Afternoon Baseball

I omitted a few for some reason.

1. A-Rod is catching hell for all actions, even off the field.

2. Her show is most likely absolutely, completely terrible, since it was on the WB, but Sophia Bush has other things going for her. She's not one of those Bushes, in case people are upset. She's just hot.

3. A really, really, interesting shot of a spot in London. Not sure where in the city it is, however.

4. Steely Dan is mad because the "Dupree" movie that Owen Wilson is in rips off the name and story of a song from their 2001 Best Album-winning record. A couple things. One, they address it to Owen's brother Luke as if Owen's 12 and Luke will set him straight. Apparently, they only learned after posting the silly letter that Owen's older. Also, I don't think Owen Wilson's character is trying to nail his cousin in the movie, which seems to be the topic of the song.
Secondly, they should be glad anyone mentions Steely Dan. They only won that Grammy because the alternative was giving it to Eminem for an album where he kills his wife in at least one song and offended every homosexual (and plenty of others) except for Elton John. Not such good PR.
Maybe it's a satire. But we somehow doubt it, unlike the apparent case with Ken Jennings.

5. Tina Fey, as expected, is out of "SNL." So is Rachel Dratch. So what are we losing? A formerly great head writer who's let the show fall to all hell in the past two years (the game plan every week seemed to be, "If we put Amy Poehler in EVERY skit, maybe we don't have to do anything else) and the female cast member who was only funny (and not so much) and when she dressed as a boy. Maybe "SNL" can pick up the pieces. You know what might be a good start? Actually have funny men involved. Just a thought.

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