Even CNN Has Playoff Fever
Hey, everybody - how's it going? Are you enjoying postseason baseball, or are you taking kind of a break (brought on by Tigers fatigue)?
I guess I fall into the latter category, though I mostly just haven't had an opportunity to sit down and watch the playoffs. And now, it looks like the Cubs and Brewers might be done before I got a chance to see them.
Anyway, if you happened to be watching any of the vice-presidential debate coverage last night, there was kind of a funny moment that Gizmodo captured today. I didn't see this when it happened, but each time the cameras panned behind one of the dozen pundits CNN had on set before a commercial break, I kept hoping we might see something intriguing (or better yet, incriminating) on one of their laptops. What's on Jeffery Toobin's screen should look familiar to anyone who watches baseball on his or her computer, if TV or radio isn't available.

Wait, so not everyone on "The Best Political Team on Television" is riveted to every word Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, or Campbell Brown is saying? They're not reading nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com, or politico.com? How about, you know, cnn.com? They're not all reading e-mails from both sides' campaign staffs? Not when there are more important things going on. Somebody's keeping up on some Dodgers-Cubs action. Just in case you need a closer (but not necessarily clearer) look, here's a zoom from Gizmodo.

I knew there was a reason Toobin was one of my favorite cable news analysts.
Before I go, a plug for the team. SB Nation has set up a postseason hub for you to check out during the playoffs, a one-stop shop for you to check out all of the great content being offered by the bloggers whose teams were fortunate enough to play baseball in October this fall.

It should also include any playoff-related content that the rest of us produce (and I'm sure I won't be able to resist typing something).
Thanks for stopping by even though the Tigers aren't playing right now, and enjoy your weekend!
(Hat tip to MLB.com's Cory Schwartz)
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Thanks for stopping by even though the Tigers aren’t playing right now, and enjoy your weekend!
My regular routine, looking at BYB to see if anything new is on. The playoffs are, until now, not very exciting. Cubs very disappointing, Brewers too. Angels can’t win against Sox in Playoffs (11 in a row).
All series are 2-0 now. I hope the series in the NL won’t be sweeps. In the AL I hope they will be ;) . The 2-0 lead of the Rays brings a big smile on my face :D
Greetings from Germany. Dirk
by Germantiger on Oct 4, 2008 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Offseason
Quite honestly, once the hopes for respectability for 2008 died off, I pretty much shut down (sports-wise.) Now I’m just waiting for Spring Training, hoping for some key signings and watching Hot Stove.
About the only thing that could make the playoffs interesting to me would be to see Manny come back to Boston. It would be great to see the fans pour beer on his head when he decides to go hide in the middle of the scoreboard during the game. Seriously, has there ever been a player with that much talent and that horrible a reputation?
Ah well, let’s see what 2009 brings.
by pfuhrmeister on Oct 6, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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