When Joe Torre chooses his players for the American League All-Star roster, he will be hampered by having the first 3 positions around the infield diamond clogged with unworthy selections chosen by the fan ballot. With the addition of 2 more spots added to make for a 32 roster, this should alleviate some of [...]
Entries from June 2004
June 27, 2004
First thoughts on the White Sox trade
So you give up a young, solid catcher (Miguel Olivo), and a prospect that has minor league stats like he’s going to be the next Tony Gwynn (Jeremy Reed) for a starting pitcher who has only 3 months left on his contract. BFG! (Big…….Gamble!) Since Kenny Williams has made more good moves than bad [...]
June 25, 2004
Scary Stuff Going on Under the Radar Screen
In the continuing fall-out from a pop singer’s nipple, a bill which was mainly about funding the military, added a completely different issue, allowing the FCC immense moral power over radio. Of course, being a military spending bill, first and foremost, the Senate voted 99-1 for it, as these politicians couldn’t risk being villified [...]
June 23, 2004
The Best Record of the Past 10 Years
On April 4, 1995, Radiohead released a CD called the Bends, which no release since has matched it’s quality. Their next release, OK Computer, was even more critically acclaimed and is one of the 20 best records of the 1990’s. Since then, Radiohead has followed the Pearl Jam route of being so experimental [...]
June 22, 2004
Explaining the White Sox
The most dominant hitting team in baseball has been the Chicago White Sox in 2004, leading baseball in batting average, runs scored, runs batted in, and a slugging percentage 10 points higher than the second place team. The only major category they don’t lead in, OBP, they sit second behind the Cleveland Indians by [...]
June 21, 2004
The Most ANNOYING “Guy” in the World
Ok, I don’t watch golf much, but I do try to watch the major tournaments. I’m not sure I’m even going to be able to do that any longer, as the gallery screamers grate on my nerves like nothing else. I don’t know when it began, but this need to yell, “you’re the [...]
June 19, 2004
Great Documentary to catch on Trio
Kind of embarassed that all I have offered the last week is TV reviews, but “Final Cut: The Making of Heaven’s Gate and the Unmaking of a Studio” is something you should catch, if you are interested in why most major studio releases have lacked much artistic merit, since the 1970’s. This documentary on [...]
June 14, 2004
Will’s Perfect June Night
First Mark Prior pitches 5 shutout innings, while Roger Clemens gets bombed on the way to a Cubs win. Then, two back to back episodes of Monster House on The Discovery Channel, with one episode featuring surfer girls working power tools. If only Prince would have sung the National Anthem at Minute Maid [...]
June 9, 2004
Tivoworthy Television
I decided to write down the shows on television that is destination viewing for me. Here we go.
Deadwood- The best show of 2004, all the characters are beautifully developed, with dialogue to match, written by David Milch (NYPD Blue).
6 Feet Under- Looking forward to the new season of one of the [...]
June 4, 2004
Cheney Finally Does an “Interview”
So I’m flipping around my tv in my hotel room in Houston (why is it that the nice hotels have 13 channels to choose from, where if you’re in a Motel 6 you have 60?) when I see VP Cheney being interviewed by Larry Kudlow. I recommend catching a replay of this, as it [...]
