Showtime and the World Champion San Francisco Giants have announced that over a ten month period, they will be shooting a reality series with the Giants. The show will follow the team through Spring Training, and the first half of the season, going to air sometime during the second half. The series will be called Machine Thong Freak Prop 19 World Series Beard.
I only made up one of those sentences.
I read some articles and listened to some callers today, and folks are worried that all those cameras in the locker room might distract the players from... all the cameras in the locker room.
Or maybe they're actually worried about private locker room stuff getting out. Like towel snapping and other tomfoolery. Or maybe they fear that Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell will turn into Snooki and Sammi with chewing tobacco (if they don't already partake).
I shrug about that aspect of it. This is just going to be a baseball version Hard Knocks, which Showtime even said. Hard Knocks never tried to create conflict, or install a confessional hot tub in the clubhouse, etc. They just tried to get inside football stuff. Like shake weights. And the most important part is that thus far it has not hurt the Jets playoff chances.
Giants President of Baseball Operations Larry Bear is already excited about the increased coverage of his team, and so am I. Fans all over the country are going to be saying, "Oh, the Giants. Great. I'm so tired of hearing about them." and I'm finally going to be on the other side of that complaint.
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