Hidden gem?
Oakland A’s vs. Detroit Tigers Sunday morning, playing a noon game, are ONLY on MLB Network. Part of Bud Selig’s plan to make sure football stays our real national pastime?
(No doubt hardcore baseball fans should be able to find some free station showing Yankees highlights.)
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Bad weekend for the tomahawk chop. “Bummer,” said no one outside Atlanta and Tallahassee.
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Bummer for the BCS. Going to be tougher than they expected to schedule that Alabama LSU rematch for the National Championship this year.
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The Bachelor’s Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson have broken off their engagement. “Wow, I didn’t see that coming,” said absolutely nobody.
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Several Sandusky jurors were interviewed and said the former Penn State assistant coach should receive a life sentence. The others presumably just wish the death penalty were available.
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“The Price is Right” has signed their first male model. “About time” said millions of women. “What the heck is the ‘Price is Right’?” said millions of men.
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Weird baseball trivia for Saturday night. The Cincinnati Reds made it through 2012 without a starting pitcher being injured – and Johnny Cueto didn’t make it out of the first.
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A suspicious package sent to Bristol Palin at CBS Studios caused some consternation on the DWTS set. Wonder what was so suspicious about it. Did someone send her a book?
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More bad news for Mitt Romney. Sesame Street’s “The Count” called. He wants to see those budget figures.
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The SF Giants had Alex Smith throwing out the first pitch for the first game of the playoffs. Maybe it’s as well that the Os eliminated the Rangers. With Romo throwing someone could get hurt.
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Jim Lehrer says he was a “effective” debate moderator last Wednesday night.. By that standard Tony Romo was an “effective” quarterback last Monday night.
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As the infield fly umpiring debacle from last night’s Cardinals-Braves game remains front page sports news – the happiest person in America has got to be Roger Goodell.
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This just in – Mitt Romney both agrees and disagrees with last night’s infield fly call.
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
October 7, 2012 at 11:46 am
As a retired ump, I feel qualified to suggest the following amendments to The Infield Fly Rule.
The “Rule” should NOT be in effect when:
-The ball lands closer to the warning track than the infield dirt.
-The runners are going back to their bags to “tag up”.
October 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm
The SF Giants had Alex Smith throwing out the first pitch for the first game of the playoffs.
Did he wear a Giant 49ers hat?