A laurel and hearty handshake to SNY’s Gary Cohen, deserving winner of our inaugural TV Voice of Reason Award for this exchange with Ron Darling entering the bottom of the eighth Friday in Boston: Cohen, after listening to almost everyone in Fenway singing together: “Fenway Park, where the fans actually like the song ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Darling: “Everyone participates. So loud
This week’s Sports Illustrated included an article from its “vault” on Tom Seaver’s 300th victory, for the White Sox at Yankee Stadium in August of 1985. It mentioned 54,032 cheered the conclusion of the event, but even if that many tickets were sold, I promise you there were not that many people in the stadium at the end.
After a day’s worth of flying — had a lengthy layover at Dallas/FTW (FTW!) — I landed at McCarran International Airport in Vegas at about 10 p.m. last evening. Garry from PokerNews met me at the baggage carousel, and when my overstuffed bag finally turned up it felt a little like I’d won at roulette
Speaking of short outfield porches (see three posts down), here is a question I’ve asked before and never had adequately answered: Why are baseball outfields deepest in centerfield and shallowest in left and right? Why not a uniform distance all the way around?
Speaking of Barbara Barker’s feature on athletes who tweet, I got three tweets in three minutes reporting K-Rod was ambulatory in the Mets’ clubhouse this Sunday morning. Thanks, Lennon, Burkhardt and Davidoff! (I don’t remember how we all muddled through the 20th century without this stuff.)
Oh, lighten up journalism purists. Cleveland hasn’t won a major title since 1964
ESPN’s resident Bostonian, Peter Gammons, said here on “Mike & Mike in the Morning” that the new Yankee Stadium is poorly conceived and widely ridiculed.
Oh, snap. I just remembered I’m supposed to be off today. Have to stop before the family notices
George Riley’s record in recent weeks shows that fortune favours the brave. This weekend, as our rugby league expert uses his nous to see through “ridiculous” prices on both sides of the Pennines, will you follow his tips for a Bank Holiday profit? Last week’s headline read “Huddersfield are massively under-priced so get opposing them.” Those punters who took the steer from this column will feel pretty pleased with themselves as Salford obliged with a thoroughly deserved win to make a mockery of the odds at which the Giants were trading
21 May 2009
Mark Sullivan and Darrell Williams again pull in the big names from the greyhound world… Martin White has been the man in the news in the last couple of days, not only for the magnificent exploits of his greyhound Wise Thought in The Derby but also for his criticism of Wimbledon’s kennels and the GBGB, the sport’s governing body. This week’s Betfair Greyhound Podcast catches up with Martin who explains why he feels the way he does, gives us an update on Wise Thought and reveals who he believes to be the fastest dog in this year’s Derby