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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Friday, March 20, 2009Longoria to the WBCSo there's this part in "LOTR: Return of the King" where Denethor, who has descended into madness over the death of his eldest son Boromir , demands that his younger son, Farimir ride off in a suicide mission to retake Osgiliath, which has been overrun by the orc army.Or, um, that's what some geek told me. Anyway, the same storyline is playing out in the WBC: Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was named Thursday to replace injured Chipper Jones in the United States lineup for the semi-finals of the World Baseball Classic. Look, Seiler, sending Longoria out to replace the fallen Jones isn't going to save anyone's honor, and the way things are going, is only going to get yet another big name player hurt. Just stop the offensive, gather your forces back at Minis Tirith, and hope that Aragorn shows up with an undead army to save everyone's bacon, OK? Don't judge me. That flick made over a billion dollars worldwide, so you probably saw it too. UPDATE: Welcome Rob Neyer readers! If you think this is geeky, just scroll down to the comments. Let's just say I'm lucky that I'm already married, because if I wasn't, no woman would come within 100 yards of me based on some of my nerdy admissions. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 9:54am Comments
Nevin said...
Sticking with Dragonlance (and Legends, particularly), does that make Longoria that girl cleric of Paladine who Raistlin used to open the gates to the Abyss to destroy the Dark Queen and become a god? (Bud Selig is Raistlin in this analogy; the whole Team USA is the litany of souls that that lich used to stay alive with the bloodstone, the Dark Queen is Baseball Glory, Paul Seilor is that drow mage apprentice of Raistlin’s who was aiding him from inside the tower of high sorcery, the front offices of the MLB clubs are, collectively, owners and GMs, Caramon, trying to stop Raistlin’s mad quest before it calls down another Cataclysm and turns their whole world to ashes, the blogosphere are the Kenderkin, prone to wanderlust, making taunting comments and immune to fear… the other teams in the tournament are Kitiara, Raistlin (Selig) and Caramon’s (the clubs) half-sister, trying to make a power grab from the Queen (baseball glory) at the same time… I have to go now). Peter Gammons is Sturm Brightblade? -Nevin Posted 03/20 at 11:38 PM
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The Death Gate cycle remains on my bookshelf, unread after all these years. Maybe when I retire in a few decades…