Not Feeling the Burnitz
It appears as though the Cubs are making what I think is possibly a large mistake in signing Jeromy Burnitz to take over for Sammy Sosa in right field. Throw out his Coors (meaning Field, not beer)-inflated numbers from last season, and you've basically got a guy whose average years mimic the terrible year Sammy had in 2004. OK, not entirely true: If the Cubs get the Milwaukee version of Burnitz who averaged 30 HRs and 100 RBI and got on base at an acceptable clip from '97-01, maybe the signing isn't so bad. But is this any reason to get excited for this season? Not really.
I guess the only reason it isn't a mistake is that Sammy was lousy last year, so if Burnitz improves on Sammy's numbers, fine. I'd still prefer a hobbled Magglio Ordonez to Burnitz, but Ordonez and dickish agent Scott Boras are apparently content with fleecing the Tigers out some serious cash for five or so years. Funny how Maggs' alleged desire to play for the Cubs for a year, possibly at a discount, vanished once the Tigers started to toss out huge dollar figures.
So last night's episode of The Amazing Race was pretty anticlimactic, as it ended up being a non-elimination round. Four teams remain in contention heading into next week's finale: nice Kris and Jon; semi-hateful Hayden and Aaron (he's OK, she's whiny and bossy); pretty-hateful Freddy and Kendra (he's not too bad, she's ignorant and xenophobic); and extremely hateful Adam and Rebecca (both pain me to no end). The latter tandem has been taking turns berating one another the entire race; Adam, as Freddy amusingly pointed out, is a nancy boy, and Rebecca mindlessly waffles between being a raging bitch and an self-doubting shrew. (Of course, no hateful couple compares to Jonathan and Victoria, who apparently will be airing their marital issues soon on a primetime edition of Dr. Phil.)
I do have to give props to Adam and Rebecca, though, for this exchange last night during one of their race-associated tasks:
Adam (annoyed that Rebecca is feigning being nice after chopping off his balls most of the race): "Stop calling me Honey."
Rebecca: "All right, ass."
Good stuff.
I guess the only reason it isn't a mistake is that Sammy was lousy last year, so if Burnitz improves on Sammy's numbers, fine. I'd still prefer a hobbled Magglio Ordonez to Burnitz, but Ordonez and dickish agent Scott Boras are apparently content with fleecing the Tigers out some serious cash for five or so years. Funny how Maggs' alleged desire to play for the Cubs for a year, possibly at a discount, vanished once the Tigers started to toss out huge dollar figures.
So last night's episode of The Amazing Race was pretty anticlimactic, as it ended up being a non-elimination round. Four teams remain in contention heading into next week's finale: nice Kris and Jon; semi-hateful Hayden and Aaron (he's OK, she's whiny and bossy); pretty-hateful Freddy and Kendra (he's not too bad, she's ignorant and xenophobic); and extremely hateful Adam and Rebecca (both pain me to no end). The latter tandem has been taking turns berating one another the entire race; Adam, as Freddy amusingly pointed out, is a nancy boy, and Rebecca mindlessly waffles between being a raging bitch and an self-doubting shrew. (Of course, no hateful couple compares to Jonathan and Victoria, who apparently will be airing their marital issues soon on a primetime edition of Dr. Phil.)
I do have to give props to Adam and Rebecca, though, for this exchange last night during one of their race-associated tasks:
Adam (annoyed that Rebecca is feigning being nice after chopping off his balls most of the race): "Stop calling me Honey."
Rebecca: "All right, ass."
Good stuff.
posted by MH at
3:16 PM
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What I Wish Would Happen On The Amazing Race:
1. Kendra would puke a lot more.
2. Hayden would get stuck in a tree.
2. Adam would finally give up, leaving Rebecca to join Kris and Jon in the first-ever three-person team to win. I don't ALWAYS like Rebecca, but I think she's pretty funny.
Kris is just the nicest woman. She's said such lovely things throughout the race.
Are Jonathan and Victoria really going to be on Dr. Phil?
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Unknown, at 8:43 AM
I don't know the date, but I saw a promo for this Dr. Phil special (it may have even been during The Amazing Race), and Jonathan and Victoria are interviewed as part of it. I'm sure Dr. Phil will tell them they suck, and this extrememly hateful couple will say everything's fine.
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MH, at 9:05 AM
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