There, I said it, I’m a TV snob. I’m subscribed to Bright House’s HD cable package and receive, I kid you not, around 1000 channels. The problem is I only watch about 7 of them, the HD channels that are all bunched together at the bottom of the dial. I find it too much work to search through the entire guide, so I only look at what’s on the HD channels. It goes something like this:
This is what you get when you search 1329 on Google Images.
What’s on ESPN (1329), ESPN2 (1330) or ESPNU (1331)? Oh, nothing. Alright, let’s move down to Discovery (1340) and Discovery HD Theater (1341). Alright, let’s skim through the rest of the Discovery channel partners (Science, History, TLC, etc) and check out Food Network (1359). The interesting thing is that I completely skip TBS (1312), TNT (1311), Disney (1335) and Family (1337) because they completely bore me — unless TBS is showing baseball which is almost never anymore.
Now, if I find nothing in this run, then I start to get a little adventurous. I’ll check HBO HD (1243) and the networks, NBC (1020) and ABC (1090) — who watches CBS? If still I find nothing worth watching, I’ll either turn on CNN (1324) or just return to ESPN.
I’m sure there are other, really great channels out there, but if I don’t get it in HD it’s really not worth watching — also it’s not worth the effort to find it on the guide. There are, of course, very few exceptions. The biggest one being The Soup which is on E! (65).
Is that wrong? Do you only watch a handful of channels? Let me know down under.
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Tonight on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption Tony Kornheiser said that the perjury conviction and jail sentence for Marion Jones, the perjury investigation on Berry Bonds, and the potential perjury investigation on Roger Clemens is ridiculous. “There are more important criminals out there,” Kornheiser said.
The last I checked perjury is a crime, and a pretty serious one at that. Sure it’s not murder or sexual assault, but lying to a judge or investigators is an illegal action. To ignore it would be a travesty of the legal system. And think about the message it sends. Yeah, don’t worry about telling the truth to the police, or anyone else for that matter because it really doesn’t matter.
Kornheiser tired to justify the athletes lying under oath as a means of protecting their reputation. Ok, that’s ridiculous. If they really care about their reputation they should check their ego at the door and do what Andy Pettitte did — tell the truth. Sure, people might be upset, but for the most part people will respect your honesty and move on with it. Then can lie to the media and say they never did steroids all they want to protect their reputation, but once they lie to investigators, or in front of Congress, well it’s a whole new ball game.
Sure, six months of jail time might seem a little excessive but there needs to be a consequence, even for athletes and celebrities who tend to live life as if they are above the law.
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It’s been six months since I last had a fix–six long, hard, boring months. But last Sunday night, Major League Baseball returned in all of its glory and I am once again happy.
The start of this year’s season was a lot sweeter then most. I hadn’t been able to attend my annual spring training game due to horrible weather, so when Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN came to my television, it was a joyous occasion. The Red Sox got rocked by the Yankees, but hey, baseball was back. This seemed to be the trend. My Braves got ripped apart in their first game this past Tuesday–though have come back to win all three games since.
The Braves are part of why this season seems to be sweeter then most. There just seems to be something special about the Braves roster this year. The return of Brian Jordan to the outfield and Smoltz returning to the rotation–everything just feels right. Could it be the season to finally take back the world championship? One can only hope.
This season also feels different then others because I am in a fantasy league with a dozen friends. I find myself addicted to every game–more so then last year when I watched five games on opening day–cheering for the Angels one inning and the Rangers the next. I cannot help but run possible roster formations and trade deal through my head all day long. And then there is the constant second-guessing of the day’s particular chosen lineup–and the inevitable frustration when a bench guy goes three for four with a double and a homerun and the guy I chose to play goes o for three.
Nevertheless, baseball is back. This past week I have probably watched over a dozen games weather it is via online live updating or actually on television. Yes, baseball is back.
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