Carlos Marmol: Don't know, don't care

A week or so ago A-Rod got into hot water for yelling at blue jays infielder Howie Clark as he attempted to field a pop up. A lot of discussion centered around was it a big deal because of what Mr. Rodriguez did, i.e. breaking a cardinal rule of the Game, or was simply big news because of WHO did it?

I thought the most telling bit of news to come out of Melissa Isaacson's story in the Chicago Tribune was this tidbit from Aramis Ramirez:

"Whatever you can do to help your team, that's part of the game," Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez said. "Everyone made (last week's incident) a big deal because it's A-Rod. If Carlos Marmol did it, nobody would care."

For the record, Marmol was the scheduled starter for the Cubs on the day Ramirez was interviewed. Furthermore, Ramirez is correct, even if slighting his teammate in the process.

To make a short story long, I further recommend we adopt "Carlos Marmol" as a replacement for "Don't know, don't care".

Next time somebody starts telling you about how great that episode of "Day Break" was and what a shame that it was taken off the air and how Brett Hopper is the greatest decective of all time, just answer, "You know what Spacely McParkerson? Carlos Marmol."

Next time somebody draws you into a conversation about how the NHL lost it's way once they stopped utilizing "Prince of Wales" and "Campbell" to name its conferences, rather than saying something stupid like "NHL, SHMEM HL!", you could simply say "Carlos Marmol".

If you want to be really brave, try it at home:

"Honey, let me tell you about the day I had. First, I stopped at the pedicure people to take care of my ingrown toenail, and you would not believe how painful it was. but that's not even-"

"Um, Carlos Marmol."

"Pardon?"

"Sorry, need to mow the lawn."

In School: "Mr. McParkerson, I believe the question was name the prime numbers in order from 11 through 101 without skipping and without utilizing any textual or electronic assistance."

"Carlos Marmol, Ms. Krabappel."

The possiblities are endless!