Some Events Should Be Allowed to the Only Events

Once every two year, or four, the Olympic Games come around. This year it’s the Winter Games from Vancouver. It beat me to why all of the other networks just don’t let the games play.

ABC has begun the last season of Lost. We are just a couple of weeks in, but why couldn’t it put on hold for a couple of weeks. The same goes for FOX and American Idol.

CBS may be one of the biggest offenders. They started the new season of Survivor the day before the opening ceremonies. And last night was the opening episode of the latest version of The Amazing Race.

Then again sports haven’t been all that nice to them either. This past weekend NASCAR began. As usual their season begins with one of the top, and to some it is the top, race of their season. the Daytona 500. And the NBA has their All-Star game.

I want to see as much of the Olympic as possible, but I really don’t want to miss the other shows either.

At least we do have TiVo.

The O’s

Spring Training is just around the corner. My favorite team is the Baltimore Orioles. It’s been hard following them the past few years. In a word, they have been BAD. Although right now with the moves that the their General Manager, Andy MacPhail, has been making, I do think there is a bright future for a franchise that was once the envy of all baseball.

Many are aware that in 1954 the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and was renamed the Orioles. What many may not know is the St. Louis Browns began as part of the Western League in Milwaukee named the Brewers. When the American League was formed in 1901 the Milwaukee Brewers were one of those teams. They finished in last place and in 1902 moved to St. Louis where they took the name Browns, a name which had been used by the National League ball club from St. Louis until they adopted the name Cardinals.

In 1954 the Browns moved to Baltimore and took the name Orioles. In the first year in Baltimore they duplicated the same record as the 53 Browns, 54-100.

Since the 1880’s in one league or another there was a team from Baltimore called the Orioles. In 1882 the first Orioles franchise was part of the American Association and when the American Association folded in 1892 they joined the National League. In 1899 they were one of the teams eliminated by the National league only to arise again two years later in the American League. That team played in Baltimore 2 years before moving to New York in 1903. From 1903 to 1954 the Orioles played in a number of the minor leagues.

After a number of near pennants in the early 1960’s, the Orioles before the 1966 season made a trade that would prove to be the missing ingredient. They traded pitcher Milt Pappas and two other players to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Robinson. In ‘66 Robinson won the triple crown as well as the MVP. With his MVP win he became became the first player to win the award in both leagues. The Orioles with Robinson along with 1965’s rookie of the year Curt Blefary, and other home grown O’s they won the pennant to play the favorite Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. The Orioles swept the series outscoring the Dodger 13-2 in the series.

As the Orioles, the franchise have won 8 Divisional titles, including 4 of the first 5, along with 1 Wild Card berth. They have won 7 pennants (1 in St. Louis in 1944 losing the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals), winning 3 World Series championships (1966, 1970, 1983). From the early 1960s until the mid ’80s they were one of the best clubs in baseball.

Originally published at 6 Things To Consider.

About Lincoln

Six Things about Abraham Lincoln

1) Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas, was a Kentucky frontiersman, his mother Nancy, died when he was ten.

2) He marries Mary Todd after a long courtship on November 4, 1842. They have four boys, but only one lives to adulthood.

3) On May 22, 1849 Lincoln is granted U.S. Patent No. 6,469 for BUOYING VESSELS OVER SHOALS. He is the only president ever granted a patent.

4) In the 1860 election he receives on 40% of the popular votes, but is awarded 180 of the 303 electoral votes. The other candidates were Northern Democrat Stephen A. Douglas and Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge.

5) The Portrait used as basis for the Five Dollar Bill was taken by photographer Matthew Brady in February of 1864.

6) On April 14, 1865, while attending the production of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre, he was shot John Wilkes Booth. He dies at 7:22 the next morning.

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First published at 6 Things To Consider – 6ThingsToConsider.com

Super Win in Miami

Saints are Super Champs. This was a well deserved win for a team and a city that less than 5 years ago the city was flood ravaged and the team played nearly the entire year away from the city who loved them. A huge Congratulation to the team and the City.

Two big highlights of the game.
The off-side kick to open the 2nd half.
The interception of Manning late in the 4th quarter.

I know Everyone are saying these were key points of the game and they were

Unsung Hero
New Orleans Saints Kicker Garrett Hartley. Three long field goals of over 40 yards. Kept thme in the game so that they could have a great 4th quarter.

Half Time Show
Now everyone may be saying Who Dat playing at the Super Bowl and it’s a fitting pun with the performance of Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend, the surviving members of the Who. They performed parts of 5 of their classic songs and it was in short a great combination. I was disappointed that they couldn’t fit it two other songs, Love Reign Over Me and My Generation. In case you were wondering that was Ringo Star’s son Zach on the drums. He has been drumming for the group since 1994.

Carrie Underwood’s singing of the National Anthem was good as well.

And the Commercials
Once again I felt that the commercials were a little on the week side. There was way to many e-trade commercials as well as Doritos. Although I would say that one of the Doritos ones made me laugh out loud. Don’t mess with my mama nor my Doritos.

A Fan’s View

Who wouldn’t want to be paid for watching their favorite TV show or listening to their favorite music or going to see a movie with their favorite actor? I know that I would raise my hand real quick if that was asked to me.

To many that’s exactly what people think that critics do. And I’m sure that there are a few where that may be exactly what they do. But those that do have had to endure a lot of bad shows, music and movies to a place that their opinions are valued and they can do what they wish.

Critics are paid for their professional opinions. Opinions that are actually based on a course of study. Many TV and Movie critics has gone to film school and have had a lot of study on the craft. The same is true for music, art and any other critic industry.

But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a place for the simple fan. A place where a fan only watches, see or listen to what they enjoy and then gives their opinion.

Yes, it’s an uneducated opinion, but in many ways it’s more critical than a critic’s opinion. It it comes straight form their feelings. An opened minded enjoyment or not of their experience.

Fans can be narrow minded. They like what they like and if they don’t think they will like it, there may be no convincing them to do otherwise.

Why did I start this post this way? In short I will be working here, for little to no payment. It all depends on whether the site can generate any revenue. My job will be in delivering my views on entertainment.

I’m late beginning this. As are all three of us. Well, not Steve since his were always planned to be repost from his 6 Things to Consider.

Life has been busy and I haven’t had a chance to put anything on paper, or actually I guess you could call it on screen. Things are becoming more settled and I’m hoping to be able to place a few things on here about a favorite subject of mine. That is Entertainment.

So in advance – Thanks for reading
HAK