I would respond, but
* * maybe 1/1000th of all MLB fans would be in favor of this, after hearing al of the obvious reasons against it, and
* * MLB wouldn't do it even if my estimate above was off by two orders of magnitude.

Instead, I will nominate it for dumbest sports article of the year. Does anyone have any competing nominations?

Is this the guy who announces poker on ESPN?

Anyway, the column has to be sarcastic. I think.

Is this the guy who announces poker on ESPN?

Anyway, the column has to be sarcastic. I think.

Yes and yes

I think Norman no longer does the WSOP. I liked him in that role but he's horrible as a humorist -- HE MAKES MURRAY CHASS LOOK LIKE MARK TWAIN, MR. PULITZER!

As suggestions go, this is right up there with the studio exec who wanted to give "Back to the Future" a different title: "Spaceman From Pluto".

I think Norman no longer does the WSOP. I liked him in that role but he's horrible as a humorist -- HE MAKES MURRAY CHASS LOOK LIKE MARK TWAIN, MR. PULITZER!

I think he'll still be part of the edited Main Event shows that will be aired later, but he doesn't do any analysis on the "live" streams.

Amazingly, Chad actually made a final table this year: he placed sixth in event #42: Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better.

Chad's supposed to be pretty decent at Stud 8. He's made a handful of runs in WSOP Stud 8 events the past few years. Limit O8 is another "old man's game," so it's not shocking to see him make that final table.

He's also not exactly a master of NL holdem hand-reading, so the live coverage (which doesn't feature hole-card cams until after each hand is over) is a thousand times more watchable with someone like Antonio Esfandiari or Olivier Busquet doing the analysis.

Norm Chad is a humorist who writes about sports. His ideas shouldn't be taken seriously most of the time.

Chad's supposed to be pretty decent at Stud 8. He's made a handful of runs in WSOP Stud 8 events the past few years. Limit O8 is another "old man's game," so it's not shocking to see him make that final table.

He's also not exactly a master of NL holdem hand-reading, so the live coverage (which doesn't feature hole-card cams until after each hand is over) is a thousand times more watchable with someone like Antonio Esfandiari or Olivier Busquet doing the analysis.

I love the live coverage, too bad they cut it out for most of the main event this year. It was funny when Chad took a dig at Busquet for not having a final table.