[2] I hate the opening ceremonies. At real sports events I actually don't mind listening to Bob Costas pontificate (I really don't), but I draw the line at a tv broadcast whose entire point is Costas-pontification. However, I am watching the jumping right now. Very cool.
Buster Olney's Saturday column for ESPN.com (requires subscription) includes a rather interesting nugget of information regarding Johnny Damon. It seems that the "two-year offer" bandied about by Ken Rosenthal the other day might have been pushed along with the expectation that Damon would eventually only accept a one-year deal with the club.
According to some executives involved in the negotiation, the current expectation is that Damon will sign a one-year deal with the Tigers for $7 million, with some deferred money, and in turn, his camp will indicate that he turned down a two-year deal.
In other words,Tigers' owner Mike Ilitch would help Boras save face for completely failing one of his clients. This might be done not just with the general public or even Damon in mind, but other possible clients, who saw Felipe Lopez show him the door on Friday.
Wonderful view of the Lake. Some find the purples and pinks boring. I love the gradient hues, flinty tones, and the craggy mountain tops. They create uncertainty about how far the eye really seas.
Some good stuff in the comments over there (along with some trolling).
5 days to pitchers & catchers.
Anyone else think the opening ceremonies got weird last night?
[2] I hate the opening ceremonies. At real sports events I actually don't mind listening to Bob Costas pontificate (I really don't), but I draw the line at a tv broadcast whose entire point is Costas-pontification. However, I am watching the jumping right now. Very cool.
Just saw this at hardballtalk (NBC Sports):
[3] Normally I hate the OC too, but I just got hi-def hooked up yesterday, and I had to check it out.
[4] Yeah, I've had it for about a month, I know what you mean. Certain things are just fun to watch.
Hey, I hope Gene Monihan is okay.
In other interesting news
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100213&content_id=8073410&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
Honestly, I'd much rather watch him go up and bunt every time than stand there with the bat on his shoulders.
[5] Not good news. I hope he gets better ASAP.
Wonderful view of the Lake. Some find the purples and pinks boring. I love the gradient hues, flinty tones, and the craggy mountain tops. They create uncertainty about how far the eye really seas.