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The five worst things about the Rays having a perfect game thrown against them, in no particular order:
- It was a perfect game thrown against them. That's bad enough.
- Because the White Sox were the team on the other side, it means baseball's most annoying homer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson was announcing the game for the "good guys." He must have been beside himself as the final out was recorded against the "bad guys." YYYYYYYYYYYYY-ESS! I hope they hosed down the booth when he left.
- Because the White Sox were the team on the other side, Obama (a White Sox fan) called the clubhouse after the game to congratulate Mark Buehrle for his achievement. So now the President endorses the epic failure of my favorite baseball team. This is really, really bad.
- When your team is sabermetrically inclined, events like this really bring out the meathead baseball fans... the ones who think the game is all about tobacco juice and hunches and hustle and screaming at guys when they fail. These are the kind of people who call sports-talk radio shows and go on five-minute tirades. Many of them actually host the shows. And boy do they love to get up and preach about "the right way to play the game" and all that crap when things go wrong. Note to self: Stop reading the comments in blogs.
- There's a chance this happened because Dale Thayer shaved off his glorious mustache. It's not quite Samson cutting his hair, but it's got to be in the vicinity.
- It was a perfect game thrown against them. That's bad enough.
- Because the White Sox were the team on the other side, it means baseball's most annoying homer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson was announcing the game for the "good guys." He must have been beside himself as the final out was recorded against the "bad guys." YYYYYYYYYYYYY-ESS! I hope they hosed down the booth when he left.
- Because the White Sox were the team on the other side, Obama (a White Sox fan) called the clubhouse after the game to congratulate Mark Buehrle for his achievement. So now the President endorses the epic failure of my favorite baseball team. This is really, really bad.
- When your team is sabermetrically inclined, events like this really bring out the meathead baseball fans... the ones who think the game is all about tobacco juice and hunches and hustle and screaming at guys when they fail. These are the kind of people who call sports-talk radio shows and go on five-minute tirades. Many of them actually host the shows. And boy do they love to get up and preach about "the right way to play the game" and all that crap when things go wrong. Note to self: Stop reading the comments in blogs.
- There's a chance this happened because Dale Thayer shaved off his glorious mustache. It's not quite Samson cutting his hair, but it's got to be in the vicinity.