From The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX):
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/si...d=512556&rfi=6
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Who will get into playoffs?
By: PERRYN KEYS, The Enterprise 04/18/2006
Never was a big fan of Richard Dean Anderson.
Maybe it was the super-mullet hair growing out of his head, or the way he seemed to save the universe from certain doom in 60 minutes or less.
If you're older than, say, 20, you probably remember "MacGyver," the television show in which Anderson's eponymous character could seemingly build a bridge, create massive explosions and clean out your bathroom with little more than a Swiss Army knife.
I'd like to think MacGyver's biggest contribution wasn't to television history (it's pretty bad when Nick at Nite won't return your phone calls, Richard), but to the English language.
You see, for a short time in the late 1980s and early '90s, this TV hero's name became more than a noun. It also morphed into a verb, as in: "Dude, I've got a few hundred yards of blue tarp and a couple of two-by-fours. What do you want me to do, MacGuyver this roof together?"
You get the idea.
There's a point to all this, and it does indeed involve high school baseball, in particular.
Precious few games remain for most teams in Southeast Texas, and a handful of them have fallen a bit too deeply in their district's standings.
Only three teams from each district will march into the postseason, and as the end of April draws nearer, some of them are on the brink of falling out of the playoff race. It wouldn't hurt for them to MacGyver something together - perhaps a potent mix of clutch pitching and timely hitting.
It would behoove them, however, to use an aluminum bat instead of a Swiss Army knife. A look at some of the hottest local district races:
**snippity doo-dah**
The real race is for the second and third playoff berths, where three teams are duking it out. Hamshire-Fannett (5-2) has the best chance of finishing in second, while Hardin-Jefferson (4-3) currently sits in third.
West Orange-Stark (3-4) is only a game out of third place and is still very much alive. But the Mustangs have what appears to be the toughest road to the playoffs: They face Hamshire-Fannett on Friday and finish up their season against mighty Bridge City.
The Mustangs, perhaps more than any other local team, are in need of a MacGyver miracle.
Otherwise, they'll wind up lost in space - just like Richard Dean Anderson, the TV actor who made the MacGyver's name famous.
Poor guy wound up in "Stargate SG-1."
He's in syndication. On a spaceship.
And he's not even a Trekkie.
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Morjana
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/si...d=512556&rfi=6
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Who will get into playoffs?
By: PERRYN KEYS, The Enterprise 04/18/2006
Never was a big fan of Richard Dean Anderson.
Maybe it was the super-mullet hair growing out of his head, or the way he seemed to save the universe from certain doom in 60 minutes or less.
If you're older than, say, 20, you probably remember "MacGyver," the television show in which Anderson's eponymous character could seemingly build a bridge, create massive explosions and clean out your bathroom with little more than a Swiss Army knife.
I'd like to think MacGyver's biggest contribution wasn't to television history (it's pretty bad when Nick at Nite won't return your phone calls, Richard), but to the English language.
You see, for a short time in the late 1980s and early '90s, this TV hero's name became more than a noun. It also morphed into a verb, as in: "Dude, I've got a few hundred yards of blue tarp and a couple of two-by-fours. What do you want me to do, MacGuyver this roof together?"
You get the idea.
There's a point to all this, and it does indeed involve high school baseball, in particular.
Precious few games remain for most teams in Southeast Texas, and a handful of them have fallen a bit too deeply in their district's standings.
Only three teams from each district will march into the postseason, and as the end of April draws nearer, some of them are on the brink of falling out of the playoff race. It wouldn't hurt for them to MacGyver something together - perhaps a potent mix of clutch pitching and timely hitting.
It would behoove them, however, to use an aluminum bat instead of a Swiss Army knife. A look at some of the hottest local district races:
**snippity doo-dah**
The real race is for the second and third playoff berths, where three teams are duking it out. Hamshire-Fannett (5-2) has the best chance of finishing in second, while Hardin-Jefferson (4-3) currently sits in third.
West Orange-Stark (3-4) is only a game out of third place and is still very much alive. But the Mustangs have what appears to be the toughest road to the playoffs: They face Hamshire-Fannett on Friday and finish up their season against mighty Bridge City.
The Mustangs, perhaps more than any other local team, are in need of a MacGyver miracle.
Otherwise, they'll wind up lost in space - just like Richard Dean Anderson, the TV actor who made the MacGyver's name famous.
Poor guy wound up in "Stargate SG-1."
He's in syndication. On a spaceship.
And he's not even a Trekkie.
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Morjana
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