World Series
Prediction: Texas in six
San Francisco has an excellent pitching staff and I anticipate that all six games will be close. However, they are facing a Texas team whose pitching staff is probably as good as their own and a lineup that can bomb you with the long ball or run you into the ground with the small ball. The best chance the Giants have of winning is if the series becomes a battle of the bullpens because the Giants hold the advantage in that department . . .
Tim Lincecum vs. Cliff Lee in Game 1. Baseball at its best . . .
"Just For Men" should recruit SF Giants' closer Brian Wilson as a spokesperson. Wilson's beard is so dark that it looks as if he dyed it with shoe polish . . .
Harold Reynolds is still the best in-studio baseball analyst in the business . . .
If Major League Baseball has its way television viewers may spend Thanksgiving Day flipping channels between NFL football and MLB playoffs. MLB Players' Union leader Michael Weiner "says his members are open to adding more wild-card teams for 2012 and possibly extending the division series to a best-of-seven." He also reports that although the players may agree to shortening the regular season, ownership is not as supportive because "it would cost teams revenue." Adding more playoff teams will cheapen the regular season and move baseball a step closer to hockey and basketball--sports in which nearly every team seemingly makes the playoffs. If the league wants to generate more television revenue, let them find a better way than by scheduling baseball while people are doing their Christmas shopping . . .
Yankees fans have earned a reputation over the years as being obnoxious, particularly when attending games at Yankees Stadium. That bad rep received support yesterday as Cliff Lee's wife, Kristen, reported that she was harassed by Yankees fans during the ALCS between NY and Texas. As a Yankees fan I find that behavior deplorable and I resent those morons making all Yankees fans look like "yahoos." I hope security threw those jerks out of the ballpark . . .
Everybody in NY seems awfully quiet as to why the Yankees fired pitching coach Dave Eiland . . .
The Associated Press posted a very interesting article yesterday addressing a recent study claiming that "the so-called 'free ride' for college scholarship athletes isn't quite so free." I guess it's sort of like when you win a car on a game show, but then learn you're responsible for paying the taxes on the car . . .
Anyone else find it odd that the Pro Football Hall of Fame has requested DeAngelo Hall's jersey from Sunday's game? Four INTs is impressive, but worthy of the Hall? Sorry, I don't see it . . .
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