60 Minutes Andy Rooney's baseball thoughts

[JackWhite]

A very interesting read by Andy Rooney. Interesting as in amazingly stupid. I can't believe they even printed this.

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stam...7280850556.php

Among the gems:

"I'm still not interested in the game. I don't watch it on television or follow it in the newspaper. I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today's baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me."

I am surprised he hasn't received some heat for this. One of the reasons he doesn't like baseball is because there are too many guys named "Rodriguez." Don Imus is wondering where the justice is.

A few others pearls of wisdom from Rooney:

"For example, the player who starts the game as pitcher should have to play all nine innings without a substitution. A pitcher hardly ever plays more than a few innings and then the manager replaces him with someone who isn't as good."

Here is another nice one:

"There are 30 major league baseball teams, but sometimes it seems as though the New York Yankees are the only team that ever wins the World Series."


Please put this man in the retirement home before he writes any more columns.

[EvanJC]

jesus

[LBJ]

Saw this on FJM.

Quite possibly the worst article I've ever read.

[youtalkfunny]

I feel him on the Rodriguez thing.

I used to be a big NHL fan (before they pussified the sport), and it was disconcerting when all the Russians came over, and everyone was named Blank-onov.

"Larionov, passes it up to Kasatanov, over to Krutov, shoots, SAVE by Lynchnikov!"

(That sentence doesn't seem so overwhelming in 2007, but it was mind-blowing in 1987.)

I remember marveling that Al Michaels could keep up with it in the 1980 USA/USSR game.

[The B]

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" I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today's baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me."


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sad, but True

[MikeyPatriot]

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" I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today's baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me."


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sad, but True

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Webb
Santana
Peavy
Young
Pujols
Jeter
Suzuki
Guerrero
Howard
Matsuzaka
Ortiz
Youkilis
Bonds

[MikeyPatriot]

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I used to be a big NHL fan (before they pussified the sport), and it was disconcerting when all the Russians came over, and everyone was named Blank-onov.

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I don't understand why this would be disconcerting? You couldn't overlook players' surnames and be happy with an increase in talent?

[whipsaw]

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" I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today's baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me."


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sad, but True

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Webb
Santana
Peavy
Young
Pujols
Jeter
Suzuki
Guerrero
Howard
Matsuzaka
Ortiz
Youkilis
Bonds

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which of these things does not belong here... which of these things is not the same...

[MikeyPatriot]

Youkilis is an awesome name. And he walks a lot.

[MyTurn2Raise]

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I used to be a big NHL fan (before they pussified the sport), and it was disconcerting when all the Russians came over, and everyone was named Blank-onov.

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I don't understand why this would be disconcerting? You couldn't overlook players' surnames and be happy with an increase in talent?

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the increase in talent decreased the excitement of the game for many fans

it caused the trapping defenses that brought in much lower scores

I believe the high-flying NHL of the mid80s was about the peak of that sport in Americans' eyes