This just in: The Rays, formerly the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (I do not approve), are good.
What happened? Only a few short years ago, the scores of these games would be 10-2, 12-0...really, any number over ten to any number below three. Now they're killing the Angels three times in a row, and as I sit here in front of my TV, they're leading the Yankees 6-0 at the top of the 6th? Jeter be damned: the Rays aren't shitty anymore.
Maybe it's new (cute) third baseman Evan Longoria. Maybe it's that the team name now refers to sunbeams rather than cartilaginous fish. (Even though I liked "Devil Rays.") Maybe it's the elimination of green from their athletic wardrobe. (Boo Slytherin.) Maybe it's because now they have an Asian on their team: Akinori Iwamura. Asians add flavor to everything.
I don't know what it is. But I like it. (Tampa is one of the many places that I'm "from.") It makes the games so much more fun and not depressing. Kick ass, Tampa Bay! And great ass, Evan Longoria!
I'ma buy me a jersey, maybe.
And watching any baseball game in HD television is exactly like sleeping with one of the players and nabbing a seat right above the dugout. Watching TV here at my dad's house is definitely an experience. Whatever money he should be spending on haircuts and glasses he spends on electronics. And I get to watch LOST in HD. Best.
As a signoff, a little piece of Evan Longoria for you:
Mmm. Yeah, run those bases. I'm a creep.
Photo credit: China Post (China Post?), Sign On San Diego
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