FRS

Man That Was A Long 4 Days

Why do short work weeks seem so long?

So far this week the FRS are one and one in televised games, but tonight is the one that really matters, Red Sox vs. Yankees in the Bronx.

From a tidbit in this morning’s paper:
3 Downtown Events To Close Streets Saturday
1) Sept. 11 Memorial March
2) Southeast Clown Association Parade
3) Walk for Autism
There is a very tasteless joke in there somewhere…

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This Week Can Go Down 2 Different Ways

Because the FRS are playing two teams this week from the top two TV markets in the country national sports coverage will be heavy for the next week. The Angels from the left coast are in Boston for a three game set mid week and Wednesday night’s contest will be ESPN. ESPN will also show Friday’s game from the House That Ruth Built. Fox has the Sox – Yankees tilt listed for Saturday broadcast, but I may not see that as they also list the Braves – Nationals and they try to regionalize their coverage.

As a bonus it looks like ESPN is going to show tomorrow’s contest between the White Sox and the Red Sox which is a make-up from a rained out August 14th game. I thought I heard one of the FRS’s broadcasters say last week sometime that Chicago was thinking of forfeiting the game because they didn’t want to fly into Boston, play a game and then have to fly back home on what was supposed to be an off day.

So I’m either in for an exciting TV week or a very disappointing one. I’ll let you know.

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FRS Have The Night Off

So I’m going to too.

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Odds and Ends

After several frustrating minutes on hold with Whirlpool I headed over to the internet and scheduled a Tuesday afternoon repair visit for the ailing ice maker.

I’m listening to the FRS playing the White Sox on the web using Chicago’s broadcast, not that other station, that still isn’t coming in worth a tinker’s damn.

Shit, I’ve used cuss words in my blog two nights in a row. Gotta stop doing that, it doesn’t do a damn bit of good and it sounds like hell.

I’ve been reading a series of books about an English Detective Inspector named Frost by a fellow named R. D. Wingfield and being a book about cops, or Bobbies, there is a lot of cussing involved. But they use different words over there, so they don’t sound too bad to my American ears. Maybe I should use sod or bloody and that way nobody will know I’m cussing except for my tiny UK audience.

While I’m reading the books, because DI Frost is described as rumpled, I picture Leo McKern of Rumpole of the Bailey fame in my head. I think if they ever make a movie about these books he would be perfect for the role, except he is probably too old now.*

Will trades in his hybrid for a car as close to an X-Wing Fighter as you can get in this century or galaxy: Red Five.

Maybe Will will use one the pictures of his new car for his entry for Photo Friday challenge of Attractive. I know I’ll probably use a picture of the Miata for entry, but right now I have nothing new. Tomorrow after I give it a bath will be another story though.

Any Man Who Falls Behind, Is Left Behind

Decided to go ahead and wash the car. I couldn’t use the excuse that it might rain anymore, I’ve used it for the past week or so, and the weather forecast was for more of the same for the next tens days…

I knew I shouldn’t have watched the game. The FRS lost to the Yankees tonight on ESPN. They lost on Thursday as I watched on ESPN2 and then they lost Saturday afternoon on FOX with me on the couch. The Sox won big, 17-1, on Friday when they weren’t on TV, I didn’t even listen. So I shouldn’t have watched them on TV tonight, they probably would have won the game.

The only thing that saved the night was right after the game I found TDPM playing and it was only an hour in. 🙂

Barbossa: Why thank ye, Jack.
Jack Sparrow: You’re welcome.
Barbossa: Oh, not you. We named the monkey Jack.

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Hey, I Thought That Name Sounded Familiar

Watching the FRS and the Yankees play in a window in the corner of the screen. Baseball coverage used to consist of two or maybe three guys in a both calling the action and filling the lulls between action with esoteric stats like, a player’s batting average with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs or less in a two run game against a left handed pitcher. Then we graduated to adding a sideline reporter, usually an ex-player, that they can cut away to for updates or human interest stuff. Now a days, especially for TV, the ex-jock has been replaced by a pretty female face. I’m not saying these women aren’t qualified or are unknowledgable, but being attractive is definitely high on the hiring requirement checklist. The last step will be to let these women have traditionally female names. The lovely talking head for FOX is named Sam Something or other and for ESPN (tonight’s TV outlet) we have Erin Andrews.

Hey, wait a minute I recognize that name. I actually blogged about her back a couple of years ago when she was a back in the studio score reader for TBS. I guess sideline reporting for ESPN is a step up…

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You Say Miller, I Say Mueller

But don’t say Millar. I’ve stopped bitching about the audio quality of the WEEI broadcasts on MLB.com. I’ve just been listening and putting up with it. So tonight, when I found out the Red Sox would be on ESPN, I was excited. It was a 2 to 1 game in the 5th inning with Baltimore ahead, but the Red Sox had the basses loaded when all of a sudden the picture froze and we were back at the studio with some guy named Wingo apologizing. Damn. I ran into the computer and fired up the radio only to find out that Trot Nixon got picked off at second base to end the inning.

When they came back we were watching the NESN broadcast because ESPN couldn’t solve their problem. The audio volume was all over the place, up, down, up. Man, I could get this crap on the radio. After the next break we went back to the ESPN broadcast but both the audio and video was erratic. I gave up and came back to the computer. The Orioles scored another in the bottom of the 6th making 3 to 1. When the radio came back from the inning break, they were rolling out the tarp. It had been raining lightly, but steadily, since the first inning, so water was starting to build up. More than like the game will be called and the Orioles will be the winners.

The FRS started this 4 game series with the Orioles 4 games ahead of them in the standings, if they lose all 4 games they will be tied in the standings. The Damn Yankees are only 4-1/2 back and after the All-Star break we play 4 at Fenway against the Bronx Bombers. The AL East race is tightening up.

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