Tuesday, January 27, 2004
HIYO!!
Three headlines that made me do a double-take today...
Jim O'Brien walks as coach of the Celtics, probably over philosophical differences between himself and Danny Ainge. For those of you who remember the last era in Seattle sports history when the Sonics were really good (mid '90s), the morning show of Michael Knight and New York Vinnie tried to get a Danny Ainge Hate Group together. To be honest, I never liked the guy either. But rooting for the Sonics around that time, I also hated Thunder Dan Majerle. A couple years later, I hated Rex Chapman for seemingly nailing every three pointer he took against the Sonics when he was falling out of bounds with the shot clock running down.
Robb Nen may sit for another year for the Giants, though Jason Schmidt is on schedule for his April return. I know the Giants did okay with Tim Worrell closing last year, and Robb Nen would have been a nice guy to have back this year. Worrell fled the coop for Philly, and now it appears the Giants will have neither of these guys at the back end of the 'pen. Now I don't know who the hell to pick in the NL West.
Kazuhito Tadano. Raise your hand if you've heard of him. I see all the experts of black-market Japanese gay porn have their hands raised. That's right, Cleveland Indians minor-leaguer Kazuhito Tadano ("not gay," in his own words) was apparently more than desperate for money at one time in his life, and has attempted to clear the matter up for his teammates; he has a legit shot to go north with the big club this year. This probably is the most public appearance of homosexuality and MLB since the instance where someone at Out magazine tried to say he was dating a high-profile east coast Major Leaguer, causing widespread speculation as to who it was. In a somewhat related story, a member of the 2001 class at B-town had a couple of turntables and some DJ equipment and made some music of his own. He posted it on the internet and eventually got signed. The school newspaper, as well as the yearbook, gave him some sort of mention, saying that his music was used in a movie. As one might expect from a high school-sanctioned publication, both the newspaper and yearbook omitted the phrase "gay porn" that normally would go before the word "movie" to describe where his music was used.
Okay, I really gotta do some schoolwork now.
Jim O'Brien walks as coach of the Celtics, probably over philosophical differences between himself and Danny Ainge. For those of you who remember the last era in Seattle sports history when the Sonics were really good (mid '90s), the morning show of Michael Knight and New York Vinnie tried to get a Danny Ainge Hate Group together. To be honest, I never liked the guy either. But rooting for the Sonics around that time, I also hated Thunder Dan Majerle. A couple years later, I hated Rex Chapman for seemingly nailing every three pointer he took against the Sonics when he was falling out of bounds with the shot clock running down.
Robb Nen may sit for another year for the Giants, though Jason Schmidt is on schedule for his April return. I know the Giants did okay with Tim Worrell closing last year, and Robb Nen would have been a nice guy to have back this year. Worrell fled the coop for Philly, and now it appears the Giants will have neither of these guys at the back end of the 'pen. Now I don't know who the hell to pick in the NL West.
Kazuhito Tadano. Raise your hand if you've heard of him. I see all the experts of black-market Japanese gay porn have their hands raised. That's right, Cleveland Indians minor-leaguer Kazuhito Tadano ("not gay," in his own words) was apparently more than desperate for money at one time in his life, and has attempted to clear the matter up for his teammates; he has a legit shot to go north with the big club this year. This probably is the most public appearance of homosexuality and MLB since the instance where someone at Out magazine tried to say he was dating a high-profile east coast Major Leaguer, causing widespread speculation as to who it was. In a somewhat related story, a member of the 2001 class at B-town had a couple of turntables and some DJ equipment and made some music of his own. He posted it on the internet and eventually got signed. The school newspaper, as well as the yearbook, gave him some sort of mention, saying that his music was used in a movie. As one might expect from a high school-sanctioned publication, both the newspaper and yearbook omitted the phrase "gay porn" that normally would go before the word "movie" to describe where his music was used.
Okay, I really gotta do some schoolwork now.
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