OK, so I am seriously bummed about DP leaving ESPN and the death of “The Dan Patrick Show.”
It sure took long enough for the announcement to be made. I feel like the game went into extra innings and in the bottom of the 17th my team gets the bases loaded with two out, one of our sluggers comes to the plate, works a 3-2 count, and then watches with his bat on his shoulder as a big fat curveball freezes him for strike three.
(OK, so it really wasn’t the 17th inning, but it still sucked to lose like that.)
But at least it sounds like Dan wasn’t playing the Drama Queen, and he was just taking some extra time to mull over his decision. I’ll leave it to others to speculate on the behind-the-scenes action in Bristol, but I’ll take DP at his word that there is no animosity between him and the Worldwide Leader and that he feels it’s time for new challenges.
The Farewell Tour sure is going to be short, with only 30 weekdays between The Big Announcement and The Big Aloha. Man, no DP Show during the baseball playoffs, no more chats with KO and the Dalai Lama. That really sucks.
But Daniel Theodore is the best, so let’s send him and the show out with a hit parade of funeral songs.
First up, a salute from the 50th state:
conventional wisdom says the way out of grief is through it, so lead on.
I caught up on two days of the Big Show this evening, and it began to sink in how much I’ll miss the guys. please indulge my self-pity for enjoying them as much as I have – serves me right for getting too cozy.
I need a vision of the future, even if I have to make it up. they’re just too damned good together to let it blow away again without some trick up a french cuff or peeking out of the brim of a cap.
ever hear of the wing-walkers’ law? never let go with one hand until you have a firm grip with the other hand. DP wouldn’t really be out there doing back-flips in space, would he?
Comment by rrgirl — 10 July 2007, Tuesday @ 22:39:48 |
Away for some vacation I come back and disaster has occured. What are we supposed to do for lunch now? I can’t believe DP doesn’t have something in the works;maybe he can’t reveal it right now. Thought his contract expried in 2008. I could go for a sports segment on COuntdown, but that still doesn’t fix my lunchtime problem.
Comment by Karl — 11 July 2007, Wednesday @ 10:27:21 |