- John Maddens retirement - No matter if you liked or disliked him, you knew he was on if you were listening to the game. He revolutionized sports reporting and for good or bad, changed it forever. He'll be missed.
- NBA Playoffs - With Garnett being out, the Celtics have no prayer in the East (as evidenced by Chicago taking them down in the 1st game). We're looking at a Cleveland / Lakers final. Not that I like either team but I hope to hell the Cavaliers win this..... I'll have more on the playoffs next week after round 1 has been concluded.
- NFL Draft - The draft is this weekend. I'm currently putting together my 4th annual 1st round predictions which I'll post on Friday. My predictions can only get better (as some of you can attest)!
- "The Bird" has flown the Coop - Mark "The Bird" Fidrych" died last week while working on his dump truck..... Apparently as he was under the truck repairing some stuff, his shirt got caught in a moving piece and he died by strangulation.. Weird.... The game misses characters like him. Name me a player in today's game that has that uniqueness about him? Manny comes to mind, but who else? Yes, baseball is a business, but I miss people like Fidrych, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky and Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams. What happened to the great nicknames? In the history of the game, even the great ones had nicknames that if mentioned you knew who they mean't. "The Bambino", "Joltin Joe", "The Splendid Splinter", "Mick the Quick", "Hammerin Hank", "Yogi", "the Say Hey kid", "the Iron Horse", "Mr. Cub", "Stan the Man", "Tom Terrific", "The Express", "Mr. October". Instead we have "Arod" and that's it. How come Albert Pujols doesn't have a nickname?
- Greg Paulus - It looks like now that the Duke point guard has finished up his basketball eligibility he's going to transfer to Michigan and try to win their starting QB position on the football team. For those that may not know, Paulus was one of the top rated QB's when he came out of high school 4 years ago. He elected to just play basketball in college but I love this idea. Why give up the dream when you don't have to?? Besides, Michigan would then pay for his 1st year of his Masters Degree.... Pretty smart kid if you ask me!
- "Illegal" Nick Adenhart Tee Shirts - Saw this today on an Angels website. Some controversy going on as a guy has started selling Adenhart tee shirts. MLB doesn't currently have any licensed Adenhart tee shirts, so there was no place for anyone to buy one after his death. This guy put together one and started selling it online for $15.75 (including shipping and handling which was $5.75). No it's not illegal as he hasn't used the MLB logo, but a bunch of people have been complaining to the Angels about it, saying he shouldn't be making money off this. My response to these people? Get a life! He's not doing anything wrong and at $15.75 he's not ripping anyone off. If the Angels (and MLB baseball) do get around to licensing and selling a shirt, do you think you'll be able to buy it for under $35.00? NO. After his shipping costs and costs of goods (tee shirt and silk screening), he's basically making $5 dollars a shirt. So he sells a couple hundred (his website says he's sold 100 so far)... It's not like he's retiring on this. Someone, somewhere is going to make money here, that's called a Capitalist Society, people need to get over this....
- And finally, speaking of the NFL Draft - I heard today that Eugene Monroe, an offensive lineman out of Virginia who's expected to go in the top ten in the draft has a 60 year old brother... How is that possible?????? Does he have an 80 year old father?
Until next time,
Bill
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