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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

"Maybe it was a change-up"

Big thanks to Kinsey for relaying this in the comments last night, because it is one of the funniest quotes I've ever read. Manny Ramirez, on the one pitch Joe Borowski threw him last night:

"It seemed like a fastball," he said. "It was something like 80 mph. Maybe it was change-up. It was right there."

I know he was hurt (and is now on the DL), and that's probably not something I should make fun of. But doesn't that pretty much sum up Borowski's entire existence right there? And because it's Manny, you know he wasn't trying to be humorous or anything, just 100% honest. Fantastic stuff.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Please Stop Talking, Tim Brando

I am watching the finish of the San Diego-UConn game. It's now going into overtime. This in itself is notable.

I would just like to point out how unbelievably painful Tim Brando's announcing has been down the stretch. Repeatedly referring to Klayton Korver as "Kyle" in the early game was bad enough. But this is getting out of hand.

Example 1: With 54 seconds left, San Diego's Rob Jones hit a jumper to put the Toreros up 4. Brando felt this was the time to tell us, "This ain't Carmen Sandiego!" Zing.

Example 2: After Thabeet cuts the lead to 2 with 44 seconds left, UConn fouls. Brando immediately compliments the Huskies for funneling the ball to a 59% FT shooter before fouling. A few seconds later, he realizes that this was UConn's fourth team foul, three away from the bonus. Oops.

Example 3: With 29 seconds left, UConn gets the ball back down 3. Adrien makes a layup. Brando informs us that the game is now tied. 3 minus 2 equals...zero?

Photo: Sportsline.

7:11pm update: We have the pleasure of listening to Brando for the Vandy-Siena game as well. He's going on and on about how the SEC is still looking for their first tournament win.

What conference is Tennessee in again?