Total BS
Punctuation points of a baseball season are more often revealed long after the fact. Over six months, trends and changes are difficult to assess in real time.
But I don't think it's a reach to call the three straight blown saves of August 2010 significant.
Don't get me wrong -- I do not believe that the outcome of a given game actually affects what happens the next day, nor do I feel that the emotional "hangover" from tough losses makes a team worse at what it does going forward.
But if the Sox are the 87-win second place team they may be, these games ("3BS?")will be remembered as a stark reminder that teams are usually not as good as their hot streaks suggest.
And, it must be said, Jim Thome's titanic clout should bury Ozzie Guillen's philosophy of offensive alchemy. As emailer Stonecutter points out, Thome's WAR is greater than those of Mark Kotsay, Juan Pierre, Mark Teahen, Andruw Jones and Omar Vizquel COMBINED!! Good baseball players are better than bad baseball players.
We may have a Brett Favre press conference to lampoon this afternoon, if the radio gods bless us with one between 1 and 6PM. Let's hope the needy hillbilly finds a podium.
The Arkansas/radio-reporter/Florida hat controversy is making an entire state look stupid and mean. I guess the pig-headed (literally, in this case) fans and bully of a coach are mad that their team sucks.
What amazes me, though, is that a radio reporter named Renee Gork can get a job somewhere without becoming "Gorman" or "Gordon." That part of the story is nice.
We'll be in Bourbonnais tomorrow afternoon for our final show from Bears camp. Friday, the Bud Light "Who Needs Two?" Tavern Tour stops at a familiar place -- the Blarney Stone in Oak Forest. Come join us to start your weekend and have a chance to win tickets.
