normally, i try not to pick on sid hartman too often– or, at least as much as he deserves. being overly negative to grandpa sports and other very old, nearly dead people (like carl pohlad) seems like an invitation to bad karma. however, sometimes i need to call el sid out.

sid is famous for painting overly rosy pictures of local sports teams. which, as a regular listener of dan barreiro, i can appreciate– a little yin to my typical yang. but his sunday column, featuring the almost onion-like headline of “Garnett Deal Looks Better All the Time”– deserves some analysis and, well, ridicule. (and, yes, i take kevin mchale to task below as well. he deserves just as much ridicule.)

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