JerseyJim: Keep Your Damn ‘Beer Money’

I’m so bummed.
 
Every weeknight I blindly march to Penn Station, tunes blaring through my iPod, and hit the stairmaster to NJ Transit. I keep my eyes open as I slalom north through the crowds, but I have yet to be confronted by the cute girl or pudgy guy that host the oddly catchy Beer Money on SNY every so often (and until spring training, seemingly more often than not).
 

It makes sense that the speedy commuter crowd makes unlikely prospects for such a contestant, since the dim-witty banter and clearing of hecklers probably outlasts most folks’ patience.
 
Clearly a quick-fix on the time-filling technique of cable television, with oodles of local sports trivia to distract the extremely bored folks that circle Madison Square Garden before a Knick game, or the countless and luckless fans outside Shea Stadium in the good ‘ol days, the hosts of Beer Money promise cold hard cash for answers to three trivia questions.
 
I must confess that the field of my sports trivia knowledge is limited to very random nuggets of names and facts that have populated all local sports. If I were indeed confronted with the opportunity to answer questions, I would indeed be stumped.

So on second thought,  let them have their beer money. I’ve got a train to catch…and April 1st is getting closer every day.
 
- jersey jim