Letters to the Editor
wetnoodle
Published Letters: 48
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Cubs game
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, Marmol was coming in at some point--it wasn't like Zambrano had faced the minimum and--so he likely would have given up runs eventually. Marmol was way too excited.
And Piniella's decision not to insert a pinch-hitter in the pitcher's spot with the bases loaded? Zambrano's .247 average is probably higher than anyone's on the Cubs bench, not to mention that he smoked a double into left earlier the game.
Oh yeah, and has been repeated several times: the Cubs lost because they didn't score runs, not because Marmol gave up two. That was some disappointing offense.
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Craig Sager
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Did you see him call LeBron a frontrunner last night? That was classic--LeBron was a loss for words.
But seriously, doesn't LeBron have enough money to fly to New York and attend a game in Yankee Stadium, where his decision to root for the team wouldn't be nearly as conspicuous?
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Mad Men appealing to younger viewers?
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]My boyfriend and I, both 29, make it a point to watch Mad Men every week, the only show we care about that much. We love to discuss it thoroughly throughout the week until the next episode airs.
We love Mad Men because it looks fantastic, it's drily hilarious, and--most importantly--the characters and situations are compelling. It doesn't matter in what era it's set; it has the elements of great television.
The 1960s setting and the producers' commitment to authenticity enhances the experience.
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Finally!
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you so much for writing about the best show on television. I'm actually glad Mad Men is in the basic cable ghetto of AMC because then it doesn't have to compete in the ratings competition that results in crap like Two and a Half Men getting renewed very season and good shows like My So-Called Life and Homicide getting the ax after being shuffled around the schedule.
The only downside for us is that we don't get AMC in HD, so watching debut episodes isn't the luscious experience that watching them the next day On Demand is. The show looks absolutely stunning in high def!
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As a Midwest native and New England resident
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think the most annoying thing about Red Sox/Yankees rivalry is many of the fans' utter myopia that a baseball world outside Red Sox/Yankees even exists. Even my beloved boyfriend literally sneers at the idea of National League baseball. He didn't want to watch the NLDS or CS with me, so he (and many others in this part of the country, I suspect) have no idea how good the Rockies are. I teach at a local college, and one of my students actually said to me, "I just can't believe that anyone would root for Cleveland. It's like rooting for St. Louis. Who outside of St. Louis roots for the Cardinals?" Well, I'm from Ohio and went to school in Indiana, so yes, Virginia, there are people who root for the Indians and who root for the Cardinals. Many people, in fact.
And those same talk-radio guys who were calling for a Red Sox sweep before the ALCS began are now being "cautiously optimistic" and predicting the Red Sox win in five games. I'm sure very few of them would be able to pick Troy Tulowitski out of a lineup.
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We get it--
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]You think baseball is boring. Congratuations. Many people don't think it's boring and in fact find it kind of awesome.
And I for one am ecstatic that King isn't talking about the Pats/Colts matchup--it's a reminder that not everyone lives and breathes football. Of course, I'm a Colts fan newly transplanted to New England, so what I hear hourly pretty much makes me want to lock myself in a sports-deprivation chamber. However, my perspective doesn't change the basic fact that if you want to hear/read about it, you have plenty of access to places with an excess of discussion about it. King does his NFL preview on Fridays, and I'm sure it will merit at least a mention in tomorrow's column. Until then, can it, okay? Because unless King can read Belichick's and Dungy's minds, I doubt that he'll be able to discuss the Pats/Colts matchup in a way that no one else has. And that's not knocking King--it's just that we've been hearing about this game for two solid weeks already, and no stone remains unturned, nor no angle uncovered.
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Gee, Brightstar--
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex: The vanishing woman director!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think you can say the same thing about the vast majority of male directors.
But you just can't let an opportunity to show your misogyny pass by, can you?
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Tristan Fabriani
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]GET OVER IT ALREADY. Nothing is more irritating than sports fans who grovel in long-ago injustices, such as the Colts midnighting it to Indy or who revel in ancient glories, such as 35-year-old Yankees fans screaming "26 World Championships" when they weren't even egg cells when those rings were won.
Indy viscerally felt Dwight Freeney's absence yesterday. I don't think Rivers was touched all afternoon. And all defensive players, including Bob Sanders, took really bad angles on Darren Sproles' TD.
As disappointed as I was in the Colts loss, it made me feel a little better to witness Tony Romo's unraveling. I am so sick of the talk about his happy-go-lucky demeanor, his aw-shucks grin, whatever. Even worse is the rush to coronate him King of the NFL. Dude hasn't won a playoff game and plays for a jowly coach who also hasn't won a playoff game--can we hold off on the superlatives for a bit? And not that it matters on the field, of course, but in post-game press conferences he dresses like an extra from Miami Vice (TV show, not movie). Lose the linen blazers and gold chains, please.
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Correction
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Most Yankees fans were not alive when their early rings were won, of course.