Pirates and Twins

It's webcast only today. I have it on this computer. The starter for the Twins - LHP Glen Perkins - was awful in the first, throwing forty-some pitches, walking a bunch, and giving up extra-base hits to Jose Castillo and Jeromy Burnitz. It's hard to say how well Victor Santos ptiched; the broadcasters are clowing around, like no one is listening, carrying bullshit inter-inning conversations well into the action. More than once, Wehner had to slip in comments like "Santos takes ball one" because Lanny's head was somewhere else. Pay attention to the game, Lanny. It can suck for listeners, in any sport, when the play-by-play guy has such seniority over the color guys. There has to be at least one person more focussed on describing the action than on providing commentary--and that should be the play-by-play guy. No offense, but none of our broadcasters are that interesting in and of themselves. We tune into to learn not to hear John Wehner get cute with boasts about how he likes to eat cheeseburgers and knows nothing about wine. We tune into to hear the latest from the field.