Thursday, October 27, 2011

Never going to go away...


What was Matt Lowe thinking on that pitch? A fastball down the middle to a dangerous hitter in the 11th inning of the World Series?
Wow.
However, lets not give all of the credit to Lowe, Texas' last-ditch reliever. St. Louis' David Freese gave that pitch a ride, to straight center, to guarantee a game seven on Friday. Before his game-winning home run, Freese tripled to the wall in the 9th inning, driving in two runs to force extra innings.
Wow. Lowe must have known Freese was hot, but he still threw him a fastball down the middle in the 11th?
Freese was raised in the St. Louis area, so he celebrated his game-winning home run as a player and as a true Cardinals fan. In his post game interview, Freese gave credit to manager Tony La Russa for preparing his team for all of its incredible comebacks this season. St. Louis got into the playoffs after being down 10 games with about a month to play, and was down to its final strike twice in game six. It was a nice gesture to La Russa, who found himself in the middle of the controversy after the Cardinals made a costly bullpen error in game four, which led to a loss.
Ladies and Gentlemen, whether the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2011 World Series or not, it will forever be known as the team that never went away.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Phil Simms loves the Jets?

Excellent win by the New England Patriots at home on Sunday against the New York Jets. Tom Brady got astonishing run support from BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who totaled 136 yards and two touchdowns.

The final score was 30 to 21, but don't be fooled. The Jets didn't get that close. New England ran all over New York and Brady completed many passes for many yards (321), per usual.

However, I had an issue with Phil Simms' commentating during the game. It seemed like he was on the Jets' side. This is bad because NFL commentators should never, ever be biased. Call it both ways, evenly. Simms did not.

When Jets' corner back Darrelle Revis got beat by Wes Welker for a 73-yard pass play to open the third quarter, Simms praised Revis for catching Welker for the tackle. Granted, it was a nice tackle, but Revis got beat! Simms didn't have much to say about Welker's route or speed as a receiver.

Simms did say some encouraging things about the Patriots, but his endearment for the Jets far outweighed whatever he said about New England. I thought Simms was a Giants fan?

Another example of Simms' weird behavior came towards the end of the game when the Jets were trying to make it close, ultimately failing. Simms kept making specific points about what New York should do, like he was their coach. Clearly, he wanted the Jets to succeed on Sunday.

Simms, you were a great quarterback and you know your football knowledge, but please don't be biased towards one team during a broadcast.