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I've decided to start a Top 10 list of fantastic things I want to do before I die. (I hope I have at least 60 years to complete this list.) I have only one fantasy listed, so as of now, No. 1 is to play Augusta National Golf Course. It would take knowing the right people and being powerful in some regard. So in the meantime, I'll set out to make those two things happen...
... This may be my last blog for awhile. For those of you who don't know, I've taken a job as the prep sports editor at The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Before long, I'll be writing a blog on their Web site, dnj.com. I probably won't muse as often about the Pistons, but if I ever get the urge, I'll hop back on here...
... What a horrible week it has been for sports. Bill Plaschke of the LA Times wrote a great column today about the three names that will probably live on in sports infamy forever: Bonds, Donaghy and Vick. The best word I can use to describe it all is sad -- sad for sports, sad for kids who look up to athletes, sad for any sports figure who has gone about his or her business with integrity. When negativity dominates the headlines, it contradicts what sports is supposed to be all about: A distraction from the already sad, negativity-filled world we live in. Shame on those three...
... Living in Tennessee now, I feel deprived of my Detroit Tigers. They dropped two to the ChiSox yesterday, but they're still the best team in baseball. In Detroit, the campaign launched a few years ago to garner more of a following was "Who's Your Tiger?" Well, mine is undoubtedly Curtis Granderson, whose effortless swing reminds me of another left-handed center fielder's -- Ken Griffey Jr. Not as upright, but just as dangerous, Granderson's swing has netted him the best slugging percentage among all of baseball's center fielders. He flies under the radar, has yet to make an all-star team, yet his value to the Tigers cannot be overstated. Starting next year, I expect him to be a perennial presence at the Midsummer Classic. Sorry to digress. I've considered ordering the MLB package once I get a TV in my new apartment, but I think I can hold out until October, when all of the Tigs' games will be nationally televised, anyhow. Should be another exciting fall in the D. Go Tigers...
... One upside to Vick's problems is that former Lion Joey Harrington may take over as starting QB for the Falcons. Do times get much better than now for the Harrington family? Joey's cousin Padraig just won the British Open, and now Joey can enjoy his three weeks in the limelight before five interceptions in his first preseason game cause Atlanta's coaching staff to send him to the scout team. Former Lions don't have the same propensity for becoming stars as do former Tigers, that is, unless, they're playing the Lions. (Remember Thanksgiving last year? Joey looked like Montana, not Harrington. Maybe he should just drop the "Y".) If you're a Falcons fan, though, I'd be campaigning for Daunte Caulpepper...
... Farewell, all. Until Pistons season...
I've decided to start a Top 10 list of fantastic things I want to do before I die. (I hope I have at least 60 years to complete this list.) I have only one fantasy listed, so as of now, No. 1 is to play Augusta National Golf Course. It would take knowing the right people and being powerful in some regard. So in the meantime, I'll set out to make those two things happen...
... This may be my last blog for awhile. For those of you who don't know, I've taken a job as the prep sports editor at The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Before long, I'll be writing a blog on their Web site, dnj.com. I probably won't muse as often about the Pistons, but if I ever get the urge, I'll hop back on here...
... What a horrible week it has been for sports. Bill Plaschke of the LA Times wrote a great column today about the three names that will probably live on in sports infamy forever: Bonds, Donaghy and Vick. The best word I can use to describe it all is sad -- sad for sports, sad for kids who look up to athletes, sad for any sports figure who has gone about his or her business with integrity. When negativity dominates the headlines, it contradicts what sports is supposed to be all about: A distraction from the already sad, negativity-filled world we live in. Shame on those three...
... Living in Tennessee now, I feel deprived of my Detroit Tigers. They dropped two to the ChiSox yesterday, but they're still the best team in baseball. In Detroit, the campaign launched a few years ago to garner more of a following was "Who's Your Tiger?" Well, mine is undoubtedly Curtis Granderson, whose effortless swing reminds me of another left-handed center fielder's -- Ken Griffey Jr. Not as upright, but just as dangerous, Granderson's swing has netted him the best slugging percentage among all of baseball's center fielders. He flies under the radar, has yet to make an all-star team, yet his value to the Tigers cannot be overstated. Starting next year, I expect him to be a perennial presence at the Midsummer Classic. Sorry to digress. I've considered ordering the MLB package once I get a TV in my new apartment, but I think I can hold out until October, when all of the Tigs' games will be nationally televised, anyhow. Should be another exciting fall in the D. Go Tigers...
... One upside to Vick's problems is that former Lion Joey Harrington may take over as starting QB for the Falcons. Do times get much better than now for the Harrington family? Joey's cousin Padraig just won the British Open, and now Joey can enjoy his three weeks in the limelight before five interceptions in his first preseason game cause Atlanta's coaching staff to send him to the scout team. Former Lions don't have the same propensity for becoming stars as do former Tigers, that is, unless, they're playing the Lions. (Remember Thanksgiving last year? Joey looked like Montana, not Harrington. Maybe he should just drop the "Y".) If you're a Falcons fan, though, I'd be campaigning for Daunte Caulpepper...
... Farewell, all. Until Pistons season...
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