My lord, it's come to this

The TBS studio broadcast team is so bad, so dry, so utterly deficient of charisma and insight that the network had to fish the well for Mr. Instant Ratings himself, Sir Charles Barkley--a man who knows little-to-nothing about baseball--to bail them out. Which tells me one thing: The mere presence of Charles Barkley--speaking on any topic whatsoever--is more profitable to TBS than the combined baseball insight of a four-man studio crew.

That leads me to wonder: Where the hell is Steve Stone for these LCS?! They're wasting their best asset! This is bogus! Just bogus.

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Most vaguest trivia question EVER!!!!!

Sonic Trivia Question from tonight's Yanks-Indians game:

What happened on this date in MLB history that never happened before and has never happened since?

What??! I think that's one of those questions they'd ask people on the gallows to save their lives back in the old days. I mean, seriously, without any bounds, that could literally be anything. Lonnie Smith homered off Bob Welch on a 1-2 count with two outs in the fifth? Willie Mays called Leo Durocher "daddio" in the dugout?

Answer: Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series. Wow. Did he? Never heard that one before. Imagine that. A perfect game. In the World Series. I'm surprised no one's ever mentioned this rare occurrence before.

YAWWWN.......

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