Catching up
*So, Sheriff Sully has an interesting post up on his blog, which is linked down on the left. Now, I go back with the Sheriff to the days when he was barely a deputy, covering UMass Boston soccer for the school newspaper and getting into arguments with Randolph Charlotin on a near-daily basis. The Sheriff and I either totally agree on things or completely disagree, with no in-between. In fact, when we disagree on something, our emails back-and-forth tend to be more interesting than anything on either of our blogs. Maybe we should publish them some day.
But anyway, the Sheriff posted something yesterday with which I am in complete agreement, and have thought for years: The idea that Michael Jordan was a failure as a baseball player is ridiculous.
Think about it. Jordan had not played competitive baseball since high school. He was what, 30 at the time? And he picked up a bat and cracked .200 (.202, to be exact) playing baseball two steps below the major leagues. That is a phenomenal accomplishment and a testament to Jordan's incredible talents. And yet it got spun as an "embarrassment" because he couldn't make the bigs. What a load of crap.
*Quote of the day comes from New Mexico State football coach Hal Mumme, who is getting tired of playing superpowers for big paydays early in the season and is openly grousing about having to go play Colorado this weekend: "We tried to get the Patriots, but they didn't want to play."
*You had to figure that wiping out a season of hockey would mean an unceremonious retirement for an aging vet or two, and we got one today when Scott Stevens announced he's hanging up the skates. Stevens deserves to be remembered for what he was -- one of the most ferocious clean hitters in the history of the game. Stevens played hockey the way it was meant to be played.
*The Seattle Mariners now lead the majors in the steroid suspension category with two. Mike Morse got whacked, after Ryan Franklin got a time-out last month. And this is AFTER Bret Boone left town. Anyway, the fact the Mike Morses and Alex Sanchezes of the sports are coming up positive as much as the Rafael Palmeiros should be an indication of just how deep steroid use runs in MLB.
*Ya know, I was flipping through the channels and stumbled on Bob Ryan on Around the Horn, and he was standing in front of that generic picture of Boston that is used for just about all TV studio remotes -- the one that shows the Charles River and the Boston skyline on the other side. My quibble with this: If the person speaking was actually on that side of the river, they would be in Cambridge, not Boston.
*Last night's Red Sox win, with the David Ortiz game-winner, was the sort that if you're a kid and it is your first-ever trip to Fenway, you end up talking about it in weepy tones when you are middle aged. Interesting that for all the hand-wringing about the Red Sox pitching woes, they've locked down a string of clutch wins over the past week. Also interesting that for the Yankees, the answer to "Who's your daddy?" these days is "the Tampa Bay Devil Rays."
Anyway, I'm thinking of doing a Sox-Yankees running diary on Saturday, but that depends on Fox actually giving us the Sox-Yanks game in Seattle and not some subpar West Coast game with last-place teams. So we'll have to play it by ear.
*And of course, tomorrow marks Week Two of Dave's World Football Thursday.
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