the "I like humans to decide the outcome and not technology" argument is so [censored] gay. it's the 21st century, the entire country knows Holliday was out at the plate, yet since the home plate umpire saw it differently (somehow), we have to pretend like Colorado actually won that game.

what a [censored] sham that is.

well, he wasn't out at the plate if Barrett never tagged him with the ball. I don't think he was ever tagged, was he?

He was down for the count and Barrett was about to tag him when the world's latest safe signal was made, I don't know if he still followed through. The call was blown, period.

1. The real sham is Garrett Atkins' obvious HR, if that is called right we never get to this situation.

2. If they adopt NFL style replay, needing indisputable video evidence to overturn a call, the safe call would not be overturned. Their was no video replay that clearly showed his hand going past the plate and missing it. On every angle his hand disappears behind Barrett's foot, it seems to miss the plate, but that is not indisputable evidence.

3. All instant replay would do in this situation is delay and ruin the beautiful moment that was Todd Helton and his Rockies teammates and fans celebrating the climax of an unparalleled run to the playoffs. That moment is what sports fans live for.

4. [censored] you for saying the Rockies didn't win that game.

out of all the replays they showed, I didn't see a single one from directly over home plate. I'd wager a high-definition shot from that angle would be conclusive.

Well we didn't have that did we.

One more note, Torrealba had a HR taken away from him in the first game of the 4 game series the Rox played against Philly earlier this month that Philly ended up winning by 1 run.

How does the season play out if that is overturned and ruled a HR and Philly loses the game?

Every team in the playoffs right now deserves to be there because they earned it over a 162(3) game season, and no teams deserve it more than Philly and Colorado with their amazing late season play while fighting to survive.

I don't watch as much football as you guys, so I was stunned at how ******ed some of the announcing was tonight. Luckily, the three guys in the booth were pretty good. But the rest? Stinkola.

At halftime, Berman said we were at the quarter-pole of the NFL season. In horseracing, the quarter-pole is a quarter mile in front of the finish line, not a quarter-mile after the start.

But at least when something minor like that is said, you can grumble about it for a moment, and move on.

Not so when Emmitt Smith opens his mouth. I turned off the post-game coverage after this little riff:

(In response to Steve Young's opinion that Randy Moss was overwhelmed by Oakland's expectations of leadership qualities, an expectation he does not have to deal with in New England.)

Well, what da situation really is, is when he was out in Oakland, dey was askin'[1] him to do some-din' dat he was not capable of doin'.

When he was wit da Minnesota Vikin's, he was led wit Cris Carter leadin' him da way, along, also, Randall Cunnin'ham leadin' da way.

Here, in New Englan', it's da same kinda enviro'men'[2]. He has a coach dat he respec's, he has some teammates that can all pick up da slack and carry da loa'[3], and so he's not ashk'd to be a leader. And so therefore[4] he's ashed to make plays when dere's balls t'rown his way. And dat's what he's doin'.


[1] That's the last time you'll hear the "s" and the "k" in "asking"--you'll never hear the "g".

[2] In Emmitt-Speak, Enviro'men' rhymes with firemen.

[3] "Carry da loa'" is easily my favorite three word passage in this post.

[4] That was not an oversight--Emmitt actually pronounced the "th-" in "therefore". I wonder if he can pronounce "Smith"?

Wow, the more I think of that, the more it blows my mind. A national broadcast network hired an announcer so inarticulate, that I'm not joking when I wonder if he can pronounce his own name.

Can you imagine that?

As I said, I turned off the tv after all those different versions of "asked" in such a short amount of time. As the screen went black, I actually felt sorry for Steve Young, having to do that job seated between Stuart Scott and Emmitt Smit'.

Racist ban obv.

A couple of weeks ago on Sunday NFL Countdown, Smith said "A leopard does not change his stripes."

In an effort to deflect accusations of racism, I would like to state emphatically that I'm willing to bet money that Michael Irvin can pronounce his own name.

I was kidding.

I happened to catch this, and it was insane. He looked like he was going to cry.

Late last night on ESPN Classic they were filming a live show in which they discussed all the great happenings of 2007.

They showed Tulowitzki's unassisted triple-play, to which Kurkjian (who is still going through puberty) said "It's the rarest of the rare. Only happened 13 times. More rare than a perfect game." That is all fine and well but then he added:

"And Troy Tulowitzki is the only player in history to have an unassisted triple-play AND hit a triple in the same game."

I can't hate on Timmah for stuff like that. He's a geek about this stuff, and he gets wondefully spastic about it. Yeah, it's stupid trivia, but I think everybody knows that.

I like interesting obscure stats like the next guy. And it was refreshing to have Kurkjian for like, the first few weeks. But his shtick is rapidly wearing thin imo.

Maybe he'll get better when he finally gets through puberty.

how come dids hasn't banned you?

I agree. I like Kirkjian's boyish love of the game. When he was commenting on Baltimore's game in which they gave up 30 runs, his shtick was awesome.

Why do you hate freedom?

Tulowitzki not only turned that unassisted triple play this year, but he was also involved in a triple play turned by the Phils.

that was from Tim Kirkjian, too.

This is ouuuuuurrrr countryyyyyy....

What an awesome stat. I'd like to know who threw a perfect game with the least amount of hair on their head. Or who stole 2nd base 2 days after hitting into their 22nd career double play. These things matter!!!

Also black people talk funny.

Sports talk radio, Chris Meyers thinks Brian Urlacher is the #1 or #2 best linebacker in the NFL.

Where would you rank him?