RANDOM THOUGHTS:
Enjoyed your Valentines Day? Enjoyed your Presidents Day (so far)? That's nice. Anyways, the following were on my mind between Friday, February 12th and Monday, February 15th:
- Based on the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, I am officially convinced that there is no such thing as a black Canadian.
- SI's Peter King: "I believe there will be a (NFL) work stoppage in 2011." Worried? I'm not. After all, Peter King is the same person that said that Brett Favre was going to stay retired in 2009... and 2008. He also ranked the Saints as the 24th best team of the league in the preseason and picked the Bears to play in the Super Bowl. In conclusion... plan your 2011 fantasy season with no worries.
- Are 90% of all women's college basketball games called by the exact same woman?
- In a span of seven months, the new Cowboys Stadium has hosted two NFL preseason games, 8 NFL regular season games, an NFL postseason game, four college football games (including the Cotton Bowl), a college basketball game, and now the NBA All Star Game. It will also be the future site of next year's Super Bowl, and I'm guessing a WrestleMania and an NCAA Tournament or two. I don't know about you, but I'm starting to get tired of Jerry Jones's "Mona Lisa."
- Was the goal of the new "We Are the World" video to make it a parody of the last one?
- You ever have those moments when you watch something that you haven't watched since you were a kid, and you've had a completely different view of it? Well, that's what I had when I watched a replay of game 6 of the 2003 NLCS between the Cubs and the Marlins (a.k.a. the Bartman game). First off, I was surprised how the Cubs just collapsed after Juan Pierre's single! It's like once Moises Alou exploded, the entire team followed him like sheep. Other thoughts:
a. The reaction from Cubs fans was scary. From the "Asshole" chant, to the throwing of things, to the heckling and threats that were so bad, security had to rush him. It's like when you see someone destroy another person's card pyramid. THings were going so incredible that at one point they either couldn't believe it or were celebrating, and then when it gets ruined, they just release a series of f-bombs and blame everyone that ruined the perfect moment. Now add the fact that the person that was working on the card pyramid hadn't done it in over ninety years, and that reactions is even greater. Can't blame them though.
b. I'm not sure, but I think that the co-announcer for the game on FOX, either Steve Lyons or Al Leiter, was promoting violence to Bartman after the play. He seemed really upset that he did that and wanted Bartman to be askamed of himself.
c. I can't believe that Bartman was the goat of the game and not Alex Gonzalez.
d. Dusty Baker should be booed at everytime he comes to Chicago. Not only did he just sit there as his team collapsed, he ruined the careers of Mark Prior and Kerry Wood. During that game, Thom Brenneman said that Prior led the league that year in pitchers with 116 per game, including 124 pitches per game in the playoffs. Wood was also used often. Thanks to that, one of the best 1-2 punches that year and what should have been for another 5-8 years to come is just a thing of the past. Now, Wood is designated to closer for the Indians and Prior... well, he's gone. Another reason to be worried about Edison Volquez and Johnny Cueto if I were a Reds fan.
More random thoughts to come later this week! Until then, enjoy the final moments of your holiday doubleheader.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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