Friday, September 23, 2011

DON'T I FEEL SILLY

The same day I said the Yankees would play hard the rest of the season until the playoff spots were decided, they went out that night and gave up two touchdowns (plus a two-point conversion) to the Tampa Bay Buccan...er...Rays. Let's hope it was just a normal let-down after clinching the division title. Colon looked absolutely drained and Scott Proctor couldn't get anybody out. It did appear that the Yankees had gotten into the head of manager Joe Maddon. In the 8th inning, the Yanks started to put a little rally together and Maddon immediately went into a 'mix-n-match' mode. Ahead 15-6, and Maddon managed like it was 7-6. If Posada had hit a home run with the bases loaded in the 8th making the score 15-12, I think Maddon's head would have exploded.

***HERE AND THERE***
Brian Cashman has admitted that the Yanks faked interest in Carl Crawford to drive up the Red Sox bid. After signing a 7-year, $142 million contract, Crawford immediately faked interest in playing.

Italian swim star Filippo Magnini lost a 100-yard race to two dolphins. I wasn't impressed until I heard that the race was on land.

West Virginia University Athletic Director, Oliver Luck, has banned T-shirts with an obscene message on them. In Morgantown, that's any T-shirt with Syracuse University on it.

According to Jim Boeheim, "If conference commissioners were the founding fathers of this country, we would have Guatemala, Uruguay and Argentina in the United States." It's bad enough that they're already in the Big 12.

The Yankees will have a ceremony honoring Roger Maris before the game tomorrow. No truth to the rumor that Bud Selig will throw out the first asterisk.

***THEY SAID IT***
"The NFL has ordered its teams to perform searches from the ankles up at stadiums on game days. The plan has already nabbed scores of miscreants — and that was just at the players' gate." -- Dwight Perry
"Germany sets aside a season to celebrate with drinking: They call it 'Octoberfest.' We refer to it as 'football season.' " -- Comedy writer Tim Hunter
"In Vegas you can now wager on Lingerie League games. Imagine having to tell your kids you lost their tuition money because a halfback was pulled down at the 2 by her garter belt?" -- Brad Dickson
"The NFL has warned teams that fines and suspensions will follow if players keep faking injuries. In a related story, the New York Giants are suddenly 7-5 favorites to reach the next World Cup." -- Dwight Perry

After being told that when you're sick, you can hug someone but you can't kiss, My 4-year old granddaughter immediately told her father, "I can't kiss you Daddy, 'cause you make me sick."

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