NOV:THE BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE
FROM
ONEMOREINNING
PART TWO: I’VE HAD IT
WITH………….
PEOPLE INSISTING THAT ONE
MORE INNING IS A NEWSLETTER. IT’S NOT, IT’S
A MAGAZINE AND THAT’S
THE WAY IT’S LISTED IN THE HALL OF FAME
(AS IT SHOULD
BE):
UMPIRES CREATING THEIR
OWN PERSONAL BALL AND STRIKE ZONE. THEY SHOULD BE LOCKED IN A ROOM WITH THE
RULE BOOK UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT!!
REPEATING THE PITCHING
SEQUENCE ON TV OVER AGAIN BATTER AFTER BATTER. WE’VE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH
IT:
MANAGERS AND COACHES BEING
INTERVIEWED DURING A GAME AND COMING OUT WITH ONE PLATITUDE AFTER
ANOTHER:
SAME THING WITH ANNOUNCERS
BEING PLANTED IN THE STANDS THAT GIVE
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHARM OF
AND SPEAKING OF BATHROOMS,
HOW ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN ALL THE PARKS AFTER THE MIDDLE INNINGS:
MIKING PLAYERS FOR THEIR
COMMENTS DURING A GAME. MOST TIMES YOU CAN’T MAKE OUT WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING AND WHO CARES ANYWAY.:
PLAYERS LIKE A JULIO
THE GREAT MARIANO RIVERA
NEVER GETTING AN MVP. WHO ELSE DESERVED IT MORE?
PEOPLE FORGETTING THAT
ROGER MARIS STILL HOLDS THE AL HOMERUN RECORD (61) FOR A
SEASON………….AND HIS WAS LEGITIMATE.
THE OVERHEAD SHOT FROM
A BLIMP THAT ONLY SERVES TO FLATTEN AND DISTORT EVERY THING ON THE FIELD
AND WHAT PURPOSE DO THE BLIMPS SERVE ANYWAY?
CAMERA’S TURNING AWAY
WHEN A FAN RUNS ONTO THE FIELD. I THINK THERE IS MORE HARM DONE BY NOT LETTING
THE TV AUDIENCE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY’RE CAUGHT, THAN IN BLACKING
IT OUT:
FANS WAVING
THUNDERSTICKS OR WHITE TOWELS
TO TRY TO DISCONCERT THE OPPOSING TEAMS BATTER. BUSH LEAGUE
STUFF:
PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT
“PRIDE OF THE YANKEES” IS A GREAT MOVIE. ITS UTTER NONSENSE, FILLED
WITH CLICHES, INACCURACIES AND IT’S STAR , GARY COOPER, KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT BASEBALL. IT SHOWED IN HIS BATTING AND FIELDING SCENES AND TO TOP IT
OFF HIS FIELDING AND HITTING
SCENES WERE REVERSED SINCE HE WAS RIGHT HANDED AND GEHRIG WASN’T:
PEOPLE NOT REALIZING THAT
COOPERSTOWN OFFERS MORE THAN JUST THE
BEING TOLD I’M LOONEY
WHEN I TELL THEM THAT AT LEAST 50 TO 60 %
(POSSIBLY
MORE)
OF THE BALLPLAYERS
ARE PROBABLY ON ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES OF ONE SORT OR
ANOTHER:
BASEBALL CARD COMPANIES
COMING OUT WITH 5 OR 6 SERIES PER SEASON WHERE ONE USED TO
DO:
NO INSTANT REPLAY…..WHY
IN HEAVENS NAME DOES BASEBALL KEEP TURNING IT DOWN?
BOBBLEHEAD DOLLS THAT LOOK
NOTHING LIKE THE PLAYERS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT:
STILL CONSIDERING THE 500
CLUB AS A SHOO-IN TO THE
BOOKS EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES
OF COMMISIONER LANDIS. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING BLACKS OUT OF THE GAME
FOR MANY YEARS AND OVERLOOKED SHENANIGANS IN BASEBALL WHEN IT WAS EXPEDIENT
FOR HIM TO DO SO:
NOBODY MENTIONING THAT
THE UMPS DIDN’T CALL TIME OUT WHEN JOBA WAS BELEAGURED BY BUGS IN THE
CHRIS SAGER MAKING LINDSAY
NELSON LOOKING LIKE A FASHIONPLATE:
TONY GWYNN FRACTURING THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A TV SPORTS ANALYST:
MY FRIEND INSISTING THAT
JOE TORRE WAS THE WORST MANAGER THE YANKEES HAD:
THE IDIOTIC HI-FIs AND
CHOREOGRAPHED NONSENSE WHEN A PLAYER RETURNS TO THE DUGOUT AFTER DOING SOMETHING.
AND HOW ABOUT THE PLAYERS THANKING THE HEAVENS AFTER HITTING HOMERUNS.
YUCK:
OLDTIMERS INSISTING THAT
MEL ALLEN, RED BARBER, RUSS HODGES ET AL WERE EVERY BIT AS GOOD IN REPORTING
THE GAME AS THE COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE NOW. THE ABOVE WERE FINE BUT IT’S
NOT EVEN CLOSE:
FANS INSISTING THAT RUTH
WAS NOT THE BEST EVER. HE WAS. IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE:
REYES IS THE EQUAL OF DEREK
JETER…..IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE:
THE CONSTANT PLAYING OF
THE JINGOISTIC, “THIS IS OUR COUNTRY” COMMERCIAL AFTER COMMERCIAL,
AFTER COMMERCIAL, AFTER COMMERCIAL:
WOMEN NOT BEING GIVEN THE
CHANCE TO UMP ON THE ML LEVEL:
THE GREATS OF MY DAY NOT
BEING WITH US ANYMORE. DIMAGGIO, WILLIAMS, SPAHN, REESE, ROBINSON, ALLIE,
VIC, EDDIE, ETC:
BEING TOLD AD NAUSEUM BY
MANAGERS, COACHES, AND PLAYERS THAT, “YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT ONE DAY AT
A TIME.”
NO ONE ON THE YANKS MENTIONING
BERNIE WILLIAMS ANYMORE AND NOBODY PICKING HIM UP TO PLAY
AGAIN:
THAT’S
ALL………………..FOR NOW
