As I discussed earlier, we here at North O Forbes are big fans of ESPN's John Buccigross. He's a local guy, his weekly NHL column is a must-read, and he's one of the better SportsCenter anchors around. That said, calling the action on SC, he does have one slightly annoying tendency. Every once and a while, when an athlete makes a particularly outstanding play, Buccigross feels the need to compare him or her to a musician in a chic band. For example, let's say David Ortiz hits a walk-off homer. Buccigross might announce the highlight as something like this: "And just as James Mercer is to The Shins, so is David Ortiz to the Boston Red Sox." Yeah, it doesn't make much sense to me either.
However, I don't think the music and sports analogies are a completely lost cause. In fact, were Buccigross ever to appear on one of those SportsCentury features for ESPN Classic, here are ten comparisons he could effectively use:
In no particular order...
1) As Freddie Mercury is to Queen, so is Magic Johnson to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2) As David Crosby is to CSNY, so is Darryl Strawberry to the New York Mets.
3) As Screamin' Jay Hawkins is to Cow Fingers & Mosquito Pie , so is Shawn Kemp to the Seattle Supersonics .
4) As Duane Allman is to the Allman Brothers, so is Ben Roethlisberger to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
5) As Jerry Garcia is the Grateful Dead, so is Darryl Kile to the St. Louis Cardinals.
6) As Clay Aiken is to the American Idol Tour, so is Mike Piazza to the New York Mets.
7) As Curtis Mayfield is to The Impressions, so is Mike Utley to the Detroit Lions.
8) As Ronnie Van Zandt is to Lynyrd Skynyrd, so is Cory Lidle to the New York Yankees.
9) As Kurt Cobain is to Nirvana, so is Terrell Owens to the Dallas Cowboys.
10) As John Lennon is to the Beatles, so is Andres Escobar to the Colombian National Soccer Team.
