by John Ryan
and beginning an Indiana Jones-esque hiatus from this column. Well, you’re wrong. I’m just “rambling” a little later this week than us ual, as Monday and Tuesday saw several odd things happen to me personally. I felt like I was in an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Anyways, without further ado, away we go……….
"D Squad" Stripper......and potential future right tackle of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Stacy seems like he caught Shawn’s disease “training campitis.” Also, I’d like to see the defense show its chops tonight. I’ve bee saying for months that besides the tandem of Sheldon and Asante, they are grossly overrated. I hope they prove me wrong, but let’s take stock here: 1.) After they lost Stu Bradley, they were left with 3 stiffs at LB, 2.) Trent Cole wears down too easily, and Jacqua Parker is now actively trying to join “The Doobie Brothers,” and 3.) Quintin Mikell needs to prove he can fill the large leadership void left by B Dawk. No easy task.
Haim anymore because of some fight the two had. Gee, you lived with a guy like Corey Haim for almost two years. What did you think was going to happen? Anyways, regarding Lidge, they need an internal option and they need one fast. I say throw Madson out there a few more times, or let Park try it. Is it just me or does anyone else notice that Park doesn’t seem fazed by anything. Hopefully he has the mental makeup to close. Other than that, maybe Brett Myers comes back and nails down the job. But isn’t that asking a bit much? Speaking of asking too much of athletes, I thought of some movie examples where the coach may have been asking a bit much of their player: - A.) “McGinty” asking “Shane Falco” to over a huge defect in one half over a non-replacement level defense in “The Replacements.” Think about it: Falco played what, 6 games total in the roughly 5 years since his last college game, and he was going to come back from 17-0 (not totally insurmountable, but consider the circumstances) verses legit talent? No way. (And by the way, his #1 RB went down due to injury in the beginning of the half)
- B.) “Lou Brown” asking a cold “Roger Dorn” to go up and get plunked in a must have playoff game. Really? The guy had 0 AB that year, and the pitcher is going to pitch him inside when he was playing worse than Eric Bruntlett? Besides, how often
"It was out of my reach, what do you want me to do, dive for it?"
do HBP’s really occur? Not very often, that’s how much.
- C.) “George Knox” asking “Mel Clark” to pitch in a game to get the Angels to the playoffs after God knows how long of a layoff in “Angels In The Outfield.” There’s just no way without Angels helping that this ends well. Tony Danza’s character supposedly smoked more cigarettes than Denis Leary in this movie, and hadn’t thrown a baseball in months.
Recent Tim Donaghy Photo
for his knee that was “jacked up” by a reputed associate of a New York crime family: I would break his knees too if I lost money because of him. Speaking of which: how does Donaghy still have working limbs? Does anyone know for sure if he still has his man parts? Think about it: The organized crime guys hated him, the white colar criminals hated him, any former or current professional or amateur athlete probably hates him, and the guards probably hate him. And that’s just in prison. Great story that continues to intrigue me.
Johnny Ry bringing the thunder once again. Who else could find a metaphor between a strip club’s “A team” and a crew of 350 pound offensive linemen!