Interestingly Random Thoughts
So, while I was watching some World Cup soccer, I was listening to former player, turned broadcaster John Harkes do some color commentary. And all I could think was that, "Geez, this dude sounds like Mary Carillo." Of course, Mary Carillo is actually a good announcer for tennis and knows what she's doing. John Harkes sounded like a blithering idiot out there. But the tone and pitch of his voice sounded like Mary Carillo's. I'm not sure if it's more that John Harkes sounds like a girl, or Mary Carillo sounds like a dude, but either way, it definitely amused me for a while. More so than the actual soccer did, anyway.
Mary Carillo and John Harkes. One of them likes touching guys, and the other is a tennis announcer.
One of them looks how a man should look, and the other plays soccer.
One of them looks how a man should look, and the other plays soccer.
And speaking of the World Cup, you know that there'll always be something interesting brewing when Germany and Italy get together. I don't know how much I like the chances of the French holding off the Axis without the help of the Brits and the Yanks, though. All I know is this - you'd have to be crazy to kidnap a Jewish soldier. I'm not really a pro-Jewish guy, but I love their efficiency. Let's just say that if we had the resolve of Israel, Iraq would have been taken care of in 2 months, with anyone who needed to be killed, killed. But you have to hand it to the Palestinians. Digging a 300 foot tunnel, under the fence, and then raiding army barracks? You couldn't write a better plot. But enough of the world. More about us.
But it'll be a strange 4th of July. Your sports viewing options will be watching a WWII re-enactment at the World Cup, watching a bunch of foreigners at Wimbeldon, or baseball. Ordinarily, one of the best story lines at Wimbeldon is the American playing on the 4th of July, often with the eyes of the nation on him/her. This is one of the best advertisements for tennis here in the U.S. Unfortunately, no Americans are left to watch. I think that unless Blake and Roddick figure out how to beat Nadal and Federer pretty darn quick, American men's tennis may be looking for a place next to soccer and hockey in the sports graveyard.
As far as baseball goes, I'm glad to see my Reds hanging in the NL Central race. Still only a game back of the floundering Cards, despite not playing great baseball. Plus, we're still running the wild card race. It would be quite an achievement for this club to make the playoffs with a young infield, no real masher at first base, and a suspect (but improving) pitching staff. This is shaping up to be an interesting July, August, and (hopefully) September and October.
-Chairman
But it'll be a strange 4th of July. Your sports viewing options will be watching a WWII re-enactment at the World Cup, watching a bunch of foreigners at Wimbeldon, or baseball. Ordinarily, one of the best story lines at Wimbeldon is the American playing on the 4th of July, often with the eyes of the nation on him/her. This is one of the best advertisements for tennis here in the U.S. Unfortunately, no Americans are left to watch. I think that unless Blake and Roddick figure out how to beat Nadal and Federer pretty darn quick, American men's tennis may be looking for a place next to soccer and hockey in the sports graveyard.
As far as baseball goes, I'm glad to see my Reds hanging in the NL Central race. Still only a game back of the floundering Cards, despite not playing great baseball. Plus, we're still running the wild card race. It would be quite an achievement for this club to make the playoffs with a young infield, no real masher at first base, and a suspect (but improving) pitching staff. This is shaping up to be an interesting July, August, and (hopefully) September and October.
-Chairman
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