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Rick V
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Altcountry reference on Sportscenter!

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Was watching Sportscenter on Tuesday night to catch highlights of my Red Sox when out of the blue I hear a really surprising altcountry reference during the Red Sox summary. Red Sox shortstop Edgar Renteria got the game winning hit against the rangers in the bottom of the 10th inning. During the highlights, as Renteria hits the ball, the Sportscenter host says "As Ryan Adams is to Whiskeytown, Edgar Renteria is to the Red Sox!". Really. Pretty cool to hear 2 of my favorites, the Red Sox and Ryan Adams, in the same sentence on Sportscenter.

And by the way, the host was wrong. Its more like "As Ryan Adams is to Whiskeytown, David "Big Papi" Ortiz is to the Red Sox!".

Anybody else catch this reference?
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No, but hot damn, that's cool.
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He was 1 for 6. Which is kinda like Ryan Adams.
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paulhead wrote:He was 1 for 6. Which is kinda like Ryan Adams.
Ha Ha! that's the best thing I've read online in ages! brilliant!
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Interesting stuff...I remember being gobsmacked seeing an episode of Football Focus with the former Everton and Rangers manager Walter Smith waxing lyrical about how much he loved Crosby, Stills and Nash's debut album...he went into some detail about "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" it was quite surreal.
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sounds like it was buccigross that said that (nhl tonight guy). he likes good music and references good bands a lot.
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That's hilarious... you were probably one of four people watching who understood the reference.
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paulhead wrote:He was 1 for 6. Which is kinda like Ryan Adams.
Genius line. :D
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LongDarkBlues wrote:
paulhead wrote:He was 1 for 6. Which is kinda like Ryan Adams.
Ha Ha! that's the best thing I've read online in ages! brilliant!
He may have been 1 for 6 but that 1 was the 1 that counted most - kinda like Ryan.
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paulhead wrote:He was 1 for 6. Which is kinda like Ryan Adams.
good one.....if you hate RA :D

i've got a comparison myself.

A random hitter goes 4 of 5. He does a really great job and carries the team, but everyone always insists that the first hit will always be the best one, so he just shouldn't go up to bat anymore. Thats like Ryan. :)
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How about " Ryan Adams is Whiskeytown as Ricky Williams is to the Dolphins"
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"RA is to Whiskeytown what Grady Little is to the Red Cox."
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