It didn’t seem like he meant it as an insult though. At least that was my impression, especially after reading & listening to Pompei for around 30 years here in Chicago. He loves his grindy, tunnel-visioned FOOTBAW men. Pompei was also one of the local scribes who gushed over Gace as he was being a mediocre offensive…

He’s the only radio voice I’ve ever known. I like him, but I genuinely don’t know how much of that is Stockholm syndrome.

Whoa calm down there with your kinky fantasies, Suzyn. 

We didn’t. But he’s gotten so bad that he’s come out the other side and now we do. Either way the Steinbrenners love him, so he’s not going anywhere, so you might as well just lean into the Stockholm Syndrome. 

“Pound Sterling” is not only British currency, but a good idea

John Sterling Must Be Stopped

I like him because I don’t take myself too seriously. And hearing plenty of interviews with him he knows what he’s doing. It’s goofy and certainly not for everybody but I prefer that to some psycho like Jack Edwards or Tommy Heinsohn who scream bloody murder every time a call goes against the home team

Honest question: do Yankees fans actually like Sterling’s work? He seems to me to be such a preening, clueless parody, but maybe that’s the appeal?

That’s baseball, Suzyn.

You can’t stop John Sterling, you can only hope to contain him.

When you’re a Jet,
You’re a Jet ‘til you die
From your first Keurig cup
To your last pizza pie.

When you’re a Jet,
You can eat on the can,
“You good?” to the wife,
You’re a family man.

You’re never alone,
You’re never intercepted.
You’re home on your phone—
When sleep is expected,
You’re well connected!

Then on the set
Of the…

Fuck Pompei for acting like this is a normal, good thing & fuck Gase for being THAT asshole boss who doesn’t leave his employees alone ever. The fact that he’s a mediocre coach just adds the cherry on the shit sundae.

Don’t they acknowledge this in the 6th one? It’s a great moment of self-awareness. “We’re car thieves. We’re saving the world...why?”

As I’ve written before, we’ve now reached the point with CGIed stunts—rendered on a server farm—that anything can be rendered. And just because anything can be rendered, that doesn’t mean it’s as exciting as a practical stunt.

Fambly.

“Remember when they lived their lives a QUARTER MUYLE at a TOIYME?”

DVD players and TV/VCR combos!

If the next one isn’t called “Fast 10 Your Seatbelts”, then there is no justice. 

Maybe it’s time for some Slow and Happy.

I live my life a quarter movie at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those 30 minutes or less, I’m free.