If you would have asked me my opinion going into the first New York Sports show following the NFL draft, I would have said that it would have been dominated by football. Today's Max Kellerman and Brian Kenny show proved once again that these guys are anything but predictable.
In fairness, there was a little talk about the draft, but it certainly was dwarfed by other discussions. Initially, Max and Brian talked about a player who has been plagued by off the field issues as vicodin and marijuana were found in his car. This then led to what seemed like a canned discussion of why the government should not be banning pot and the purported unfairness that alcohol is legal, while marijuana is not. At least two segments featured calls on this issue, but the discussion from Max and Brian seemed a little too rehearsed, as if they had made this pitch before. While I do not recall hearing max talk about it on 1050 previously, I could not shake the feeling that it was old subject matter for Max Kellerman and Brian Kenny and the discussion lacked the usual level of spontaneity that is a hallmark of their show.
On a more positive note, there were interesting discussions as to whether Jorge Posada is the most valuable Yankee and whether Carlos Delgado should have taken a curtain call on Sunday after he hit two HRs. In relation to Jorge, Max argued that as the slugging catcher on a team with no catching depth, the loss of Posada was devastating for the Yankees. Max Kellerman and Brian Kenny then debated whether it would be as significant as losing other parts such as Mariano Rivera, A-Rod or Derek Jeter. I am not sure that I agree with Max as to Posada's value (if you get power from other hitters and can get a solid defensive catcher, how much have you really lost), but the segment was fresh and made you think.
As to Carlos Delgado, I firmly disagree with the position that he doesn't need to take a curtain call in April if he feels that the fans have been unfairly harsh. Many people who come to Sunday games are not season ticket holders and are just looking to show their kids the joys of baseball. I personally took my kids to the Sunday fiasco which was the 9-7 loss to the Brewers two weeks ago. This was the first game of the season for myself and my kids. Had Delgado performed well and been the subject of request for a curtain call, his refusal would have been a slap in the face of many who only wanted to show their admiration. Although I was not present on Sunday as it was the last day of Passover, I can certainly empathize with the fathers who paid top dollar to take their kids to a Mets-Braves and only wanted to have Delgado come out of the dugout to show their appreciation.
As always, the show also took a turn towards a Torah theme. In today's show, Max Kellerman said that he wanted to let women in on a secret, but was afraid that he "could be assassinated" (his words not mine) for letting the cat out of the bag - that women should not know that men only see them as objects.
Of course, this concept is wholly rooted in Jewish law. The Talmud in Brachot 24(a) discusses the concept of ervah - that men should not look at women they are not married to for the sole purpose of admiring their beauty. The reason for the laws of ervah, whether involving hands, hair, voice or private body parts are all derived from the fact that (as correctly noted by Max Kellerman) men by their very nature do view women as objects. Halacha seeks to prevent us from acting improperly based on these urges by proscribing gazing at women to admire their looks, while at the same time sanctifying marriage in that the vast majority of these rules do not apply to the relationship between a wife and her husband and a husband could and should appreciate his wife's form.
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