Jay’s ability to turn a positive into a negative never ceases to amaze me.
In his 2,335th installment of his non-award-winning series “Did you know the Cubs haven’t won a World Series Since 1908 and may be cursed?!” Jay decides to lead with ripping the Cubs new manager for… loving his kids.
He takes an innocent comment from Lou Piniella about his kids being excited to go to Wrigley Field and asks:
“Um, is this the new manager of a team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1908? Or a guy who wants four box seats behind home plate for the Cardinals series, followed by a trip to Shedd Aquarium and Pizzeria Uno?”
If we know anything about Lou Piniella, I have a hard time believing he’s coming to Wrigley as some starry-eyed tourist.
Jay then makes some slightly more legitimate comments about the verbal miscues from the press conference (old news, by the way) such as saying the White Sox were on the North Side and calling it “The Michigan Mile.” I kind of stopped reading after that as he launched into his go-to rant about the Cubs’ futility.
Funny how it took Jay all of one press conference to turn on his “number one” choice for Cubs manager. I wonder if that’s a new record for him. I’d say that it is, but somehow I suspect he’s been quicker with the backstabbing once or twice. I’ll have to look into it.
Jay even manages to work in a snide comment about Juan Uribe’s legal woes. Funny how a man can make a huge production out of Ricky Manning Jr. shoving someone at Denny’s, then turn around and make an off-the-cuff joke about a shooting. I guess athletes with legal issues are only funny at Jay’s convenience.
Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t find a way to work in a joke about Derrek Lee’s daughter being sick.
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A couple of things that do not check out for me regarding Shit Hand Gate: 1. I refuse to believe that MLB would go out of its way to protect Kenny Rogers. That guy has been a pain in the ass during his entire career. 2. Tony La Russa badly wants to win this World Series. He would go down in history as only the second manager (next to Sparky Anderson) to win a World Series managing in the AL and NL. His legacy and ego are at stake. F***tard’s assertion that La Russa kept mum because Jim Leyland is his pal is pure bullshit. If that was pine tar and could be proven conclusively, then La Russa would have done ANYTHING to get Rogers ejected. Maybe he needs to be possessed by the spirit of Billy Martin when it comes to pine tar (infamous George Brett incident). 3. I don’t believe that the umpire would protect Rogers either. The guy is a prima donna. He is 41 years old and acts on the mound like he has never been in MLB. Besides, I doubt the umpire would risk his own career to protect Rogers. He has nothing to gain by covering Rogers’ ass. 4. Bud Selig would love nothing more than to hang a player like Kenny Rogers for rules violation to show the public that MLB is all about integrity and honesty. The conspiracy angle doesn’t hold true for me. Nobody but the Tigers wins here by protecting Kenny Rogers. I don’t know what was on Rogers’ hand throughout this playoffs but I agree with you on what it sure as hell looked like. It just doesn’t add up. And for F***tard to write a whole column and condemn Rogers without substantial facts (Christ all F***tard did was look up the same weblinks just like everyone else) is bullshit and mockery itself. And besides, as if F***tard would even know what pine tar looks like or what it is supposed to be used for. Odds are he ended up in the ER last night requiring a proctology exam after mistaking pine tar for lube. |