MLB on Fox

How much does it suck watching the Yankees playoff games on Fox? Buck and McCarver A. are both absolutely terrible and B. obvious Yankee haters. First of all, that safe at 2nd call last nite was w/out a doubt the right one. Izturis was clearly nowhere near the bag and the umpire had a perfect view of it. And the baserunner was nowhere near him, the SS had a clear throwing lane and was in no imminent danger. If you are gonna give the fielder that call, why even make him step on the base at all? Why not just call the runner out if it is obvious that the ball would beat him, like a quasi infield fly rule on what should be a routine DP ball. And they dont shut up about it and assume thats been happening all nite and blast the ump for being inconsistent only to correct themselves later in almost an afterthought in passing that most people prob missed. Why not show the replays that proves the ump did the right thing?

I love Jeter as much as any fan does who doesnt secretly want to fuck him but how come everything he does becomes a slow mo heroic montage? Jeter pumping his fist, Jeter running to first set to music that was more obviously heroic then those involved w/ 9/11 got. Its fucking baseball not life or death.

Go Irish!!

The Rancor says ND will win @ the big house 38-13. Always trust the Rancor.

Opening Night NFL

Tonight is opening night for the NFL and tomorrow is September 11th so of course there was a short tribute regarding 9/11. And it was a very nice and tasteful tribute, mostly. During which Pittsburgh had surviving family members of people that were aboard flight United 93 on the field in Steelers jerseys. But all the jerseys had the same number on it, 93. What moron thought that was a good idea? Like these people need to be reminded of the number of the plane that their loved one died on every time they tell the story or think about the time they got to be on the field for kickoff for a NFL football game.

If they had any brains the would have given them all the number 8 and say it actually stood for the infinity symbol as in the memories of the heroes who lost their lives will never be forgotten. But no they went for the obvious Douche bag move.

August

The hottest thing in August is the Little League World Series

District 9

Speaking of movies, if you want to like the movie District 9 i beg you not to see it in the movies. If you must, buy the DVD but i strongly recommend waiting for HBO. Its not that i didn't like the movie so much as i just felt like i was lied to. The movie i thought i was going to see based on the trailers was much different then the one i actually paid to see. I expected more subtlety and less exploding people and aliens.

The Nothings Happening

I swear, M Night Shamadingdong's latest movie "The Happening" was the worst movie that i have ever seen. That makes a trifecta of absolutely horrociously unwatchable films made in a row, The Village, Lady in the Water and this. Less then a 1/3 of the way into the movie i said to my girlfriend if this is some weak metaphor for over population and global warming hippie tree hugging garbage then i am going to be very pissed off. sure enough it was. for all three of those movies, this one more so then the rest, the signature surprise twist ending is that it fucking sucks balls. i cant believe that theatres full of people didn't commit suicide after paying for and sitting through that movie.

Favre

How come Brett Favre is a near deity and Terrell Owens is looked at like a cancer. Whats the difference between the two of them. Favre was basically fired from his last two teams, the Packers and the Jets as was TO, the Eagles and Cowboys. When TO doesn't get his way he bitches, moans and flat out refuses to play. When Favre doesn't get his way he retires and lies through his teeth until someone is willing to meet his demands. Which include, but are not limited to, not having to work out with his team in the offseason, not participate in training camp and generally not have to associate with his teammates off of the field. The last one was to the point where he didn't even use the same locker room as the rest of the Jets. If Favre was black he would at the very least be looked upon with the same amount distaste that we currently have for TO.

By the way i personally owe Mr Favre a thank you for basically hand delivering the 09 AFC East Division title to my Miami Dolphins, so i guess he's not all that bad.