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Wednesday List of 13, more random thoughts
13) The Mets just spent $54 million on a pitcher who is clearly on downside of the hill, but is still way better than anyone else they have. Will Pedro last four years as an effective pitcher? Look at the Mets' rotation for 2005: Pedro-Glavine-Benson-Zambrano-Trachsel.
I defy you to name anyone in baseball who can go that deep with solid starting pitching. Of course, their OF is from hunger, but they still have time to fix that.
12) This is how bad Kansas City's defense is; they're 5-8, and their opponents have started only five drives in Chief territory all season.
11) This guy Bernard Kerik was a bigshot in NYPD, and rose so high politically that he was nominated for Homeland Security Chief in whole country, but now it comes out that he has enough skeletons in his closet that he could have been an NBA player.
My question is this: He has to know himself about the two mistresses, the hidden third ex-wife, connections with the mob, did he not think this would come out?
The guy cashed $6 million in stock recently; what cop owns $6 million in stock? While we fully admire a bald guy named Bernard who can bed Judith Regan, this seems to be a case where he got too big for his own good, and now every detail of his life will be picked apart with a fine tooth comb. The price of fame.
10) Top six NHL teams, in terms of revenue they've produced: Toronto-Dallas-Colorado-Detroit-Philly and the Rangers. By the way, stop calling Edmonton a low revenue team; they're anywhere from 12th to 15th in revenue produced in the league, middle class.
9) We talked about Indiana being overscheduled, well their athletic department is also $5 million in debt, and that, 1) will prevent them from firing Mike Davis, since they can't afford to pay extra bodies, and 2) is making it a lot harder to hire a quality head football coach.
8) You could make a strong case that Red Sox' team doctor won the World Series for Boston, with work he did on Schilling's ankle. What thanks do they give the guy? They fired him, with a plan in place to use a roster of specialists instead. Gratitude.......
7) The Nationwide/Nike/buy.com Tour is the AAA of pro golf, the level right below the bigtime. Who has the most career starts in the history of this tour? Fellow named Steve Haskins, who is the son of the legendary basketball coach, Don Haskins of Texas-El Paso. He keeps trying to make the bigtime, but has failed so far.
6) Granted, the Chief-Titan game Monday night had zero playoff implications, but what a spirited game it was, and a great example of why pro football is such a great sport. The two teams just went toe-to-toe until they had nothing left; if you didn't know better, looking att he emotion of the players, you'd have thought first place was at stake.
5) What does it say about the state of the 49ers that Dennis Erickson wants to go coach Ole Miss, and get out of a huge contract with the Niners?
4) You think if Miami Dolphin interim coach Jim Bates were to become the fulltime coach of the Fish, he can find room on his staff for Rick Neuheisel? Slick Rick was the QB of the San Antonio Gunslingers back in the USFL, when Bates was the 'slingers' head coach.
3) The draft order for 2005 fantasy baseball league is now posted on the Othersports page. Draft will begin once Beltran has signed his contract, since other high profile signings should happen right after that.
2) Regis Philbin is pinch-hitting for Dick Clark on TV New Year's Eve, as the ageless Clark recovers from a stroke. We hope he gets better soon. His best work, by the way, was on the $10,000 Pyramid, not on the more popular American Bandstand.
1) 59 teams were bowl eligible this season, and there are 28 bowls, so 56 teams go bowling. South Carolina and Clemson disqualified themselves, which meant one lone team would be eligible, but get left home.
Who was it? The Akron Zips, who watched Michigan State blow a 21-0 lead at Hawaii in their last game and lose 41-38. Had Spartans won, Hawaii wouldn't have been eligible, and Akron would have gotten a trip to paradise. Tough break for the Zips.
Tuesday List of 13, random thoughts........
13) Why would people gather and cheer when a death sentence came down for Scott Peterson? Its not like he is famous; its a horrible tragedy, and if he did it, he deserves to die, but for people to cheer? Its sad.
12) Who will be the first TV executive with the onions to put an execution on Pay-per-View? If it happened, it would make a whole lot of money, at least the first one would.......
11) Speaking of slow deaths, in their last eleven games the Saints have been outscored 104-0 in first quarter.
10) Troy Brown has three INTs for the Patriots, while playing both ways for a 12-1 team, but he's not a self-promoter; if Deion Sanders was doing what Brown does, we'd never hear the end of him. Maybe ESPN should devote some airtime to a great player who isn't a self-promoting jerk.
9) Ravens and Bills both started six drives in opposing territory Sunday; in 13 games this season, Rams have started a total of six drives in enemy territory, and only one in their last seven games.
8) Is Charlie Weis leaving the beginning of the end for the Patriots, especially since he wants to take some of the Patriot coaches with him? This will be interesting, to see who winds up where, assistant coach-wise
7) Walt Harris left Pitt for Stanford, which says a lot about the appreciation he felt in the Steel City. Panther alum Mark May ripped Harris more than once on live TV this season, a sure sign the alumni weren't happy. Not too many guys walk away from a team after they go to a BCS bowl, though, for a lateral move.
6) According to Forbes Magazine, which I never read the NBA franchises worth the most are: 1) Lakers, at $515 million, 2) Knicks, $494 mill, 3) Dallas, $374 mill, 4) Houston, $369 mill, and the Bulls, $368 million
5) Damon Jones of the Heat is in the 3-point shootout All-Star weekend in Denver; if he wins, his teammate Shaquille O'Neal is going to give him $50,000. Pretty nice teammate. Either that, or he doesn't think he'll win
4) Indiana Hoosiers are horribly overscheduled, and I am not sure Mike Davis can survive it with his job.
3) Speaking of which, Tyrone Willingham's career is in much better shape now than it was a month ago, as he is the new coach at state university with resources and a legitimate chance to win big, unlike what he had at Notre Dame. Huskies and Irish play in September.
2) The Mets turned down Floyd-for-Martinez, which means they can't be going after Sammy Sosa, who is in same salary range as Manny, and isn't as good.
1) Super scumweasel Scott Boras, who pathetically, has more clout than the Commissioner of Baseball, is at it again, trying to rip teams off in the Beltran case, like he did the Rangers with Alex Rodriguez. Sports would be so much better off without these parasites, who suck 3 or 4% out of every contract. Wouldn't a player be better off doing his own contract?
Wednesday List of 13, more random thoughts
13) The Mets just spent $54 million on a pitcher who is clearly on downside of the hill, but is still way better than anyone else they have. Will Pedro last four years as an effective pitcher? Look at the Mets' rotation for 2005: Pedro-Glavine-Benson-Zambrano-Trachsel.
I defy you to name anyone in baseball who can go that deep with solid starting pitching. Of course, their OF is from hunger, but they still have time to fix that.
12) This is how bad Kansas City's defense is; they're 5-8, and their opponents have started only five drives in Chief territory all season.
11) This guy Bernard Kerik was a bigshot in NYPD, and rose so high politically that he was nominated for Homeland Security Chief in whole country, but now it comes out that he has enough skeletons in his closet that he could have been an NBA player.
My question is this: He has to know himself about the two mistresses, the hidden third ex-wife, connections with the mob, did he not think this would come out?
The guy cashed $6 million in stock recently; what cop owns $6 million in stock? While we fully admire a bald guy named Bernard who can bed Judith Regan, this seems to be a case where he got too big for his own good, and now every detail of his life will be picked apart with a fine tooth comb. The price of fame.
10) Top six NHL teams, in terms of revenue they've produced: Toronto-Dallas-Colorado-Detroit-Philly and the Rangers. By the way, stop calling Edmonton a low revenue team; they're anywhere from 12th to 15th in revenue produced in the league, middle class.
9) We talked about Indiana being overscheduled, well their athletic department is also $5 million in debt, and that, 1) will prevent them from firing Mike Davis, since they can't afford to pay extra bodies, and 2) is making it a lot harder to hire a quality head football coach.
8) You could make a strong case that Red Sox' team doctor won the World Series for Boston, with work he did on Schilling's ankle. What thanks do they give the guy? They fired him, with a plan in place to use a roster of specialists instead. Gratitude.......
7) The Nationwide/Nike/buy.com Tour is the AAA of pro golf, the level right below the bigtime. Who has the most career starts in the history of this tour? Fellow named Steve Haskins, who is the son of the legendary basketball coach, Don Haskins of Texas-El Paso. He keeps trying to make the bigtime, but has failed so far.
6) Granted, the Chief-Titan game Monday night had zero playoff implications, but what a spirited game it was, and a great example of why pro football is such a great sport. The two teams just went toe-to-toe until they had nothing left; if you didn't know better, looking att he emotion of the players, you'd have thought first place was at stake.
5) What does it say about the state of the 49ers that Dennis Erickson wants to go coach Ole Miss, and get out of a huge contract with the Niners?
4) You think if Miami Dolphin interim coach Jim Bates were to become the fulltime coach of the Fish, he can find room on his staff for Rick Neuheisel? Slick Rick was the QB of the San Antonio Gunslingers back in the USFL, when Bates was the 'slingers' head coach.
3) The draft order for 2005 fantasy baseball league is now posted on the Othersports page. Draft will begin once Beltran has signed his contract, since other high profile signings should happen right after that.
2) Regis Philbin is pinch-hitting for Dick Clark on TV New Year's Eve, as the ageless Clark recovers from a stroke. We hope he gets better soon. His best work, by the way, was on the $10,000 Pyramid, not on the more popular American Bandstand.
1) 59 teams were bowl eligible this season, and there are 28 bowls, so 56 teams go bowling. South Carolina and Clemson disqualified themselves, which meant one lone team would be eligible, but get left home.
Who was it? The Akron Zips, who watched Michigan State blow a 21-0 lead at Hawaii in their last game and lose 41-38. Had Spartans won, Hawaii wouldn't have been eligible, and Akron would have gotten a trip to paradise. Tough break for the Zips.
Tuesday List of 13, random thoughts........
13) Why would people gather and cheer when a death sentence came down for Scott Peterson? Its not like he is famous; its a horrible tragedy, and if he did it, he deserves to die, but for people to cheer? Its sad.
12) Who will be the first TV executive with the onions to put an execution on Pay-per-View? If it happened, it would make a whole lot of money, at least the first one would.......
11) Speaking of slow deaths, in their last eleven games the Saints have been outscored 104-0 in first quarter.
10) Troy Brown has three INTs for the Patriots, while playing both ways for a 12-1 team, but he's not a self-promoter; if Deion Sanders was doing what Brown does, we'd never hear the end of him. Maybe ESPN should devote some airtime to a great player who isn't a self-promoting jerk.
9) Ravens and Bills both started six drives in opposing territory Sunday; in 13 games this season, Rams have started a total of six drives in enemy territory, and only one in their last seven games.
8) Is Charlie Weis leaving the beginning of the end for the Patriots, especially since he wants to take some of the Patriot coaches with him? This will be interesting, to see who winds up where, assistant coach-wise
7) Walt Harris left Pitt for Stanford, which says a lot about the appreciation he felt in the Steel City. Panther alum Mark May ripped Harris more than once on live TV this season, a sure sign the alumni weren't happy. Not too many guys walk away from a team after they go to a BCS bowl, though, for a lateral move.
6) According to Forbes Magazine, which I never read the NBA franchises worth the most are: 1) Lakers, at $515 million, 2) Knicks, $494 mill, 3) Dallas, $374 mill, 4) Houston, $369 mill, and the Bulls, $368 million
5) Damon Jones of the Heat is in the 3-point shootout All-Star weekend in Denver; if he wins, his teammate Shaquille O'Neal is going to give him $50,000. Pretty nice teammate. Either that, or he doesn't think he'll win
4) Indiana Hoosiers are horribly overscheduled, and I am not sure Mike Davis can survive it with his job.
3) Speaking of which, Tyrone Willingham's career is in much better shape now than it was a month ago, as he is the new coach at state university with resources and a legitimate chance to win big, unlike what he had at Notre Dame. Huskies and Irish play in September.
2) The Mets turned down Floyd-for-Martinez, which means they can't be going after Sammy Sosa, who is in same salary range as Manny, and isn't as good.
1) Super scumweasel Scott Boras, who pathetically, has more clout than the Commissioner of Baseball, is at it again, trying to rip teams off in the Beltran case, like he did the Rangers with Alex Rodriguez. Sports would be so much better off without these parasites, who suck 3 or 4% out of every contract. Wouldn't a player be better off doing his own contract?
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