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Manny vs A-Rod: Bid for Drama Crown
Maybe what the A’s need is a drama queen to sell more tickets. My buddy’s up in northern Wisconsin, camping outside of Lambeau Field with posters that read “Keep Favre in Green Bay” while Yankees fans try to determine who controls A-Rod’s mind more: Cynthia’s psychology or Madonna’s Jewish mysticism. Then there’s Manny, who in my opinion is the preferred drama queen of the summer. Not because I think violent temper tantrums against 60-year old men and teammates in the dugout are cool, but because at least his drama is about the game, about winning, about business, respect — Manny’s drama brings us back to the dirty steroid-pock-faced game of baseball while Duchscherer’s just a soft-spoken sweety-pie All Star. Even Beane’s renegade trading can’t compete with Coco Crisp’s fame wh*ring fist fights.
Maybe the A’s should sign on Barry Bonds for more hitting power and a drama queen. I kid — kinda.
In honor of Favre’s camio in There’s Something About Mary back in 1998 (that’s right Favre, you were big 10 years ago, get over it buddy), I’m going to play the Meatball game comparing the press Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez are churning up (just like the true baseball champions they are).
The Game: Comparing the Alexa rankings (the lower the
ranking = the higher the site’s traffic) of the top sites from google
web searches. Whoever has the lowest total ranking wins!
Since these boys are a part of a team, I’m googleing their names and their team names. “Manny Ramirez Red Sox” and “Alex Rodriguez Yankees”, after all, it’s not just about them.
Manny Ramirez Red Sox Alexa rankings of top Google Web Search:
mannyramirez.com/home.htm #986,747
mannyramirez.com/news.htm #986,747
mlb.com #208
sportingnews.com #5,050
sportsnetwork.com #12,968
courant.com #12,781
shop.mlb.com #208
http://sports.yahoo.com #1
http://sports.espn.go.com #64
bostonherald.com #4,001
theonion.com #1,729 (this one’s a must read!)
http://www.bostondirtdogs.com #43,776
Total: 2,054,280
Alex Rodriguez Yankees Alexa rankings of top Google Web Search:
nytimes.com #101
mercurynews.com #2,447 (that’s great – the Mercury News doesn’t show up for any A’s google searches, but here it is with a story on A-Rod)
nationalpost.com #7,911
mlb.com #208
wikipedia.org #8
http://sports.espn.go.com #64
http://www.usmagazine.com/ #1,949
mlb.com #208
yahoo.com #1
popcrunch.com #3,990
nydailynews.com/ #1,354
mlb.com #208
Total: 18,449
Hey! A-Rod wins, but don’t expect that to stop Manny from causing more drama through out the season.
Go get ‘em boys.
Bob Dylan was (is) an A’s fan
Okay, maybe just a Catfish Hunter fan. And rightfully so! My friend emailed me this song today, just as I was about to post a blog about the perfect baseball hat and strong branding (boring!) and boy am I glad I didn’t.
Listen. Just listen to this all you A’s fans of the world:
http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Dylan/_/Catfish
As a huge Dylan and bluegrass blues fan, this song is driving me wild! I sit around waiting, praying, and dying for good A’s songs like this. That, and it totally validates all of the reading I do in the off-season about the history of the A’s.
I grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota on the banks of the Mississippi River, where Highway 61 cut across our land in front of the kitchen window. My dad played music for fun and my mom was a church goer, meaning anyone to wash up at our house who could play an instrument would be given a pair of shoes from the Salvation Army, some dinner, and an audience. Listening to Dylan’s Catfish song hits me like it did when I first really heard Dylan. I was 16, it was Like a Rolling Stone, and I thought, “Highway 61, that’s me. This is me. The riverboat highway style, the lyrics — it’s me.” And now here I am, after a long day of work (I’m now in charge of designing some awesome widgets for my company!!!), getting hit like that again by a Dylan song. I sit around reading and dreaming about the A’s all day (March – October). This is me. This song, the game, Duchscherer’s pitching — are me.
I am a fan. This is my gold and green heart.
So thank you Catfish Hunter. Thank you A’s. And thank you Bob Dylan for singing what’s there.
For more on excellent baseball commentary and fast facts visit Paste Magazine. Seriously, you’ll love it. Especially their top 10 baseball songs.
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