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September 22, 2005
Smooth move
Oh dear. Somebody sure messed up over at Comcast. After a long day of slaving away at law school, I returned home hoping to watch game 3 of the White Sox/Indians series. Instead, I was greeted with a white screen apologizing for lack of a signal, because there was a problem with the source. This continued for a good two hours, until the game was far out of hand and the Indians had conferred an 8-0 shellacking on the Pale Hose. To add insult to injury, the Cubs game was similarly blacked out, meaning I had no baseball at all to watch.
Now, I can't really say I am a White Sox fan, but I wouldn't mind seeing them in the playoffs. There is nothing quite like a baseball playoff atmosphere, and I think it would be good for the Sox to make the playoffs. But for right now, I am enjoying the pounding they are taking, mostly because of how much pain it causes Ken Harrelson. As you all know, I think The Hawk is the worst baseball announcer ever - slightly more annoying than Steve Stone or Tim McCarver, if you can believe that - and his ridiculous expressions make me want to step out onto Fullerton Parkway and get hit by a cab. So I get a lot of pleasure when the Sox give up a grand slam and Hawk dejectedly says, "There's a drive." It's classic. I would imagine it is the same kind of pleasure that Sox fans get when Ron Santo wails "nooooooo" at the latest Cub misfortune.
Posted by oz115 at September 22, 2005 11:49 AM