Ex-Major Leaguer and current Twins announcer Bert Blyleven did an interview with Yahoo's Big League Stew and right away the conversation was weird. Not as weird as this section on his love of farting though....

Q: Speaking of pride, what about this T-shirt you've been photographed wearing that says, "I [heart] to fart"?
BB: I LOVE to fart.
Q: What's wrong with you?
BB: I'm honest. Have you ever farted?
Q: One or two times.
BB: And did it feel good?
Q: Always.
BB: Probably so. That's why I wore it. I love to fart. I do. When the time is right, I do it. I'm not going to hide it.
Q: You're so blunt about your love for flatulence.
BB: Yeah. Well, someone gave me the shirt because of my history of farting, so I wear it. I LOVE to fart. I think I still have it.
Q: What gets you really gassy?
BB: Anything. The air we're breathing right now.
Q: Should I be ready for something?
BB: I have no trouble. It's not one thing that I eat, it's just passed down from my father. My father was a very good farter. I have a sister who's very good at it, too. Probably better than I am.

Interesting, but to tell you the truth I can't think of a time when I've passed gas and I've been displeased either. Well maybe when I was in Middle School and did so in class and all the girls didn't talk to me for about a month. Otherwise I'm on board with Blyleven's thinking.

And just for old time's sake (NSFW).....



Bert Blyleven talks the Hall, swearing on air (Big League Stew)

Around the Horn is like a trainwreck to me. I absolutely hate the format, can't stand the guests, and ultimately despise the show.....but I watch anyway just about everyday. Well I was watching yesterday during a segment where the "gasbags" were arguing about something NBA related when Woody Paige decided to go into a rant all while not answering the question at hand (pretty much par for the course).

Well host Tony Reali decided to question Paige and basically got snapped at by the the Denver Post writer. The fun starts 20 seconds in.

"They're not going to win tonight. You know that."- Paige
"I don't know. I mean that's why we ask the question. We don't know if they're going to win."- Reali
"Of course you don't know, that's why you're not here doing this."- Paige

I know this kind of stuff happens everyday on the show, but that seemed a tad bit defensive didn't it?

Unfortunately for all of you the name of this website is "Awful" Announcing, and you're going to have to be subjected to the awfullest of the bunch today. Here are two of my favorite subjects arguing about something on First Take this morning. Watch closely as Skip Bayless calls out S.A.S. and they completely get derailed from the original topic.....

Riveting television! I love how First Take advertises these Skip and S.A.S. debates like heavyweight fights on the network. I also love how by the end of the segment they're not even talking about what the topic was to begin with. Both get so confused in calling each other out that they forget their original points.

(The "you don't know anybody" part was also hilarious, but I would never give S.A.S. credit for making me laugh. Well at least without parenthesis.)