- The concert was sick. Saw them at the Theatre @ Madison Square Garden. Great place to watch a show. Small, with no balcony. I had seen Kanye there as well and felt the same way. We got in the venue (after purchasing our drinks) right as the Killers were comin out. A lot of energy on stage. Brandon Flowers (lead singer) had some dialogue with the crowd which is always fun. Wished that they would have jammed out the songs more. A lot of uptempo stuff and the crowd singing lyrics. They don't have a ton of material so it was shorter than I would have liked, but good closing with "All These Things That I've Done." About 60-40 song selection of more from the new album..
- The new album got a lot of bad reviews as everyone knows. I don't fully understand it. They made a change in approach to more straightforward, grimy songs. At the same time though there are still great guitar rifts (Sams Town, When You Were Young) and harmonies (Read My Mind). The first album (Hot Fuss) definitely had bigger hits, and is a better album, but this one is still very satisfying. Every album can't be as good or better than the last, but this one still has a few jams on it.
- Remind me again why everyone thought the Tigers would murder the NL representative in the World Series? This was a team that was horrible over the last two months of the season, got hot in the first two rounds and then had a week to sit around. We are seeing a horrible performance by those Tiger hitters..
- I don't always go by the theory that if you have the best player on the field/court than your team should win. This theory is most applicable in basketball, and probably least in baseball. The fact is though that the Cardinals have the best hitter (Pujols) and the best pitcher (Carpenter) and their influence is all over this World Series so far..
- Big Ben, Eli, or Rivers?? I see this debate goin on for many years to come...
- Interesting that when Michael Vick gets four TDs and leads his team to victory is huge news. Peyton Manning did the same thing and its almost boring. I guess that's what happens when you perform that well every week and not once ever 3-4 games...
- Can the NHL get back on ESPN please? Right now its as if no one knows the season started yet.
- Anyone notice that Marbury sat out of last nights game with a sore foot? No way it has anything to do with those $15 kicks hes wearin....No chance!!!
- There is a NYTimes article this week about fantasy Congress instead of fantasy sports....These are probably the same clowns that collected Magic cards instead of baseball cards.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Killers and Stuff
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To answer your question of why everyone thought the Tigers would beat the Cardinals in this years World Series, there are the following arguements. 1) The American League was a far superior league this year, proven by their 154-98 record in interleague play this year (By far the largest win/loss difference between the two leagues since interleague play started in 1997). 2) Some forget that the Tigers had the best record in baseball for the majority of the season, even when experts said they couldn't keep it up. 3) Yes, they didn't keep it up and even lost their division, but the Cardinals didn't exactly play stellar ball going into the playoffs. Their collapse in the final two weeks of the season would have been one the biggest, most his historical collapses in MLB history. And somehow backed into the playoffs being the underdog not only against the Mets but against a weak Padres team in the division series 4) Not only did the Cardinals barely make the playoffs, they have struggled throughout, squeaking by a Mets team without their best pitcher, and couldn't hit against maybe the two worst game 6 and game 7 starters in NLCS history. Meanwhile, the Tigers killed the mighty Yankees and swept the ALCS. 5) Not to mention during the NLCS the two best players on the field (Pujols and Carpenter) didn't have their A games, far from it actually.
So I think the real questions are, why wouldn't anyone pick the Tigers over the Cardinals in the World Series. And why did I spend so much time on this post during work?
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