We are pleasantly... surprised!
The "Super Bowl" of college basketball....
March Madness!
I did not fill out a bracket....I'm just watching.
In this southern college town......
It's been pouring down raining.....all day. So that's what rain is. It's been a long time coming....at least 6 weeks. God knows.....we need it.
Bring on the NBA......
The long grueling 82 game NBA season has begun .......sort of. The pre-season started this week. Will the Boston Celtics repeat? Will Kobe get the Lakers back? Will the Atlanta Hawks be competitive again this year? So many questions........so few answers....We will see.
No, I did not watch the debate.....
As in the presidential one featuring John McCain and Barack Obama. I prefer to wait for CNN, FOX News, and the Drudge Report to tell me what was said. I do know one thing.....For McCain to have spent some 26 years in congress, it sure is interesting listening to him vow to "change the culture in Washington". Exactly....just what was Mr. McCain doing......or not doing......in his past 26 years........in Washington? Just wondering....
Why we love.....college football.....
It's weekend match-ups like these ones coming up that keeps the meter running in college football. #1 Oklahoma versus #5 Texas...........#3 LSU at #11 Forida..........#17 Oklahoma State at #3 Missouri...... Something has got to give. Someone has to lose.
Welcome aboard.....TBS...
Awarded their first ever MLB post-season contract last year, TBS struggled early. This year, their telecasts have been on the money. Sharp, technical, and with no goof ups ....the games have been entertaining and informative. With the addition of John Smoltz and Harold Reynolds as color commentators ......and Ernie Johnson, Jr. as studio host....TBS has matched FOX with talent and experience.
Things........I think I think....
I think the next 27 days to the presidential election is going to be pure hell....on us voters.
I think O J Simpson will appeal.....and get off. Do you realize there were no Blacks on this recent jury? What ever happened to being tried by a jury of your peers?
I think T. I.'s new CD........is well ....off the chain. It's amazing what one can do.....under house arrest.....and off the streets. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
I think..........if "money" is truly the root of all evils........our federal government is sure making a lot of "evil".......with all these bail outs.
Just a few thoughts.......on a rainy Hump Day.
Some sadness..too.....
On a weekend when all was well in my world.......
The sports world suffered a loss.......
Long time Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray died in his sleep on Sunday.
Skip was the son of legendary Chicago Cub play by play personality, Harry Caray.......and the father of budding superstar sports announcer, Chip Caray.
But .......Skip......was just Skip. Dry sense of humor..........cynical..........off beat......but talented none the less.
He came to Atlanta in the '70's..........Used to call Hawks games on radio......
Then Ted Turner turned WTCG 17 ( a UHF channel) into WTBS (the first "superstation").......and the rest of the world got to know Skip Caray..........and the then "America's Team.......the Atlanta Braves.
The thing I always liked.......about Skip? He could care less.........w
hat people thought of him....Seriously!
Print media would get all over him in the local papers across the nation ( for being a "homer")..........but he .....would have a mic.......and of course the last word.
In this southern college town..........we have Larry Munson..........
In the ATL...........it was Skip Caray.......
Skip.......you will be missed.
Arizona........we hardly knew you. And of course we never saw you -- but we've been told you have been eliminated from the play-offs by the Colorado Rockies. With last nights' (actually this mornings') 6-4 lost to the Rockies, the Diamondbacks were swept back to Phoenix in a best 4 of 7 contest to determine the National League's representative in this year's World Series. I feel kind of bad for TBS. In their first year of airing MLB playoff games, they were dealt deuces and t
reys in an ace high game of spades. After Chicago and Philadelphia both lost -- TBS was left with the small market combination of Colorado-Arizona. Adding to TBS's woes was bad timing and poor scheduling by 
Major League Baseball. With the games starting at 8pm & later, most of us here in the east never saw the ending of any game in the entire series. The ratings for the NLCS were the lowest in the history of baseball telecasts. In trying to get that advertising revenue generated by airing games only in prime time --- baseball has lost an entire generation of fans. I also blame MLB for their love affair with the 2 teams from New York, the Boston Redsox, and yes , the Alanta Braves. Every FOX Saturday game of the week as well as E
SPN's Sunday Night Baseball featured at least one of those 4 teams. The country never got to see Colorado or Arizona ,
or even Cleveland. So when the big 4 don't make it into post season, the national interest is minuscule. We would love to see a Rockies-Indians Fall Classic.....of course on the east coast we won't actually see the games in their entirety......but ......hey ....there's always Sportscenter.
