Abreu goes deep 41 times; Berman merely must go
OK, I rarely encounter much argument to the notion that Chris Berman's baseball shtick has gotten really, really old and he needs to turn down the volume on ESPN. But I went from the usual cringefest to flat-out offended during tonight's Home Run Derby when he dropped a Mark "Al-" Texiera reference. The Rangers first baseman should sue for slander after having his name intentionally entangled with Al Jazeera, the increasingly disreputed Middle East TV network.
Am I overreacting here?
Meanwhile, Bobby Abreu of the Phillies was cranking balls out of Detroit's Comerica Park like he was batting in that silly little bandbox the Phils call home. A record 24 homers in the first round and 41 for the night to beat out hometown favorite Pudge Rodriguez in the finals. Maybe now the 5-tool Venezuelan will stop flying under the radar in the U.S. Then again, he was voted into the NL starting lineup for the first time, and I'm not sure the pre-All-Star game festivities get any better TV ratings than pro billiards.
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