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I'll be backDerek Holland
As we all know, Holland was interview mid-game Monday night as C.J. Wilson was intentionally walking the entire Cardinals line-up. Down 2-0, Holland was prompted to showcase his impersonations of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cubs announcer Harry Carey.
Of course, the ire of Dallas-Fort Worth was ignited. How could a guy that talks about growing up and realizing the moments he shouldn't act like a kid do silly bits in front of a national audience when your team was down. Some blame Joe Buck and FOX (trust me, they do not respect or even really like the Rangers on any marginal level) and others blame Holland for being a dork.
My question is this: Who cares? What does it matter? How was Holland's bits helping or hurting Wilson and the teammates on the field? Holland, for one, doesn't have the balls to back down to Buck and FOX. He's too much of a kid that doesn't know about better. Nonetheless, how many times this year have guys in the bullpen or dugout goofed around during a game this season? Playing grab-ass and farting. It's no different than criticizing Tony Romo for smiling on the sideline during a loss. It's all mundane bullshit.
We want to pretend that no one cares more about a professional sports team than we do, the fans. When we see Romo smiling or Holland taking FOX to break as The Terminator, we think that they don't care as much as we do and they get paid handsomely to care more than we. Fact, is they have to live with their wins and losses for the rest of their lives. Most of Dallas-Fort Worth will forget about Holland's 8.1 scoreless innings from Sunday.
Remember, two years ago, you could've sat in any section at the Ballpark. Nobody cared then. Now they care immensely.
Ratings
We've heard this before. This is the second-lowest rated World Series of all time ... second only to 2010's World Series. We want this to be about St. Louis and Dallas-Fort Worth.
It's not. It's about baseball and Major League Baseball. Complain about a team's media reach (Dallas-Fort Worth's a top five or four market in the nation and about half of all TV sets are tuned to the World Series) all you want. If you don't want St. Louis, Kansas City, Tampa, Dallas, Phoenix or Cleveland markets, then don't allow them to have professional sports teams.
When people talk about ratings, they act like these teams are wedding crashers, spoiling everyone's fun and eating all the finger foods.
No, they're professional sports teams with the assumed right to compete and win in their respective leagues. If you want Los Angeles and New York teams only, then kick everyone else out of the league. Otherwise, these teams will continue to compete and win.
Two, baseball is one of the worst marketed sports on the planet. Nothing against San Francisco Giants reliever Brian Wilson, but him hawking chalupas is not unlike taking an offensive tackle from the Steelers to sell tires. Is Derek Jeter the only MLB player with a major endorsement deal? Is he the only one from either New York or Los Angeles?
How is Ian Kinsler, Josh Hamilton, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Mauer, Miggie Cabrera and Evan Longoria not jammed down our throats like Peyton Manning, Kobe Bryant or Lebron James?
Folks, the low ratings (mind you, placed in context, millions and millions are watching and the Series is beating, head-to-head, established programming) isn't a reflection of the Texas Rangers or St. Louis Cardinals. The NFL thrives every year during the Super Bowl and they've had teams from Indianapolis, Wisconsin, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh and New Orleans win the Super Bowl over teams from St. Louis, Raleigh, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia and Oakland.
That's one team from New York and one from Chicago. That's it. It's not the product.
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