some random ass quick hits
-in a case of getting fucked by bureaucracy really, really hard, caleb campbell has been called back into military service on the brink of starting training camp. you may remember campbell as the army football player who was drafted by the detroit lions. look, i don't even have a problem with the army not letting him go to the nfl, he made a committment to them and he should fulfill it. i'm even ok with them changing their policy on the fly probably as a result of campbell. however, you can't change the rules in the middle of the damn game. if the policy was f'ed up than you consider campbell the one that got away and you enforce the policy from that moment forward. here's to hoping campbell gets another shot at the nfl.
-marques colston and the saints agreed to a 3 year extension yesterday. the terms were not disclosed, but whatever they are, the dudes deserves it. in his first 2 seasons colston has 168 receptions for 2,240 yards and 19 touchdowns and was scheduled to make only 445k this year.
-josh childress succombs to opposite day and agrees to leave the nba to play overseas in greece. childress signs a deal for 3 years and $20 million...guaranteed...after taxes. nice contract. hey, more power to you bro. you weren't going to get that kind of money over here.
-and finally, today is the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite mlb moments of all time...the george brett pine tar home run. shockingly i cannot find any video of this incident, but it should nonetheless be celebrated.
4 comments:
Totally agree on the first three points. As far as the pine tar incident....one of the funniest, most overlooked parts of the whole thing is Billy Martin. I was always a huge fan of his anyways. But that little SOB was so smug after Brett was called out. He was never more proud of himself....
Oh hell yes do I remember and celebrate that event. LD is right about Martin. He's so smug because he knew exactly what he was doing waiting to point out the pine tar.
My favorite part by far, FAR is Brett coming out of that dugout like a house aflame. It's one of the few sports moments I can see in my minds eye. Just pure awesome right there.
They had a great interview with Brett and McClelland (umpire) today and they both acknowledged that had Brett made it to him, McClelland would have whipped his ass. He's about 6'5" 250 with gear on and a bat in his hand. It was a pretty damn funny exchange.
Your boy Caleb got screwed! He and the others who play professional sports should've been exempt, but then again, how many things has the government done lately that make any sense.
As for George, he's still my favorite baseball player, even if he liked his pine tar.
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