July 10, 2002
Excuse me while I rant.
Number One: The All-Star Game.
I turned off the TV when the 9th inning ended because I needed to asleep. I was happy because I saw Ugueth Urbina pitch. I was happy because Omar Vizquel played. Even when it was second base. Who would have thought that Joe Torre would have the best short stop of all Major League, the guy who has won 9 straight golden gloves playing second base? Come ON!
::rolls eyes::
I know that the All-Star game is more a popularity contest than a real thermometer on who are the best players of the season, but I simply cannot believe people keep voting for the same guys over and over again. And it pisses me off to see Derek Jeter and Nomar Garciaparra (who are good, but not *that* good) getting always the first and second place in the Short Stop position voting. And Vizquel? He's always third or fourth when he's the best of them all. He can kick those kid's asses, and yet, he's still an underdog. So unfair.
But anyway, what really annoyed me was that they called off the game and let it tied after 11 innings because they had run out of players?!? Fuck off, you guys. What? Don't they know that according to the rules of baseball *any* player can pitch? Calling off the game was a very low blow for the fans -- God knows I would have thrown my shoes at them.
And don't get me started on the strike thing. All I'm gonna say is that all those guys have forgotten how to play for the love of the game -- it's all about money and fame and advertising campaigns. So sad.
Number Two: Gnutella Developer Gene Kan, 25, Commits Suicide.
Congratulations, RIAA. You've claimed your first life.
Number Three: Court to Settle Williams' Body Case.
"His daughter, Barbara Joyce Williams Ferrell, has accused her half brother, John Henry Williams, of moving their father's body from a Florida funeral home to Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., where bodies are frozen.
Ferrell says John Henry Williams wants to preserve their father's DNA, perhaps to sell it in the future."
Poor old man. Even his own children want to sell him.
Number One: The All-Star Game.
I turned off the TV when the 9th inning ended because I needed to asleep. I was happy because I saw Ugueth Urbina pitch. I was happy because Omar Vizquel played. Even when it was second base. Who would have thought that Joe Torre would have the best short stop of all Major League, the guy who has won 9 straight golden gloves playing second base? Come ON!
::rolls eyes::
I know that the All-Star game is more a popularity contest than a real thermometer on who are the best players of the season, but I simply cannot believe people keep voting for the same guys over and over again. And it pisses me off to see Derek Jeter and Nomar Garciaparra (who are good, but not *that* good) getting always the first and second place in the Short Stop position voting. And Vizquel? He's always third or fourth when he's the best of them all. He can kick those kid's asses, and yet, he's still an underdog. So unfair.
But anyway, what really annoyed me was that they called off the game and let it tied after 11 innings because they had run out of players?!? Fuck off, you guys. What? Don't they know that according to the rules of baseball *any* player can pitch? Calling off the game was a very low blow for the fans -- God knows I would have thrown my shoes at them.
And don't get me started on the strike thing. All I'm gonna say is that all those guys have forgotten how to play for the love of the game -- it's all about money and fame and advertising campaigns. So sad.
Number Two: Gnutella Developer Gene Kan, 25, Commits Suicide.
Congratulations, RIAA. You've claimed your first life.
Number Three: Court to Settle Williams' Body Case.
"His daughter, Barbara Joyce Williams Ferrell, has accused her half brother, John Henry Williams, of moving their father's body from a Florida funeral home to Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., where bodies are frozen.
Ferrell says John Henry Williams wants to preserve their father's DNA, perhaps to sell it in the future."
Poor old man. Even his own children want to sell him.