Where's the Hype?

It's not often I expect a little more hype from the national sports media, particularly from ESPN, but I have to say, I'm disappointed this time.
The Phillies are a team of baseball's good guys, with back-to-back MVP's and a comeback kid in Brad Lidge, whose career as a light's-out closer appeared to be over when Albert Pujols stole his mojo a few years ago.
Lidge was perfect in save attempts this year, and he saved the Series-clinching game 5 for the Phils.
Yet, the next day, no one seemed to care that the Phillies had won.
The same outlets that had lamented how fans wouldn't watch a Phillies-Rays Series gave fans nowhere to hear or read about what was actually an intriguing series.
ESPN gave more coverage to the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 5, which lasted two and a half days, than they did the champs.
The espn.com headline on Thursday, after the Phillies won it all on Wednesday, was a goofy Halloween feature about scary players and other fears in the NFL.
As big of a story as that was, the World Series deserves better.
Thank God there wasn't a draft going on, or we would've had to look at Mel Kiper's natural helmet instead of Series coverage.
Even the Macon Telegraph decided that ANOTHER fearure about the Georgia-Florida game was a bigger deal than a new World Series Champion. The story about the Phils was relegated to a tiny "continued on" spot in the bottom, right-hand corner of the front page.
Media outlets have become confused, I think.
We, as sports fans, actually don't care to read a Telegraph writer's seventh angle of the week on a game that hasn't happened yet nearly as much as we do a World Series.
We enjoy reading a "Top Ten Scariest Players List" that looks oddly like the list you've run approximately 37 times as "Top Ten Dirtiest Players," but a champion deserves it's due.
I can promise you that if ESPN's beloved Red Sox or LA Manny's had won the Classic, there would have been coverage.
If USC somehow wins the BCS title, there will most assuredly be a feature written about every segment of the Trojans' team and how they are the "most awesomest" in the land.
The Phillies bring a title to Philadelphia for the first time in 25 years after beating out the New York Trainwrecks for a second consecutive division title, and they get nothing.
Happy Halloween, now here's a list of "Hockey's Top Ten Scariest Faces."

Suggs for President '08

Terrell Suggs would be an incredibly stereotypical presidential candidate.
In a recent "Two Live Stews" interview, he made several note-worthy comments, including the statement that the Ravens had a "bounty" on Rashard Mendenhall that caused his shoulder injury.
He also said that he and his fellow defenders had a hit out for Hines Ward because he's a dirty player, and Troy Smith will and should start over Joe Flacco.
When the NFL began investigating the "bounty" comments, Suggs pulled a Kerry-esque flip-flop and said, in effect,
"What I meant to say was we were worried about that mean ol' Hines Ward. Look, he broke a guy's jaw last week. Brrr...Scary!"
He also completely changed his opinion on the Flacco-Smith debate, saying that he meant they should platoon so the team can get some diverse packaging options.
All we're missing is a "Senator McCain is right," and Suggs could be a great Democratic party candidate.
Suggs may have a point on the quarterback issue, considering Flacco's inconsistencies, but that doesn't really matter.
I think the real issue is that someone should show Terrell Suggs his own business card, if he has one. His title is not "Offensive Coordinator," "Head Coach," or even "Anyone with a tangible connection to offensive personnel decisions."
His title is simply "Linebacker."
The idea that a linebacker even has a publicist is ludicrous, but maybe Terrell's publicist pointed to that particular line on Suggs' imaginary business card and suggested a change in stance.
Regardless, Suggs' flip-flop is one of the most pronounced I've ever seen in the sports world, so I think he should run for president with those kind of statement-bending capabilities.
Heck, it's guaranteed nearly half the country would vote for him.