Friday, October 26, 2012

More Random Walking

Hunter Pence again, right in the middle of things!  Talk about good timing.

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Anyone seen Andrew Bynum?

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The guy who couldn't tackle, aka Asante Samuel, is back in town this weekend and judging by his tweets he is still as shy and retiring as when he played here.

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Is there a major sports commissioner more disliked than Gary Bettman?  OK, maybe Roger Goodell, but anyone else?

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On a list of 100 post-season surprises, the firings of Bobby Valentine and Ozzie Guillen are numbers 101 and 102.

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Were you surprised to learn the Giants have been in more World Series than the Cardinals?  I was.

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The President of the NCAA reiterated his approval of the punitive sanctions imposed on Penn State's football program by declaring among other things the governing body wanted to see university control reestablished over the football program.

I'm glad the programs at, say, Alabama, South Carolina, Ohio State, USC et al don't act like autonomous entities and that their coaches are paid salaries commensurate with the heads of other departments.

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Rumors have circulated the Yankees want to dump A-Rod and the Phillies might be interested.  I know you read this blog faithfully, Rube, so do us all a favor and take a pass.  We thought the idea was to lower the median age on this team.

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