Wednesday, July 23, 2003
No Giant wild-card concerns this year
Damian Moss hasn't been the prize I was expecting when we traded for him last winter. But last night he did the job. With no strikeouts. It's nice to see a pitcher acknowledge, as Damian did, that strikeouts aren't necessary to win games, which the Giants did, beating Arizona 3-1 yesterday to go up nine games on the second-place D-Backs. Looks like, for now, I won't have to think about, or worry about, the possibility of the Giants making the playoffs as a wild card entry, the way they did last year. That created a conflict of emotions that I am not willing to go through again. I hate the wild-card playoff format. Hate it, hate it, hate it. And I will be expounding on that later, when the season gets near the end and we can see the inherent flaws in all their glory.
Why am I rooting against the Mariners? Is it because I don't understand the notion that we, as Portlanders, must root for a team from another state, in a city four hours away, simply because they're the closest team? Or is it because KOTK is now pre-empting the Tom Leykis Show in favor of Mariners games, including the worthless pre-game shows? There is nothing more intrusive in my daily life now than the sound of a freakin' Mariners pre-game show booting Leykis off the air. Not only is it a bad programming decision--baseball isn't gonna get better ratings than Leykis, no way, no how--but it's also disrespectful to Leykis. Leykis made KOTK what it is. Even if it were Giants games coming on the air I'd be incensed. I'm a diehard baseball fan, but I recognize that we don't need an hour of pregame claptrap every day before a game.
And here is the E.K. Sports debut of the feature The Next Pitcher To Throw A No-Hitter: Wade Miller of the Houston Astros. He is slated to make his next start this Friday, July 25. We shall keep our eyes open.
Why am I rooting against the Mariners? Is it because I don't understand the notion that we, as Portlanders, must root for a team from another state, in a city four hours away, simply because they're the closest team? Or is it because KOTK is now pre-empting the Tom Leykis Show in favor of Mariners games, including the worthless pre-game shows? There is nothing more intrusive in my daily life now than the sound of a freakin' Mariners pre-game show booting Leykis off the air. Not only is it a bad programming decision--baseball isn't gonna get better ratings than Leykis, no way, no how--but it's also disrespectful to Leykis. Leykis made KOTK what it is. Even if it were Giants games coming on the air I'd be incensed. I'm a diehard baseball fan, but I recognize that we don't need an hour of pregame claptrap every day before a game.
And here is the E.K. Sports debut of the feature The Next Pitcher To Throw A No-Hitter: Wade Miller of the Houston Astros. He is slated to make his next start this Friday, July 25. We shall keep our eyes open.
