Baseball commentators on "Soccer"

It always surprises me what commentators at baseball games talk about over the course of nine innings. Obviously there is enough time to go through all kinds of topics while the two teams are playing since there isn't much happening. So they talk about all these statistics that baseball fans seem to be obsessed with, but at some points they talk about different things. I really like the commentators who cover the games for the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. Those guys sound like they're having a hell of a good time at the matches. They talk about all kinds of stuff. I really like that. From what they did on their days off to the colour of their jackets to what they are doing at home. You name it, anything.

So while watching the Mariners vs A's game today I heard the commentators talking about football. Not that American thing but European football. And they are going on about what impact David Beckham will have on "Soccer" in the USA compared to Pélé in the 1970s and 1980s. They said one good thing. Beckham will not have such an impact because he is not a playmaker. He won't score many goals and his presence on the pitch isn't as great and shining as Péle's was. I think so, too. While I have to acknowledge that Beckham is a great winger who can shoot great passes into the penalty box he isn't the extraordinary player who can lead a team. Players like Maradona or Zidane were able to do that, a player like Ronaldinho is able to do that. Beckham isn't. Which is why the English national team is struggling for the past years, I think. They lack a playmaker. Someone who is able to give the team a push in rough times during a game. The German team has Michael Ballack, the English have Frank Lampard, but somehow he isn't able to perform on the national team.

So it is fascinating what you hear while watching a baseball match. Boston lost to Tampa Bay, by the way. Matsuzaka Daisuke gave up a homerun in the 7th. And Alex Rodriguez is still waiting for homerun #500. And the whole of the USA is waiting for Barry Bonds to hit #755. The Giants are playing right now, maybe it's up tonight.