Capt. America Hearts Yankees Capt.
From the Post – with a hat tip to BaseballThinkFactory.org -
The Diamondbacks’ Eric Byrnes came across like a future TV star in his guest appearances on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight this week.
Byrnes wasn’t scared to admit his supreme admiration for Derek Jeter.
“When I’m standing on second base and Derek Jeter walks by and gives me a little tap and says, ‘What’s up, Bernzy?’ I get the chills,” Byrnes said on Baseball Tonight. “He’s the one player. What’s so funny is, if you look at the numbers, numerically he is not necessarily the best player in the game, but he just has that aura about him. It is inexplicable. The star power of Derek Jeter is like nobody I have ever met in my life.”
I have to thank Byrnes for the Jeter mention – because that’s my tie-in to mention him here and comment on his ESPN work.
I thought that Byrnes did bring his energy to the set – and his story-telling and self-mocking style were entertaining enough. But, the visual was too much to take. Picture Vince McMahon from the neck down and Michael Score from the neck up.
I know that Byrnes is trying for the Marshall Allman/LJ Burrows look with his hair – but, (A) it’s not working for him, and, (B) Steve Rogers would not approve.
hey a prison break fan!
nice.
Mega-PB fan. I’m hooked. It’s the only show on TV that I cannot miss each week.
He’s not bad, but I miss Harold Reynolds. Kruk outlined the reason the Yankees wouldn’t make the post seaason at the All Star break. Guess he didn’t see the best record in baseball coming.
“(B) Steve Rogers would not approve.”
But Ted Kozinski might.
I enjoyed Byrnes. He seemed uninhibited, which was nice. I have to be honest, I don’t really care too much how most people dress on TV. Assuming they don’t have a bright pink tie or something, it doesn’t matter.
Also, I’m a Prison Break fan, as well.