Mister Ed was a talking horse

[Frederick Hurley]

On Thu, April 5, 2007 9:23 pm, Kestas wrote:
> I loved it when Tommy "Fair and Balanced" Heinsohn got all indignant
> about three Bucks' starters from the night before suddenly developing
> left knee ailments.  As though Pierce and Al couldn't play because they
> are on their deathbeds.  The Celts were playing a little too well with
> Delonte, so his tweaked ankle likewise became too risky to play on.

Funny that you should bring up Tommy.  I've been watching games with my
wife, who was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school, including
basketball (point guard).  She doesn't often enjoy watching sports on TV,
because she prefers playing, but she'll watch a Celt's game with me for a
while, until she gets frustrated by the overall lack of players moving
without the ball in an NBA game.  I tend to like Tommy well enough, but
lately, he is starting to grate on me.  When your team stinks, admit it,
and then find a way to still make the game interesting.  You need look no
further than Jerry Remy to see an announcer that clearly caters to the
home audience, but does so with a modicum of fairness and honesty.  Last
night, Tommy made a couple of his famous, "He walked!" and "Where's the
foul?  They're killing us out there!" remarks, which caused my wife, who I
readily admit knows far more about the technical and strategic aspects of
basketball than I do, to look at me and say, "He's kidding, right?"