It’s been a tough year for the Match Game. Less than four months after losing Charles Nelson Reilly, we have to say goodbye to Brett Somers. They are now truly a match made in heaven. Au revior, Brett!
On the Yankees: This is such a great time of the year. This team is so much fun to watch and has put together such a great second half of the season. Now that the weather is starting to get a little colder the excitement is really building for a postseason run. Unfortunately the problem is that it’s going to be a lot colder in the postseason and the games are going to run so much later. They made the point on ESPN the other night that Yankees/Red Sox games run so much longer than games between any other two teams. The same goes for the post-season when so much weight is put on every pitch thrown and the game slows down. One thing that the series this past weekend showed me once again is how much I just hate hate hate the Red Sox. Sure enough those emotions come out because they are always there. My dream is to open my bottle of Manny Ramierez wine the night the Yankees eliminate the Red Sox in the playoffs. That would be the sweetest wine ever.
On the Bills: JP Losman’s dedication to the city of Buffalo, the fact that he lives downtown, and his ability to get over 2,000 Bills fans to show up with rakes and shovels to clean up the most depressed parts of the city I think only serves to make it more painful when he doesn’t pan out as a franchise quarterback. I believe this only because Tom Donohoe drafted Losman, and everything else Donohoe touched as President and General Manager of the club has proven to be a total failure and has been dismantled. I don’t believe that Levy and Jauron are against Losman because he is not “their guy.” I haven’t totally given up on Losman based on what he’s done on the field the first two games this year. I just believe in the poison of Tom Donohoe.
On the Sabres: Tickets to the “Winter Classic” apparently sold out instantly this morning. I think the idea is cool and I liked when Michigan State did it, but I’m a little skeptical of the whole thing. I say that having attempted to get tickets myself. I don’t see this as a hockey game so much as a spectacle, although it is certainly an engaging one. I think people want to go because they don’t want to miss out on an event and because they want to drink. Once you get past how cool it will be to see a hockey game staged in a football stadium, I don’t think there will be much to watching actual hockey unless you are in the minority with great seats or unless you are watching the scoreboard. If you are paying more to go than you would pay to see the Bills, you are going for an event and not to watch a game. And I’m not being critical because I am in the category as well. This will be very cool to watch on television anyway, especially on the afternoon of New Year’s Day in the comfort of a living room. The announcement of the event at least takes some of the focus off an organization that perpetuates its worst off-season with the recent suspension of Teppo Numminen. It would be a shame if the “Winter Classic” turned out to be the highlight of the Sabres season, but it could work out that way.
On the Yankees: This is such a great time of the year. This team is so much fun to watch and has put together such a great second half of the season. Now that the weather is starting to get a little colder the excitement is really building for a postseason run. Unfortunately the problem is that it’s going to be a lot colder in the postseason and the games are going to run so much later. They made the point on ESPN the other night that Yankees/Red Sox games run so much longer than games between any other two teams. The same goes for the post-season when so much weight is put on every pitch thrown and the game slows down. One thing that the series this past weekend showed me once again is how much I just hate hate hate the Red Sox. Sure enough those emotions come out because they are always there. My dream is to open my bottle of Manny Ramierez wine the night the Yankees eliminate the Red Sox in the playoffs. That would be the sweetest wine ever.
On the Bills: JP Losman’s dedication to the city of Buffalo, the fact that he lives downtown, and his ability to get over 2,000 Bills fans to show up with rakes and shovels to clean up the most depressed parts of the city I think only serves to make it more painful when he doesn’t pan out as a franchise quarterback. I believe this only because Tom Donohoe drafted Losman, and everything else Donohoe touched as President and General Manager of the club has proven to be a total failure and has been dismantled. I don’t believe that Levy and Jauron are against Losman because he is not “their guy.” I haven’t totally given up on Losman based on what he’s done on the field the first two games this year. I just believe in the poison of Tom Donohoe.
On the Sabres: Tickets to the “Winter Classic” apparently sold out instantly this morning. I think the idea is cool and I liked when Michigan State did it, but I’m a little skeptical of the whole thing. I say that having attempted to get tickets myself. I don’t see this as a hockey game so much as a spectacle, although it is certainly an engaging one. I think people want to go because they don’t want to miss out on an event and because they want to drink. Once you get past how cool it will be to see a hockey game staged in a football stadium, I don’t think there will be much to watching actual hockey unless you are in the minority with great seats or unless you are watching the scoreboard. If you are paying more to go than you would pay to see the Bills, you are going for an event and not to watch a game. And I’m not being critical because I am in the category as well. This will be very cool to watch on television anyway, especially on the afternoon of New Year’s Day in the comfort of a living room. The announcement of the event at least takes some of the focus off an organization that perpetuates its worst off-season with the recent suspension of Teppo Numminen. It would be a shame if the “Winter Classic” turned out to be the highlight of the Sabres season, but it could work out that way.
