Look Closely And You'll See 1,000 Gnats Screaming And Pumping Their Fists
Just some random, meandering miscellany for you all on this dreary Friday afternoon...(1) I haven't felt inspired enough to dive into this whole Joba debate until I saw what happened this week. In case you missed it, on Tuesday, David Dellucci of the Tribe took Joba deep for a game-changing, 3-run jack in the 8th inning, turning a 1-run deficit into a 2-run lead. Then, yesterday, in a 6-3 game with no one on base, Joba strikes Dellucci out. Guess which of these two situations called for a a hysterical, fist-pumping primal scream from the victor? If you guessed the second one, you're beginning to catch on to the wonderful world of Joba "38 lifetime IP" Chamberlain. Honestly, you have to see the tape of yesterday's performance to truly appreciate this. Here's what Dellucci had to say about it after the game:
“If he wants to yell and scream after a strikeout and dance around the mound, that’s what gets him going,” Dellucci said. “My home run was in a much bigger situation, a much more key part of the game, but I didn’t dance around and scream.”
No kidding. My stance is, if that's how he wants to act, fine. Every guy who drives in a run off the Yankees gets to do the same thing, no matter what the score or situation is, with no consequences. Fair is fair. I'm sure it'll go over real with Girardi when some guy who's played in 38 games in the bigs knocks in a run off the Yankees, turning a 7-1 game into an 8-1 game, and proceeds to stand on first base, gyrate, and scream.
(By the way, you want another sign I'm right about this issue? Filip Bondy disagrees with me).
(2) More highly amusing news out of Patriotland - apparently Belidouche was taping both defensive AND offensive signals. The funny thing is, I challenge you to find a single Patriot fan who's willing to admit any wrongdoing. You either get "everyone does it" or "there's no real advantage to it." Folks, "everyone does it" is not a defense to something that's illegal. If so, no one would ever get a speeding ticket. As for the second excuse, can one of you Boston Beanheads please explain to me why someone as smart is Belichick would waste time and money producing meticulously-edited spy tapes like these if they're going to be completely useless? Just another reason to savor the accomplishments of the Super Bowl XLII New York Football Giants. Ahhhhh......
(3) Can Willie Randolph's defenders - that imbecile Bob Raissman included - please, PLEASE stop saying how irrational is to want to fire a manager only 32 games into the season? The Mets have been playing flat, sloppy, lazy, uninspired and disinterested baseball SINCE LAST JUNE! That's around 150 games by my count, give or take. Not 32...150. Got it? Good. (By the way, according to Raissman, those of us who want Randolph let go after nearly a full season's worth of unacceptable, underachieving baseball are in "the lunatic fringe").
(4) Terrific column by the great Jeff Pearlman on ESPN.com about some of the fan abuse being hurled at recovering addict Josh Hamilton. A must-read. But pretty much anything Pearlman writes is must-read. He good.
Finally, I note that the Joba story was so big, SNY had the entire cast of miscreants and freaks from "The Wheelhouse," "The Loudmouths," AND "Daily News Live" screaming about it to each other on a Sportsnite segment I saw this morning. I shit you not. My head almost exploded. With the exception of Mex, Ron and Gary, people are incapable of expressing an opinion on SNY without yelling it at you. I really want to know, is anyone out there actually entertained by this?
posted by Toasty Joe at 10:36 AM
8 Comments:
Yelling is all over the place nowadays and its annoying.
That guy who sells Oxyclean can't stop yelling. I want to know WHY he's yelling. He needs to tone it down.
Flava Flav... is constantly yelling. He needs to tone it down a notch.
And yes, that is me admiting to watching FLavor of Love...
2:05 PM
At the moment, I have nothing to say on the state of baseball. Actually, I'm feeling rather bitter about the whole sport... spent last night driving around with two coaches who derived much pleasure from teasing me (The One Without Ability To Hit Ball).
However--thought I'd drop by to say hello, and let you know that I used one of your photos from T's wedding on DSW. Fun!
9:58 PM
Not surprisingly, I couldn't disagree more, Sr. Toast. The kid is a big, excitable mook who brings raw emotion to a team whose fans have been desperate for an emotional presence since O'Neill hung them up, what feels like two decades ago, at this point. Delucci's homer was the first time in his young career that came in and truly blew a lead, and he was psyched that he was able to bounce back the next night. Give me a young player who takes pride in his performance-- or an old guy who smashes a watercooler when he doesn't come through-- than a "classy" stiff any day.
I see your real agenda here though. You wanted us to click on that idiotic Bondy article to read his 3-4 paragraphs on how we should protest Cleveland Indians' games until they change their hat. As a former moldy Indians hat wearer yourself, I'm guessing that one hit a little to close to home?
10:25 AM
I love that Oxyclean guy, a while back I was thinking he could be our next president. He solves, like, EVERYTHING.
I don't really care what players do on the field, baseball seems like one of the few sports where players barely ever incite their own home crowd (which is wrong, in my opinion). If Manny can be Manny for doing things that are questionable, then Joba can be Joba. I just wish he'd break a few wrists on Boston. I believe the latest tally is:
Number of times A-Rod and Jeter hit by Boston pitchers: 22
Number of times Ortiz and Ramirez hit by Yankee pitchers: 3
I just wish Farnsworth was wild in the head zone, not behind the head zone. I'm scared that he'll be the middle relief enforcer someday. And maybe Mussina will hit someone by accident, he'll never do it on purpose.
I still think the Mets will be fine, and Florida's youth will catch up with them. Of course, I also thought the Mets would win a couple more games last September.
The only place to watch Flavor of Love is The Soup, Benny. Save yourself 29 minutes.
1:26 PM
Could the shout it out/shout it over each other form of sports talk be any more annoying? The beauty of SNY was that it was one of the rare forums where people spoke semi-intelligently about sports without intentionally trying to be controversial. Just seems like they believe yelling sells. I've stopped watching.
2:02 PM
Benny - You know one person who doesn't yell? Giuseppe Franco. He doesn't need to yell. He's Giuseppe Franco.
4:00 PM
Can Carlos Delgado hit any more weak ground balls to the right side of the infield?!?! And how about him actually showing some effort and trying to stretch to make an out on the ball thrown by Easley. Damn
10:02 AM
Okay, get rid of Willie, but who are you replacing him with? I don't see enough of those comments. Ozzie Guillen? Stump Merrill? Passion to a point is great, but after a while you just look like an idiot. If you think anyone would be an improvement, don't be too sure. (Personally, I want John Stearns in here, but would hate to see him fail...)
3:41 PM
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