Who’s the REAL Boss?
Red Sox Plan To Honor Man They Spent 37 Years Disrespecting
It’s hard to speak poorly of the dead. If for no other reason than because it’s taboo to do so and most people kinda tune you out. You can’t speak poorly of most dead people. Can’t do it. Certainly can’t do it right after they died.
So I won’t speak poorly of former Yankees owner, George M. Steinbrenner III. I’ll speak poorly of his biggest competitors: the Boston Red Sox.
The Sissification Of Player Intros
Believe me when I say that there wasn’t much I liked about Paul O’Neill as a Yankee. Almost nothing. But at least he had the decency to enter the batter’s box to kickass music appropriate to what he was about to do: namely knock in a lot of runs. Springsteen’s “Born to Run” alternated with the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” – that’s how you dig in, kids.
Cincinnati’s Scott Rolen? Florida’s Cameron Maybin? Pull up a chair …
