It's Your Duty, FTLOSBW: Vote DYoung
I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you to support DYoung for the All-Star Game.
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Vote early and often (it's unlimited voting, THANKS Major League Baseball!!!) Take the time out of your day to cast 145 ballots for DYoung. (BTW - I know DTK and BG watched this weirdo video I posted last time about DYoung, I encourage others to take a look if they missed it. And I thought I was riding the razors edge.)
BTW - Why does Pavano remind me of Tapani. Speaking of, where is FTLOSBW's very own Tapani? Last I heard the Cubs were still 10.5 games out.
7 Comments:
I'm still here. Swimming out of the Cubs' epic suckiness is a big challenge. have been more immersed in the World Cup than baseball (thanks Cubs for ruining another summer of sport) so i haven't been too dialed in. Everyone can take solace in the fact that I am doing everything I can to send bad karma to the South Side.
July 7, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Thank you, Tapani! It must be working, because Jake Peavy is back on the DL! Now if you could also send a little juju over to the (far) east side of town (Detroit). Side note: is there anything worse than your team losing on a Johnny Damon walk-off?
Without DYoung, this team is 5 games out of first place right now instead of 0.5 games. Sadly, he'll probably lose out to d-bag Youkilis. I just voted 5 times for DY and Joey Votto.
July 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM
BG - Nice work, I also voted about 5 times for those two guys. Couldn't agree more on Johnny Damon. Have hated him throughout his career.
July 7, 2010 at 5:23 PM
I think I'm done with All-Star games in professional sports. For various reasons they've all become such a joke. Case in point: Howard getting picked over Votto for the NL 1B.
I used to be a fan of MLB's All-Star game (I gave up on the NBA's and NFL's respective showcases years ago, out of sheer boredom and I don't really follow the NHL, so why would I watch their All-Star game?- I still remember Torii's catch and Bo Jackson's throw.
I also like that they changed it so the winner gets home field for the World Series- I think that was a positive change. Alas, the selection process on this thing has just gotten ridiculous to the point that it has sucked all of my interest in watching. As I'm no longer a Nielson family, I doubt the network executive will miss me tuning in- but I can't imagine that I am the only one becoming disillusioned...but then again, maybe it just means I'm getting old and cynical.
July 7, 2010 at 8:03 PM
Lh, you were a Nielson family? I am sooooo envious. I once was called upon to review a pilot. It was with Michael Boatman, the black guy from Arlis. I was pied out of my skull and the show sucked. I had to do a phone survey in which they kept asking me on a scale of 1-5 with one being the lowest and 5 being the highest how interested were you in.... After answering 1 20 times in a row a could no longer control my laughter. At the end I asked the girl if she had polled anyone else. She said one and they panned the show too. I would love to hold that kind of TV power on a nightly basis.
Of the all star games it is the only one worth watching at all. I might catch a piece but I am not sitting down for 9 innings.
Did Carlos Silva make it?
July 7, 2010 at 8:58 PM
RTS - You and your stories make me laugh.
All-star games should be played by kids wearing the jersey's of the big league players that get voted in. This solves a number of problems:
1. How hilarious is it when they bring kids out at half-time that represent the "Bemidji Pop Warner Football League" versus the "Bloomington Pop Warner Football League"? The kids love it and are totally serious about it. The fans get a kick because it's kind of funny to watch kids try to play baseball or get real serious about their time on the sheet of ice at the XCel center.
2. The kids try hard.
3. Kid rules could be in effect so you could make the games as long or as short as you'd like, mix in other 'tests of skill'.
4. Corny but we would actually get a glimpse into childhood again and question the 'hyperness' of Major League sports. Plus, might make you think twice if BG Jr. or LH Jr. were selected but had to play 3rd and represent ARod. "Gosh there little BG Jr., I don't know why the HOF voters would still consider letting ARod in after he cheated. You're right, that is wrong and we should hold ourselves to a higher standard. Good point, son."
July 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM
RTS, I was indeed a member of the secretive Nielson family research group from something like 2006-2008, a period I'm almost certain the history books will someday refer to as The Golden Age of TV.
Much like a monkey trapped in a scientific experiement does in order to get a banana, every 45 minutes or so I'd have to hit a button to prove that I was actually watching the program and didn't just turn the TV on and leave for work. While it was sometimes annoying, the power- knowing I single handedly had control over what you lay people were watching on a nightly basis- was just too much for me to pass up(note: I may be overstating the impact I had, but this is how I remember it). The responsibility was overwhelming as you might imagine, so I could only do it for a couple of years, but looking back, I think I had a pretty good run. You may or may not remember but in that time period I greenlighted, so to speak, a number of successful shows such as: The Simpsons, Glee, Lost, M.A.S.H., Cheers, The Cosby Show, Sanford & Son and All in the Family- not too shabby of a list, if you ask me.
July 8, 2010 at 5:18 PM
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