The Chantastic Blog

The only question that remains is whether the female hormones came in pill or needle form.

Nate Robertson and the Detroit Tigers take on the Yankees tomorrow (May 1, 2008). If you’re in daily transaction leagues, I’d suggest picking up the lefty and starting him. In case you haven’t noticed, the Yankees lineup now consists of a bunch of lefties (Damon, Abreu, Matsui, Giambi, Cano), a switch hitter who hits worse against lefties (Cabrera), one good righty (Jeter), and scrubs (Ensberg, Molina, Gonzalez, Duncan). They’re going to have massive problems hitting lefties until A-Rod comes back.
And just to top it off, the Yanks are sending a ticking time bomb to the mound to face Robertson.
That sounds like a decent play for a spot start, doesn’t it?

Dusty Baker was at it again, this time answering suggestions that the Reds should call up Jay Bruce to jumpstart the offence:

“The issue is we’ve got guys here that have done the job and are about to do the job. You’re telling me Adam Dunn is not going to hit 40 home runs? You’re telling me [Ken Griffey Jr.] isn’t going to hit 30 home runs, no matter how they’ve started?”

Yes, you read that right. Dusty Baker is essentially implying that the future Hall-of-Famer or the guy who has hit 40+ HR the last four seasons is the reason his offence hasn’t gotten off to a good start, and not Corey Patterson. It never occurs to him that the guy with a career OBP of less than .300 who he is using as his leadoff hitter is the problem.

He also adds this little nugget regarding the play of Bruce and Homer Bailey in the minors:

“Is three weeks enough to say that they’re ready for here?”

Maybe not, but three years wasn’t long enough for you to realize that Corey Patterson sucks, either.

European soccer fans are crazy in general, but imagine the type of things they’re going to yell at Ronaldo after this incident. Ronaldo has an interesting idea of “fun”, doesn’t he?

Oh Roger, when will it ever end with you? Drama just seems to be popping up everywhere.

For all you Facebookers out there (and it’s a minor miracle that I haven’t referred to Facebook on this blog until now), this is a pretty entertaining group just for the pictures and written ink comments within (you’ll see what I mean). And yes, I lived in this place once upon a time. Ah, the memories…

If you missed the last few seconds of the Rockets/Jazz game on Saturday, here is the play-by-play of what happened with the Rockets down 2 points in the last 7 seconds of the game.

0:07 82-84 Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
0:07 82-84 Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
0:05 82-84 Mehmet Okur offensive rebound
0:05 Shane Battier personal foul (Mehmet Okur draws the foul) 82-84
0:05 82-85 Mehmet Okur makes free throw 1 of 2
0:05 Chuck Hayes enters the game for Bobby Jackson 82-85
0:05 82-86 Mehmet Okur makes free throw 2 of 2
0:05 Houston 20 Sec. timeout
0:05 Bobby Jackson enters the game for Chuck Hayes 82-86
0:01 Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper 82-86
0:01 Carl Landry offensive rebound 82-86
0:00 Andrei Kirilenko blocks Carl Landry’s layup 82-86
0:00 End Game

What happened in a nutshell is that Williams bricked two free throws, keeping the lead at 2 points, making it possible for the Rockets to tie, except they didn’t grab the rebound, and Mehmet Okur’s free throws sealed the win for the Jazz instead.
That’s all fine and good…except for the inexplicable comment by whoever the play-by-play or color commentator was. When Rick Adelman subbed in Chuck Hayes (a 6-6, 238 pound forward) for Bobby Jackson (a 6-1, 185 pound guard) for rebounding purposes after Okur’s first free throw, this bonehead announcer actually said something to the effect of, “Great coaching move here by Adelman to get Hayes in for rebounding purposes in case of a miss.”
Um, excuse me? If I recall, Adelman had the EXACT SAME OPPORTUNITY to do that when Williams missed his free throws. If he didn’t do it then, but does it two seconds after they couldn’t grab the rebound, how is it a good decision during Okur’s free throws but not Williams’ free throws? Seriously, how can any knowledgable basketball announcer call that a good coaching decision when he could have done it two seconds before when it would have made a difference?
Look, I’m not asking for much. I just want my broadcast team to be knowledgeable about the sport they’re announcing instead of sounding like a blithering idiot on the air. Is that too much to ask?