8:07 PMAdam Schefter on a possible destination for Larry Johnson: "When Larry Johnson left Penn State, the one team he wanted to most play for was the Steelers. If he clears waivers, he'd love Pittsburgh." Wait, is Mike Tomlin qualified enough for L.J.?
7:36 PMFrom this report by ESPN's Chris Mortensen, it certainly appears that the NFL will hold league office-enated punishment from the Randy Hanson incident over the head of Raiders Coach Tom Cable unless he gets counseling. As the league should, good move.
7:18 PM AOL's Jeff Fletcher reports tonight, "(Dodgers GM Ned) Colletti, on Joe Torre: "He's expressed a serious interest in coming back (beyond 2010). We'll talk about it and see where it goes." Perhaps Torre anticipating an ownership change? Know something we don't, Joe?
We haven’t heard too much from baseball’s all-time home run king Barry Bonds lately, as instead of playing baseball this season, Barry has been spending his time doing, well, whatever the hell Barry does in his free time. For the most part, whatever Bonds has been doing, it’s been away from a baseball field as no general manager in the game wants to touch him with a ten-foot pole at the moment.
Bonds did show up at AT&T Park last night, though, to help the Giants celebrate their 50th anniversary of moving to San Francisco. While he was there he also took the time to spend a half inning in the television booth with Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow. One of the questions posed to Bonds was whether he ever envisions himself coaching baseball. Much to my surprise, Barry said yes, but not in the big leagues.
The TV voices of the San Francisco Giants, Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper, both have illustrious heads of hear. And during Monday’s telecast of the Giants-Tigers game, they saw a fan shivering in his coat, showing nothing but the shiny top of his head.
This, my friends, is why everyone should want a telestrator everywhere they travel. There’s just so much fun to be be had on the Adult Magna Doodle.
It’s been quite enjoyable to tune into Cincinnati Reds games this year - not for the play on the field, but the action in the press box. When it’s not Jeff Brantley calling out players for not being clutch - only to have said player immediately hit a game-winning home run - it’s Marty Brennamancalling out Cubs fans for being obnoxious.
Well, as AWFUL ANNOUNCING tells us, the fun continued over the weekend, as another Reds contest was witness to another memorable moment in broadcast history. But this time, it wasn’t Marty or Jeff supplying the hilarity (with video after the jump).
