i realize that 99% of the handful of people that may read this post simply won't care about this, and i understand that, but since this is my website (last time i checked?), please humor me as i sound off on fox's senior baseball writer and self-proclaimed baseball"expert" ken rosenthal regarding his article about game 4 of the natianal league championship series. if he had the stones to leave an email address i'd send this to him directly, but since he doesn't i'll have to air my complaints in this forum. no, i'm not a professional writer, like say, ken rosenthal, but hopefully i will express my point suficiently.
click here to read this piece of crap article...
says expert kenny...
"Justice prevailed, don't you think? A team that loses its manager and center fielder to ejections merits no sympathy. A team that melts down when the pressure is most intense gets what it deserves."
no! i don't think! please forgive the st. louis cardinals for objecting to what was obvioulsy one-sided umpiring, as admitted by baseball commentators from your very own network! some of us watched the game kenny, and we even understand the game, and how bad umpiring can unfortunately cost players important at-bats, which can cost outs, which can cost games, which can cost championships! tell me what the cardinals did to "deserve" to be on the negative end of such inconsistant, one-sided umpiring??? they didn't "melt-down" as kenny suggests, despite the fact that they had to overcome huge obstacles during the game (injuries, terrible ball\strike calls by home plate umpire phil cuzzi). they still nearly came back to tie the game against the national league's (and possibly all of baseballs) best closer in brad lidge. they deserved to lose? that's what kenny says. funny, by his own admission kenny says that cuzzi was "brutal, his strike zone a floating casino". btw, if anyone lost control it was homplete umpire cuzzi, not larussa, for ejecting jim edmonds for questiong the ridulous strike call. you say tony larussa needs to show some dignity. larussa's is one of the games classiest managers, has forgotten more about baseball than you'll ever know, and if you truly were an "expert" you'd know that already. ask anyone in your office kenny, they'll tell you the same. i hope that justice is served and you get what you deserve for writing such a weak article.
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ok, i'm posting a comment here for two reasons. first, i know, i know, it's just baseball. life goes on...whatever. i get it. it's not very important in the scheme of things (see previous "stars" post). secondly, i'm testing out a new feature which prevents spam related comments here. it now takes a human to enter comments. you must type in a word verification to leave a post. it's easy and seems to work. give it a try?
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