Tuesday, August 15, 2006

New Hampshire vs. Vermont (Little League) forfeit controversy

According to WCAX tv website (Vermont), "Little League rules require that each player on the team play three consecutive outs and get one at bat or that team must forfeit the game if the opponents file a protest." Now, let's understand something here. The key words in the previous statement are, "if the opponents file a protest". This implies that IF the opponents DON'T file a protest, that the other team would win, despite 'breaking the rules'. This is interesting, because the website goes on to say that "Needing to extend the game to the bottom of the sixth, Place (vermont coach) had Vermont's pitcher start intentionally walking batters and other players were making wild throws to advance runners, both teams were eventually warned by the umpires. Soon after another wild throw by Vermont's pitcher, both Place and the pitcher were ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct." Now, how can the umpires warn and eject players/coach for something that inherently should remain secret until a coach "protests"? THE UMPIRES HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS AND ACTED OUT OF PLACE! This is just another example of umpires hungry for attention and not knowing their responsibilities. The umpires should have acted as though everything was normal. It is the same as when a player slides into home and misses the plate and the catcher thinks he tagged him and the ump should just stand there and make no call. This is because the play is not finished. He is not to tell the catcher, "HEY, YOU DIDN'T TAG HIM". It's not his job. He is there to observe and judge, not coach. He must wait until a play is made. The catcher will then realize, as will the runner that it ain't done yet and then finish the play. This is the same thing. NOT YOUR JOB ,BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 04, 2006

Oprah the evil whale commercial

They had some Oprah commercial (remember, Oprah spelled backwards is "Harpo", hence the production company name, clever eh?) where she says something about Nate(?) the resident "cutie pie" and his apartment on the next Oprah. Ain't he a homo? Oh, everybody tune in to see the homo cutie pie's apt!!! I have a feeling that she might be the Antichrist, but I'm not sure.

Girls who play tennis like girls are hot!

I was driving through the park one day,
In the merry merry month of may,
I was taken by surprise by a lovely pair of thighs,
In the merry merry month of may!!

Ok, it wasn't May. So there I was, driving by the tennis courts and whoa!!!!!!!!!!! hit the brakes pull over for a second. Two lovelys playing tennis. It is my job as a male to absorb beauty wherever I see it. So I watch a couple of volleys. It is quickly evident that they have no clue. This is very hot. Oh, I love women.

Close caption for El Duque

I was watching the Mets postgame and they were interviewing Hernandez (the Duke). I pushed the mute button to see if they had closed caption. They did not. Can you imagine being the guy who has to write this stuff? "He ........call.....uh ...pitch..............i...........no.......think....um....tro it.........it ok........." WTF? His English is so bad. The sportsdesk guy is like, "Ok and........" he had no idea what he just said. I LOVE El Duque, mind you, I loved him when he was in the Evil Empire, he is a great competitor and am happy he is with my Mets. Work on the Englais dude!

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Is lettuce really necessary in a salad?

Who the hell mandated that lettuce must be in a salad. I feel guilty if I don't have lettuce in it. Lettuce really doesn't bring much to the table (pun intended) and many times can be overbearing and spotlight hogging. Nobody wants lettuce to do that. It's kinda like that fat annoying guy you know that you don't want to invite to a party but you feel sorry for him, so you do it. Fuck you, lettuce!

Human rain delays

You know people like this. You are in a hurry and they need to suck 4 or 5 minutes out of your time. I don't have time for this shit. State your point and let's go. Thank God Almighty that I have a great answering machine that, when you are listening to messages, you can hold the forward button and it cuts out all the dead air that long winded peeps leave on your machine. A message that would take 2 minutes is reduced to 30 seconds. You can still understand everything they're saying, which is cool. It's by Uniden. A cheap set, but it works great.