Turn Turn Turn

What's on TV tonight?

HBO: Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel

NBC: NFL PRE season Football Jags v Skins

CBS: NFL PRE season Football Panthers v Steelers

ABC: Ugly Betty {repeat}

FOX: NFL PRE season Football Panthers v Steelers <-NOT a typo! Same game 2 different channels.

ESPN: College Football NC State v South Carolina

ESPN2: College Football Oregon v Stanford

FSNSouth: College Football Wake Forest v Baylor

WGN: Baseball Phillies v Cubs {National League}

SportsSouth: Baseball Marlins v Braves {National League}

ESPNU: College Football Vanderbilt v Miami Ohio

CSTV: College Football Florida v Kentucky {from 2007... seriously}

Fox Sports Atlantic: High School Football. {This SO makes my rant understandable}

About 12 channels airing the Democratic National Convention

One of my biggest rants has always been airing other sports during baseball season. You know, baseball? The national past time? Google "National Past Time" I'm betting it will come back with 3 gajillion pages of baseball, not football or basketball, etc. Summertime IS baseball. Today is August 29th 2008* I know because I checked a dozen times while I looked at the tv guide in amazement. It's the dog days of August, the middle of hurricane season, the height of SUMMER and there are 10 football games on.** There are only 2 baseball games on and they are both National League Games.*** As my dearly departed Gram would say "What the HELL is happening to this country?" It's anarchy, I tell you! I bet a good portion of you complain when Christmas decorations go up and carols are piped through the PA system before Halloween. It's the same thing. It's the apocalypse. It goes against the natural order of things! It's like the song says "To everything there is a season, under Heaven"**** The bottom line is this: It's time for baseball. All the other sports should wait their turn. { I really can't help it. I love puns}


*One year ago tomorrow I survived hurricane Katrina. Sorta feels like a 2nd birthday. But not the fun kind with presents and beer.
**Bryant Gumbel on Home Box Office talking about sports is a whole 'nother profanity laced rant.
*** National League doesn't even begin to count until The World Series.
**** The lyrics to this song called "Turn, Turn, Turn" by the Byrds can actually be found in the bible.