i can't tell if this is serious or not
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Rangers' Regular Joes deserve to topple San Francisco's Giants in World Series
07:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO ??? Frankly, I'm surprised they still play baseball in San Francisco. I figured that by now someone here would have decided that baseball chalk isn't Earth-kind or that the game is overtly sexist or gender-role confining or some such claptrap.
San Francisco doesn't deserve to win the World Series . Maybe every resident deserves a Nobel Prize for being so dang enlightened. But, please, save baseball's highest achievement for a bunch of Regular Joes who earned it.
In San Francisco, Regular Joe is probably the cutesy name for some high-dollar Sumatran fair-trade coffee.
I am thinking about real Regular Joes like Nolan Ryan and Michael Young and Ron Washington and all the other ordinary, hard-working guys who have made the Texas Rangers so much fun to watch this year. Here's a classic example of our differences. The mayor of San Francisco is a guy named Gavin Newsom. Yes, Gavin Newsom. And if the name isn't debonair enough, you should see him. He looks like a movie star or male model. He reeks of San Francisco effete.
Meanwhile, Arlington has a mayor named Robert Cluck. Cluck! And as for his looks, I think we can all agree that he has a great personality.
He's a Regular Joe. Just like Regular Joe Barton , who represents Arlington in Congress. Do I have to tell you who represents San Francisco? Yep, Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That ought to get Texas Ranger fans of the Tea Party variety stirred up right there.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to inject politics into baseball. But it's hard to imagine two places more different facing each other in the World Series ??? one right, one left. Some would say one right, one wrong. But there are other differences in the cities, too. Like climate.
In San Francisco, Giants fans sip hot chocolate and wear coats and jackets to games all summer long. They're not purified into a higher state of baseball consciousness by enduring games at the Ballpark/Sweat Lodge in Arlington. Then there are the team colors. The Giants are all decked out in Halloween black and orange ??? the only holiday devoted to evil spirits. What are the Rangers' colors? Let's say 'em together. Red, white and blue. It's obvious who should win this thing. Bring on the Giant killers.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/sblow/stories/102710dnmetblow.1cb651576.html
Rangers' Regular Joes deserve to topple San Francisco's Giants in World Series
07:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO ??? Frankly, I'm surprised they still play baseball in San Francisco. I figured that by now someone here would have decided that baseball chalk isn't Earth-kind or that the game is overtly sexist or gender-role confining or some such claptrap.
San Francisco doesn't deserve to win the World Series . Maybe every resident deserves a Nobel Prize for being so dang enlightened. But, please, save baseball's highest achievement for a bunch of Regular Joes who earned it.
In San Francisco, Regular Joe is probably the cutesy name for some high-dollar Sumatran fair-trade coffee.
I am thinking about real Regular Joes like Nolan Ryan and Michael Young and Ron Washington and all the other ordinary, hard-working guys who have made the Texas Rangers so much fun to watch this year. Here's a classic example of our differences. The mayor of San Francisco is a guy named Gavin Newsom. Yes, Gavin Newsom. And if the name isn't debonair enough, you should see him. He looks like a movie star or male model. He reeks of San Francisco effete.
Meanwhile, Arlington has a mayor named Robert Cluck. Cluck! And as for his looks, I think we can all agree that he has a great personality.
He's a Regular Joe. Just like Regular Joe Barton , who represents Arlington in Congress. Do I have to tell you who represents San Francisco? Yep, Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That ought to get Texas Ranger fans of the Tea Party variety stirred up right there.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to inject politics into baseball. But it's hard to imagine two places more different facing each other in the World Series ??? one right, one left. Some would say one right, one wrong. But there are other differences in the cities, too. Like climate.
In San Francisco, Giants fans sip hot chocolate and wear coats and jackets to games all summer long. They're not purified into a higher state of baseball consciousness by enduring games at the Ballpark/Sweat Lodge in Arlington. Then there are the team colors. The Giants are all decked out in Halloween black and orange ??? the only holiday devoted to evil spirits. What are the Rangers' colors? Let's say 'em together. Red, white and blue. It's obvious who should win this thing. Bring on the Giant killers.
