Friday fun
*Am I missing something on the whole Bronson Arroyo-for-A.J. Burnett rumor? Even if we were talking a straight-up trade I don't see how the Sox get the upper hand in this, plus, most of the proposals out there are along the lines of "Sox get Burnett and Mike Lowell for Arroyo, Ortiz, Schilling, Manny and Varitek." OK, I exaggerate, but you get the point.
*I suppose I'm not exactly breaking new ground with this comment, but man, is Vladimir Guerrero a joy to watch at the plate. It isn't just the absolutely flawless home run swing -- the one he demonstrated last night when Tom Gordon threw him a meatball, and for that matter, the time he made New England collectively soil itself for awhile with his grand slam in Game 3 of the ALDS last year -- but he also has an uncanny ability to find garbage pitches and makes something out of them. He might be my single favorite hitter to watch these days.
*Last night's comment on the White Sox announcers got some response, including from Clarkie, the president of the Expos Preservation Society: That's former Sox player/voice Ken "Hawk" Harrelson doing his
shameless homerism for the ChiSox.
I'm telling you, all those Sox fans who rip Orsillo and Remy would be
slobbering over them if they (the fans) had MLB Extra Innings or
MLB.TV and got to watch some of the out-of-town stuff on a regular
basis. Rockies guys were just as bad while watching the Nationals last
night.
I still say there's no match for the nonstop carnival barking/Home Shopping Network hucksterism promoting all things NESN, but yeah, there are some bad ones out there.
In case you think I was exaggerating, check out Tilber's running game diary last night.
*I have a new column up on Bostonsportsreview.com, this one on things I would like to see disappear from the world of sports and sports media. I'm pretty happy with how this one came out. Click on the sample below to see the whole piece:
Screaming sports reporter debates on television
I have this vision: It is the year 2025. I turn on VH-1 and watched "I love the '00s." And there is a segment about those sports cable shows that reduce every issue in sports to little 30-second sound bites with simple for-or-against reactions. The VH-1 commentators will scoff and say things such as, "Do you remember when they actually had sportswriters scream at each other all the time? What was up with that? Was that supposed to be entertaining?" the same way they talk about pet rocks, bell bottoms, and M.C. Hammer pants these days.
*In blog-related developments, click here for some Pearls of wisdom. And, I can't quite say who, yet, but I recently got a sneak preview of a site that I think is going to be a must-read that will have its full launch soon. Stay tuned for details.
*So this weekend, we'll likely have something up tomorrow, and a new edition of Matt's Dispatches from Iraq. Here's his most recent posting.
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