Ahh... Wildcard Wednesday… the day at the SBRForum where we take (the tiniest) step away from NFL betting and remind ourselves there are other goings on in the world of sports and there’s a thread for all of it right here at the SBRForum. Need advice on World Series Game Six—there’s a thread for that; thoughts on Colorado +107 at Calgary tonight in the NHL—there’s a thread for that; want to voice your opinion on the burning question of whether you’re going to view Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy pictorial—well there’s a thread for that too.
Incidentally, 67% of our members said they would take look but I think it’s more out of curiosity than anything. If I wanna pleasure myself to a train wreck, I have Unbreakable on DVD—if I just wanna pleasure myself to any movie with a train in it, I have Schindler’s List. Oh, and if you’re offended by my WW2 humor—there’s a thread for that too—Poll:72% of Americans say Republicans aren't doing enough to work with Obama. Now let’s get to the Takes…
World Series Game 6
While ESPN has a field day with Tony LaRussa’s botched call to the bullpen—and by that we mean he literally screwed up the phone call to the Bullpen not selected the wrong pitcher. Instead of having Jason Mott ready to go he was forced to bring in Lance Lynn to walk one batter while Mott warmed up.
In LaRussa’s defense, by the time he got through saying the name of the first pitcher—Marc Rzepczynski—he had probably forgotten the other guy he wanted to bring in. By the way, the name is pretty easy to pronounce (zep-chinn-SKEE) when you realize the first R is silent—like Anne Frank in her attic. Again we have a thread for that (anyone have any crazy Halloween costumes for this year?!? 100 pts to the best idea). Anyway, the real boner here— and yes, this is the first time the word “boner” and “Anne Frank” were ever used in the same paragraph—was hitting and running TWICE with Albert Pujols in the seventh and ninth innings. The latter instance of course ended with a “Strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out double play.”
Now here’s the real problem for the Cards. It was later revealed that both hit-and-run plays had not been called by LaRussa, but rather by Albert Pujols himself. I'm not saying I take the Rangers tonight—OK I am as I as I predicted Rangers in six last Wednesday—but it is a really bad sign when a team can’t understand Tony LaRussa but can understand Albert Pujols. Have you ever heard him in an interview??? You get better English out of a rubber pool cue.
Check out SBR's pick for tonight's Game 6 and see if they share my predictions of the Rangers in six.
NBA Strike
Does anyone care that the NBA has canceled yet another two weeks of the season due to the NBA Lockout? Exactly and the latest joke is that the owners spent the day in New York in a secret meeting—that everyone knew about. Please, this is more failing head games from the owners to try to scare the players into thinking they’re doing something when they are doing nothing.
They could have better spent time going the a Broadway show or the MOMA on 53rd. BTW, if you ever get to NYC take a peek in there, it has VanGogh’s starry night. Otherwise, just hit a local sports bar and watch an NCAA basketball game because—whether you’re looking at VanGogh’s painting or an NCAA game—you’re going to see something NBA players lost a long time ago—a passion for they’re doing regardless of the money attached.
The NBA is a disgrace and I will not waste anymore Wednesday space on it when I could have easily done an art joke here. Instead I will just say that VanGogh’s Starry Night is my favorite painting along with DaVinci’s Last Supper. I don’t know what’s more amazing, the brushstrokes in VanGogh’s painting or the fact that DaVinci captured that moment exactly as those Jews were splitting the check thirteen ways. Oh yeah… there’s thread for that— Going to NYC for Christmas.
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