If you're a big Country music and Carrie Underwood fan like me, then yesterday was a pretty big day. Carrie's brand new single, "So Small" hit the airwaves here locally at 3 PM PST on GO Country 105 (KKGO FM). After much anticipation - it's almost been two years since Carrie's "Some Hearts" album came out - it was great to finally hear some new Carrie on the radio... KKGO decided they were going to play it at the top of every hour during the late afternoon show, and given that a lot of my friends' stations weren't being so proactive in playing it, I decided to share the streaming link of KKGO to others all throughout the country! I had friends in Texas, Alabama and Massachusetts listening to my station just to hear Carrie's new song!!! I guess you could call it an online listening party! After producing four consecutive number one singles off of "Some Hearts," her new album definitely has a tough act to follow. So far, so good though. In it's first several hours, "So Small" amassed 145 spins - garnering enough of an audience to land at #56 on the Country chart. Look for this to move swiftly up the charts!
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The big sports story today just has to be the pedning trade of Mark Teixeira from the Texas Rangers to the Atlanta Braves. The Braves sent catcher Jarrod Saltalamachhia and three prospects for the slugger... I guess the big question is where will "Big Teix" hit in the already potent Braves lineup??? With a .397 on-base percentage, perhaps they will hit him third between Edgar Renteria and Chipper Jones. This would bump Andruw Jones down to the 5-slot, Brian McCann down to 6th, and team RBI leader Jeff Francoeur into the 7-slot in the batting order. Yes, it sounds crazy to be hitting "Frenchy" that far down in the order, but I guess it's going to be a testament as to just how potent the Braves new lineup is.
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Lastly, I just wanted to pay tribute to the late Bill Walsh. The Hall of Fame coach of the San Francisco 49ers died yesterday at age 75 from leukemia. Often referred to as "the genius," Walsh revolutionized the game of football in the 1980's with his innovative West Coast Offense, winning three Super Bowls. Not only did his 49er teams win, they won convincingly. And they were FUN to watch.... watching the 49ers during his reign truly was like watching a well-oiled machine. Walsh was not only good at designing an offense, he was good at finding talent. He drafted a quarterback named Joe Montana out of Notre Dame in 1979 and a relatively unknown receiver named Jerry Rice from Mississippi Valley State in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft. As most of you know, Montana became arguably the greatest quarterback in NFL history, while Rice went on to shatter basically every NFL receiving record in the books. In addition to being a great coach, Walsh was a very caring and compassionate person. He was a man of class and dignity. To many of his players, he was like a second father. It's hard to put into words what he did and the influence he had on not just football, but American culture. The city of San Francisco was TOTALLY revitalized just because of him and the image he projected for his team. Ultimately, that image would transcend the city by the Bay. People that don't even know a thing about football, have heard the name Bill Walsh. There are fewer people in sports that were more revered, or more admired than he was. The world has lost a great human being. May he rest in peace.
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