Well Then

Two important things happened today:

1) Edgar Renteria's coming out party. I hope all of you people shut the heck up about him not being good enough for the Boston "spotlight". What a drubbing. I'm sure glad Carl Pavano's mother is/was a Yankees fan.

2) The Cubs compounded their bad luck with complete stupidity, trading LaTroy Hawkins for Jerome Williams and David Aardsma of the Giants. It was a bad trade for one reason: they did it with the wrong intentions. The intention, to me, is that they wanted to ship out a guy the fans didn't like. In Jerome Williams they acquired a pitcher who has the skills to be very good, but after making 21 and 22 starts in 2003 and 2004, he has been in the minors most of 2005.

Perhaps this will work out well for the Cubs, but making trades under these conditions is not the formula for success.

Also, one tragic thing happened today. Actually, it happened a long time ago. Fox became idiots. They typically televise three games as part of their "national" coverage. They use broad geographical blocks for televising these games. This usually pisses me off to no end living in Denver, because the "Eastern" game usually involves the Red Sox. Here's today's lineup:

- Red Sox at Yankees
- Rockies at Cubs
- Padres at Giants

Now, in all seriousness, Fox could not expect to get much ratings from the Cubs or Giants games. The Red Sox at Yankees game could be reasonably expected to get much better ratings. However, I can understand trying to be a little more regional with the coverage. So with that in mind, the Rockies at Cubs would clearly be the game televised in Denver, would it not? It would not. We got the Padres at Giants game instead. So not only was I unable to watch my favorite team, but then I also wasn't able to watch my LOCAL team. This is something that should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever happen. In fact, the NFL goes to the trouble of making sure local fans never miss a moment of their games, to the point where if an early game goes to overtime and the Broncos game is starting, they cut it off for the Broncos. Apparently, Fox and MLB don't really care all that much about local fans, as long as they can trumpet their ridiculous "national" schedule. Bravo!