The Cardinals did manage to lose today, even if it did take them fifteen innings. And the Pirates finally found it in them to beat the Padres before starting in on the Reds, so that was good. Still a game to make up, though. That's not what I want to talk about today.
No, instead I want to really get into why this picture from Sports Illustrated's off-beat gallery toady is so great. First of all, for those unfamiliar, that picture was taken in Mackey Arena. That's always a big plus. I don't know if there was a Subway in that strip mall right across from Mackey in 1994, but if so, I'm guessing that's where this came from. Plus, I mean, sandwiches. Who doesn't love a good sandwich? Maybe you prefer Jimmy John's over Subway, or Firehouse, or wherever. But , in general, sandwiches are great. Thirdly, I think just about everybody knows who Dick Vitale is and typically has a pretty strong opinion on him. Here's a bit of a digression, but this article could use it. It really is amazing to me to hear Vitale from around the time this picture was taken to now. Sometime during basketball season last year, I watched a Purdue-IU game on Big Ten On Demand when Big Dog was there. I don't remember who the other announcer was, but Vitale was definitely the other guy. It was amazing to hear, though. If you only knew modern-day Vitale, you probably wouldn't believe it was the same guy. Seriously. If you have On Demand through DirecTV or whoever, go back and watch an old Vitale game.* You probably think you remember old Vitale. But you don't. That's what I discovered. *You'll probably have to wait a month or two, because, you know, football season. Did I call that a digression? Because it really wasn't. It actually leads directly to this next point. Is there anybody else where these sandwiches spell out the absolutely perfect caption? Again, maybe this didn't exactly hold true in 1994 when this picture was taken, but today? Yeah, his name is Dick. But is there a bigger egotistical blowhard in college basketball? Possibly. Maybe even probably. But you're likely going to have Vitale in the conversation. His act is such tired shtick this point, I can't imagine anybody really enjoys it any more. Granted, given that it's ESPN we're dealing with, there's really no hope of Vitale being put out to pasture given how some other, uh, dated and grating, we'll say, personalities have held on. In all honesty, I hope this picture gains a little bit of legs. Somebody cut out just the sandwich part to paste onto just about any headshot-type picture you a Comments are closed.
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