The Blog for the Sports Gamer

1. Elrod, RIP.
2. For those of you who don’t know #1, Elrod Hendricks was the Orioles bullpen coach for as long as I can remember. It was 1976 when I remember going to my first Orioles game. Elrod was the official bullpen coach in 1977 and was still there last year despite a stroke. Losing a guy like Elrod is like the Red Sox losing Johnny Pesky (thankfully he’s still around). It’s a sad day for the Orioles…the O’s have had too many sad days recently. Stuff like this puts “Johnny Damon going to the Yankees” in perspective.
3. Speaking of Mr. Damon, it headlined all the newscasts in the Boston area last night. When you see free agent moves like this, regardless of who’s ‘fault’ it was, it just reminds you never to put your heart with a specific ball player. The last time we could do that was with Cal Ripken…maybe Derek Jeter has the same quality, but we all know A-Rod wouldn’t fit there. It’s like Tom Brady and the Patriots. Seeing him in a uniform anywhere else, even in the “late bloated, near retirement” phase of the career would be blasphemy.
4. Stayed up way too late last night playing Need For Speed: Most Wanted for the Xbox 360 and some King Kong. My gamer reputation still blows.
5. Does anyone have any concern with privacy issues and the Xbox 360? I mean, if I pull up your gamertag, I know what you’ve been playing. What if I don’t want the world to know I was playing Barbie Horse Rescue? I guess since we live in a world where it’s ok to wiretap without a warrant, giving up the right to tell people what games you play on your Xbox is minor. Sure you can disable auto sign in and whatever, but then good luck boosting your rep!
6. Is it me, or is the THX intro on DVDs the most annoying noise ever created. Kids run for the hills when their Disney movie has that damn THX sound. I’m not talking about the cow one, but the regular THX noise.
7. Uh…that’s all I got today.

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