Friday Farewells for June 4, 2010

This somber edition of Friday Farewells is brought to you by your local rain cloud.

Farewell:

Ken Griffey Jr.  The most talented player of my generation was also the best player I ever saw in person.  He was largely overshadowed by people like Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, and others.  Griffey, however, is one of the only superstars not to have the cloud of steroid suspicion.  His retirement was once again overshadowed by a scandal, as the Almost Perfect Game was the same night.  Griffey and his 630 career homeruns is now 40 years old.  It is hard to believe that Junior is no longer the Kid running around with his hat on backwards during batting practice.  His career was slowed by injuries, yet he is still a first-ballot Hall of Famer thanks to the sweetest swing I have ever seen.  Tears...of course! Junior was every young player's idol.


Big 12.  The Pac 10 has supposedly interest in 6 members of the Big 12 Conference including: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, & Colorado.  Missouri is as good as gone to the Big Ten and Nebraska is supposedly interested.  Texas A&M is rumored to be interested in the SEC.  What does these all mean?  Well it seems no team, except Missouri, wants to be the first to break the ice, but no one wants to be left should someone break that ice.  The rumors will fly and the schools and conference will deny them, but where there is smoke there is fire and the Big 12 is burning, so it is up to the schools whether they will escape the smoke or wait for the flames.  A single sentimental tear drop and a boat load of excitement because the college conference landscape is about to change.

Solid NBA Announcers.  We thought that ABC/ESPN would learn from other networks mistake and not employ obnoxious announcers.  The Four6Three and basketball fans everywhere rejoiced in the streets when Bill Walton called his last game.  Little did we know Walton would be reincarnated to form two small twins.  Mark Hand Down Man Down Jackson, and Jeff Pogo-Stick VanGundy single handily ruined game one of the NBA Finals and I had to retreat to the confines of the car to listen on ESPN Radio, which was great by the way.  I thought, why would you not take the talent on radio and put it on TV and put the morons on radio.  I came up with one solid reason, car wrecks and possible lawsuits resulting from those wrecks.  Tears yes because my ears hurt, but not as bad as my brain.  


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