IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - PART II

The last few tidbits from 2011:

** 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.

** On the cold weather during the World Series: I thought there was something wrong with my TV until I realized it was just the cameraman shivering.

** The Yankees are hard at work scouting the latest Japanese super-star, pitcher Yu Darvish. I guess they figure that Kei Igawa needs a roommate down in Trenton.

** The Oakland Raiders have signed wide receiver, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, over the strong objections of the teams equipment manager, who says they won't have enough room for a number on the back of his jersey.

** With Melky's .305 batting average and 18 home runs, the Giant pitching staff is organizing a ticker-tape parade down Divisiderio Street, which is appropriate, since, like the Giant offense, Divisiderio Street is all downhill.

** Why the Red Sox didn’t hire Dale Sveum as manager: Well maybe Lucchino didn't want a manager whose name looked like a misspelling.

** Jorge Posada to the Mets? Jorge Posada made a pitch for the job, but the Mets stressed the word "catcher," and promptly hung up.

** I'm sure Barry Bonds is devastated over his "punishment." 30 days of house arrest, which should be more accurately labeled "mansion" arrest. And, he's appealing it! What's he want, 60 days mansion arrest? In the meantime, his trainer spent better than a year in prison, because he wouldn't testify against Bonds. Hopefully, Barry will send him a thank-you note.

** The Yanks and the Red Sox are the only teams in MLB that have been hit with a luxury tax. The Yanks will be paying $13.9 million, the same as they pay a utility infielder.

***THEY SAID IT***
Coach K at the press conference after unranked Temple upset #3 Duke: "Saw it coming? C'mon. If I saw it coming, I would have faked an illness."

"Supermodel Adrianna Lima says one of her New Year's resolutions is to meet the Dalai Lama. Imagine that introduction? Lima, Lama; Lama, Lima." -- RJ Currie

"Vancouver is one of the cities chosen to receive a Lingerie Football League team. I have secured a pair in Section DD. (tickets that is)" -- TC Chong

"Boston is America's drunkest city, in the estimation of TheDailyBeast.com, with adults there consuming an average of 15.5 alcoholic drinks a month. OK, 11.5 — not counting the Red Sox clubhouse." -- Dwight Perry

"Bowl season is winding down. This is traditionally the time of year men look up and realize that the bank foreclosed on their house weeks ago and moved them and the TV into the yard." -- Brad Dickson

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