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You lost me.
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b) Baseball and racing are not the same sport.
c) The Indy 500 hasn't been important for years.
Gawker and sports metaphors are like oil and water.
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The "Indy 500" quip makes it feel out of touch, but replace "AAA baeball" with MLB and "Indy" with Daytona or the Super Bowl or some major sporting event that isn't baseball and it sort of makes sense. You wouldn't expect an All-Star in one sport (in Ellen's case, comedy) to magically be a superstar in another (music). It is a huge gamble.
Of course, there's always the chance that Richard accidentally stumbled onto that analogy. So I'm leery about giving credit.
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@RonMwangaguhunga: I was pulling for the perpetually pickled Danny DeVito.
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There's a reason Kelly Clarkson has sold millions of records: her voice.
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@mfnher:
@Wannabeer:
Totally agreed. My first thought when I heard this was "That sounds like a great choice!" My second thought was "But she sucked on SYTYCD!" Maybe she'll be more helpful on Idol simply because it's not as technical a show as SYTYCD - Mary Murphy, for instance, is typically thought of as Dance's Paula, but as anyone who's seen her critique a ballroom routine can tell you, she knows exactly what she's talking about.