Archive for the 'Television' Category
An Idea to Make Baseball Better
You’ve seen it at every Marlins home game. Same with the Pazuzu Rays or most Dodgers games. Nationals games definitely have the same issue; empty seats all over the stadium. There is nothing more pathetic than watching a game and seeing whole sections with no one in them, and no section is worse with constantly [...]
Tags: Baseball, Empty Stadiums, Florida Marlins, Genuis Ideas, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals
I understand that Milton Bradley is a significantly better athlete than I am, he is capable of agility and grace, and that he has accomplished many things at the major league level. However, Monday was not one of those outings.
Embarassing! I wonder what his competitors would say sarcastically to him after such a misplay…
I can [...]
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Buck Showalter, Corey Hart, David Ortiz, Milton Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Ludwick, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
Keith Hernandez was in rare form last night; the early miscues by the Phillies in the first three innings led to some sloppy baseball and he went from jabbering to jabbering completely incoherently. But all that is normal. I’m used to that Keith. I love that Keith. What was abnormal was his outfit. Is it [...]
Tags: Charles Dickens, Insane, Keith Hernandez, New York Mets, SNY
Another Reason Cablevision Sucks
So, perusing the options available for MLB’s Extra Innings TV package, I saw that providers like Time Warner are offering at least one HD option in addition to the standard channels so that it is possible to really enjoy the games in STUNNING HD. Unfortunately, where The Slanch Report is based in Brooklyn we are [...]
Tags: Baseball, Cablevision, Dolans, Extra Innings, HD, Isiah Thomas, Knicks
So this is from the NBC affiliate down in the Raleigh-Durham area and is almost too surreal for comment. Enjoy.
The guy in the video is named Penn Holderness which is in the running for the whitest name ever. Also, why is his name Penn? Were his parents really big fans of Penn Gillette? Was he [...]
Tags: Belmont, Dolls, Duke, Life, NBC 17, NCAA, News, Penn Holderness, Television, Wawa
For those of you unfortunate souls unlucky enough to have either Optimum (Cablevision) cable or Dish Network you are missing out on one of the best shows on television right now. Voom HD is comprised of increasingly more and more unnecessary channels for programming starved HD owners; was the demand really that high for Rave [...]
Tags: Cable, Diving, HD, pirates, Satellite, Scuba, Television, Time Wasters, Treasure