The Roundup: Friday Goodies
Uncategorized June 1st. 2007, 11:42am
Before we get to LeBron, A-Rod’s reunion with his wife, LeBron, Billy Donovan’s move and LeBron, have you read this gushing piece about the Sopranos? David Remnick’s a brilliant writer, but he calls the show the ‘richest achievement in the history of television.’ Huh? Surely some of you out there disagree with his sentiment. Hopefully, the LOST fans will speak up!
Tim McCarver really needs to shut the F up. You’re a real man, Tim, a real man. (USA Today)
An outstanding look at the statistical breakdown of three juicing Orioles, pre and post Jason Grimsley’s squealing to the cops. A must read. (Cake Rocks the Party)
Well, that ends the Suns brilliant mini-era: Steve Kerr is their new GM. (Signal To Noise)
Calling bullshit on Michelle Wie’s wrist injury. (Winning the Turnover Battle)
About the Duke lacrosse players getting that extra year of eligibility. (Sports Biz Blog)
Ben Roethlisberger rolls into the vet and runs into Mike Vick. Ok, not really. (SI.com)
Our lone post on the disgustingly overhyped spelling bee: the all-name team. (Name of the Year)
A terrifying (shudder) Japanese baseball commercial. (Deuce of Davenport)
We haven’t the foggiest clue what the baseball bunch is, but it seems neat. (Just My Show)
Matt Garza is angry the Twins haven’t called him up from the minors. Stop messing with his head, Minny. (Twin Cities)
Adding to Thursday’s fun discussion about what the Celtics may do with the fifth pick in the NBA draft. (One More Dying Quail)
Pretty much the only reason we’ve been able to find that makes John Kruk likeable. (Sports by Brooks)
Thank you sir, may we have another? Adriana Lima. Yum. (Hollywood Tuna)
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June 1st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Mr. Remnick needs to watch The Wire.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:21 pm
The Sopranos is the Michael Vick of television shows.
Also, I agree with McCarver *throws up in mouth* If the Yankees didn’t bring him back to take on the Red Sox (currently 13.5 up) then why did they bring him back? To help them vanquish the D-Rays? The only possible explanation is that they have conceded that Clemens is going to struggle and they don’t want the proof to come out against the Red Sox who effectively own them already. And by admitting this they admit that the Clemens signing was a mistake. An embarrassing 28-million-dollar mistake. Oh, well. Clemens will get a shot in next weeks Yankee/Red Sox series.
They do play each other every week right? What? It just seems that way?
June 1st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Sopranos isn’t even the “richest” show currently on HBO, let alone TV history. Allow me to introduce David Remnick to the Wire.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Completely agree with The Wire. No question.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Are you serious? You never heard of the Baseball Bunch? Man, I guess I’m getting old. The Baseball Bunch was on Saturday mornings as I recall, maybe Sunday during the season, but it was kids going through drills and talking with star players. The San Diego Chicken was always on doing something silly.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Alumnigonzo has the way of it.
With Yanks being 13+ games out, every game left against the Sox is critical. A win against the Sox picks up a full game, while a win against Team B has only the potential to pick up a full game. Given that Clemens will only have a limited number of starts for the season, what exactly is the point of having him sit out the weekend series? They paid him $28 million and are afraid of seeing him get shelled?!
I have no love lost for McCarver, but he isn’t saying anything that a lot of baseball (including Yankee) fans are not mumbling.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I agree with you on the spelling bee. It was cool as an underground facination about 5 years ago. But since ESPN promoted, hyped, and then over-hyped it, it got old quick.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Aw man, I like the spelling bee! Sure, the kids are uber-nerds, but I still think their reactions when they spell words correctly are hilarious! The boy who won last night had his pants pulled up so far, his belt could have doubled as a bra underwire. If you don’t think it’s fascinating to hear some kid wax poetic about math, you obviously can’t appreciate unintentional comedy.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:42 pm
The first 2 or 3 seasons of The Sopranos, yeah, I’ll go with his assessment. If it wasn’t for those 2 or 3 seasons, then there wouldn’t be shows like LOST or The Wire or etc… And LOST is so freaking up and down and has a ridiculous airing schedule that it almost purposefully tries to turn off people. When it’s good though, it’s damn good.
Baseball Bunch? Wow. Blast from zee past.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Adriana Lima is on my desktop wallpaper. I’m 24 and live with my parents.
What? Say something. I dare you.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:35 pm
I think it’s the slippers that kill that pic for me.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:36 pm
The first 4 seasons of The Wire have not been as good as the first 4 of The Sopranos. Not even close, actually.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
You’re wrong Mike. Wire is best show in TV history – bar none.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Actually, that would be Seinfeld. But they’re just opinions, right!?
June 1st, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I’m going to second that bullshit call on the Michelle Wie injury. What is with these phantom injuries everytime she is playing poorly?
June 1st, 2007 at 3:08 pm
The first 4 seasons of The Wire have been outstanding.
I love Seinfeld as well.
And Lost.
The Sopranos…used to love them…going to go back and re-watch them all this summer and re-evaluate. I’m going to watch with an open mind though.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:24 pm
mc carver is an ass. i really wish the networks offered a SAP channel that was just the crowd noise and no announcers. the games would be so much more fun to watch.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Wow, TBL, not knowing what The Baseball Bunch is, knocks you down the ladder of sports/pop culture intelligence. Tommy Lasorda played The Dugout Wizard, ’nuff said.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
What year was Baseball Bunch? 70s?
My baseball from the 80s mostly comes from TWIB.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
A few things:
TV: Futurama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly
The Orioles: What about Tejada? His power #s are down as well, but he’s hitting something like .310. And Roberts is more than back on track this season, and should be an all-star. Maybe even a starter. He was the only one in those reports I think may have been innocent.
Adriana Lima: I always click links to her because the name tricks me. I always think it’s Jose Lima’s wife, and am disappointed when it’s not…..Yeah…..Adriana’s hot….I guess. But when pics of Jose Lima’s wife’s boobies hit the internets….that’ll be a good day.
June 1st, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Family Guy.
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:48 am
When the Phillies were not letting John Kruk play as much as he thought he should be in the spring training following his cancer surgury, he showed up one day wearing a t-shirt that said on the front “If they don’t let me play” and on the back “I’ll take my ball and go home”. I am not a fan of his, but it is difficult to get much funnier than that.
June 4th, 2007 at 5:11 am
jk – classic…his wife also doesnt think he’s as disgusting as he used to be…
otherwise, its great that quality television is open to interpretation, and various shows can apparently deliver a valuable product…
i feel that quality programming and entertaining programming can be different and equally enjoyable products, so i watch the following religiously…
lost
the wire
top chef
entourage