Wednesday stuff
*Read about how the Maryland-Navy football game this weekend is being played at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, home of the Ravens. I've never banked at M & T Bank, and don't live anywhere near an M & T bank, but I do know if I was looking for a bank, I'd be hesitant to place my money in an institution that sort of phonetically sounds like "Empty Bank." That's all.
*Mark Bellhorn as a Yankee. If I was a Yankees fan, I'd hate that. Can you imagine if Bucky Dent suited up for the Red Sox in 1979? Bellhorn got off easy in Boston -- whenever he'd strike out for the ninth time in any particular game, you could sense the crowd at Fenway wanting to get nasty, then collectively remember his string of clutch hits last October, so all but the biggest yahoos would clam up.
*So if I have studied my Red Sox-Devil Rays history well, and I've already amply demonstrated I know too much about the D-Rays for my own good, then the following scenario should play out either Wednesday or Thursday: Tampa spends the entire day throwing at the Red Sox, hitting about three of them; the Sox finally snap sometime around the sixth inning and do something like have Chad Bradford hit Julio Lugo in the calf with an off-speed pitch; the benches empty; nine Sox and two Rays get ejected; then a week later former longtime Yankee Bob Watson suspends 13 Sox for a total of 76 games and fines Lou Piniella $500.
*Mariners-Yankees on ESPN 2 tonight, Felix Hernandez vs. Randy Johnson. If you don't stay up at least to catch the start of the game (10 pm Eastern) without a compelling reason, you permanently get your right to call yourself a baseball fan revoked.
*Yesterday's Chile's Corner, on what and what not to do in the gym, hit a home run, drawing about 3,000 page views, most in the history of the site except for days when I've posted new Dispatches from Iraq pieces from my friend Matt. Apparently Chile's not the only one that wants to see people show a little more consideration in the gym, as the following readers attest:
Reader Tony writes: Chile is right on about the naked shaving guy. What is up with that? These locker room exhibitionists should be thrown out. It is particularly disturbing when a small group of them get together around the sink, each seemingly trying to out do each other with the inappropriate poses. Take it somewhere private, buddy.
Marnie in Southern California writes: Thank you very much! I have been considering joining the new LA Fitness in my neighborhood, as my gym closed. You have given me reason to pause and see if I truly wish to sweat amongst the people. I may just keep walking the neighborhood! Women go through a little of this in the locker room too. Usually if they feel the need to show off their surgeon's work!
*Tommorow marks the debut of Dave's World Football Thursday, featuring The Wiseguys: Shawn O'Neal, Dave Scott and Chris Forsberg. We won't tell you exactly what we're doing just yet, but, well, just take my word for this, and I am being completely modest here: This will be the single biggest thing, ever, in the history of the world. Well, OK, I exaggerate. Bloggers can be quite self-impressed sometimes. But tune in anyway.
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