* Like a lot of local sports fans, I checked out last week’s Bucs-Rams game on “Thursday Night Football.” And not unlike many observers, I was taken aback right away by the, well, colorful uniforms.
Now we know how the NFL and the networks promote the show-biz aspects of their sport. Why not? It works. But the all-bright-yellow Rams and the all-bright-red Bucs uniforms were beyond lounge-act attire. Think NASCAR and trapeze acts meet pajama party and figure skaters.
I also think that’s the last time I look in on “Thursday Night Football.” My bad.
* Veteran MLB manager Dusty Baker, recently hired to take over the underachieving Washington Nationals, came under media criticism with his recent comments on baseball’s need for more speed. He deserved better.
For the record, Baker said that, since it was recognized that the game could use more minority participation, why not combine that with opportunities to speed up the game. “You’ve got a better chance of getting some speed with Latin and African-American,” said Baker, who is black. “I’m not being racist. That’s just how it is.”
Of course that’s how it is. He was politically incorrect. Perhaps he should have added: “But you can’t steal first base.” Wonder what that would have prompted.