Saturday, June 11, 2011

This TMI thing is getting out of control

Don't look now, but Curtis Granderson, formerly of the Tigers and now a NY Yankee, just hit his 20th home run. He's on the same pace as the late Roger Maris was in 1961 when he broke the Babe's season record. How do I know this? The talking heads on the 4-letter network are all over it. Now does anybody really believe CG has a mosquito's chance in a bat house of hitting 60+ home runs? Wake me up when he has 50 with a month left in the season. Until then, TMI.
Don't look now, but Danica Patrick just ran in another Indy car race somewhere. She must not have won. How do I know this? Because if she'd have taken the checkered flag it would have been the lead story instead of a blurb to fill another 30 seconds worth of air time. Wake me up when she's drinking milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Until then, TMI.
If Dwyane Wade tweeted about how hot his last shower was, Tiger Woods passed gas, or Lebron James hiccuped, we'd know all about it. TMI.
This is getting out of control.
Then there's the supposed Top Ten highlights. Typically, they will feature a couple outfielders making diving catches while the talking heads rant and rave. Time out. A lot of college players and certainly most major leaguers make those plays routinely anymore. You name a major league outfielder and I'll guarantee you he can run and catch or he wouldn't be there. It's not like there's a bunch of sumo wrestlers or Richard Simmons type guys playing those positions.
There's always a few basketball dunks. The talking heads will attempt to overload their microphones. Time out. Just about everybody in the NBA can dunk. This is like making a 3-inch putt on a golf green. There's a lot of ways you can do it. Left hand, right hand, front of the club, back of the club; you can do a 180 or 360 or even cartwheels before you tap it in. But in the end there's nothing special about it. NBA dunkers will hang on the rim and scream. Can you imagine a PGA golfer putting the fingers of both hands in the hole and doing the same?  Please.
There's always going to be a soccer goal on the highlights. I understand this. ANY goal in soccer is a highlight. Nuff said.
Uh-oh. Serena Williams just broke a fingernail?
Why do I get this sinking feeling a corporate jet just took off from Bristol, Conn, the headquarters of ESPN, with a full crew to cover it?
Yep, this is getting out of control.

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