Joe T., always working hard…
By Joe Torosian
Kick it!
So, for the World Cup, SoFi gets grass, but Uncle Stan couldn’t put grass in for his own team? Why wouldn’t McSnead argue for that?
Is there anybody in the world of sports, ever, who has demonstrated douchery at a more galactic level than Lane Kiffin?
Every time you think he’s turned a corner, he reasserts himself as Lord Douchebage.
I’ve often heard the president of the SEC say, “Give me programs led by douchebags, and there’s nothing we cannot accomplish.”
Wemby was great last night, dude showed up, showed out, and the Timberwolves punked out. I guess they figured harsh language would be enough.
The Fighting Frenchman is great, I’m not taking anything away from him, but at least make him pay something for romping through the key.
The worst thing about Game Five between Cleveland and Detroit is that there will be a Game Six.
Frankly, I’m more interested in the Indiana Fever-LA Sparks tonight. Hopefully, it doesn’t end with Caitlin Clark on the trainer’s table.
In 1973, Jackie Smith, Riley Odoms, Ted Kwalick, Jerry Smith, Jim Mitchell, Charlie Sanders, Bob Trumpy, and Bob Tucker were the prototypical tight ends of the NFL. Rich Caster was lost in the shadow of Broadway Joe with the Jets, and people were excited about Billy Joe Dupree in Dallas, but the outlier, the prototype for the future, was Philadelphia’s Charle Young.
In an era when 40 receptions in a season was the standard, Young (who passed away yesterday) averaged close to 50 his first four seasons, made three Pro Bowls, and never missed a game while catching passes from an aging Roman Gabriel and Mike Boryla.
Then he went to the Rams (in a rights swap for Ron Jaworski)…And no player was as absolutely wasted as Young was, ever, in his prime.
“Los Angeles didn’t need my skills,” said Young in a 2017 interview with Yahoo. “Their main thing was to run, run, run. I specialize in both, but my forte is catching the ball.”
Two years after leaving the Rams, he plays a key role in the 49ers’ Super Bowl 16 victory.
Young fits perfectly into the Thomas Gray column of “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
Playing in another era, he ends up in Canton.
Shohei Ohtani went yard, finally, and the Dodgers still lost their fourth in a row…No, I’m not smiling…Much…
#44—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…But they’re now fully etched into my cool book with a 6-2 victory at the Ravine last night.
What a crusher for the Anaheim Ducks. Losing in overtime in Vegas—I’m not even a fan, and I felt bad for them.
On Thursday, I’d like to go to the Arena Formerly Known As The Pond (Aka: Honda Center) and show support, but a 122-bones for a seat located in Brea feels a bit pricey when I can watch it on TNT from the RamCave.
The Dude abides…
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If there’s one thing our kids get out of their high school education, it should be that watching a sporting event at home on a big screen is BETTER than paying big bucks to sit in the nosebleeds. If you don’t believe me, lay down the clams for one of those seats and experience the thrill of hardly being there.
From Joe T.: I’m right there with you…I’ll be accused of being the “Get Off My Lawn Guy”…but even in my youth I used to blow my stack when beach balls would come out at The Ravine…You had Dodger baseball, at what was then Dodger Stadium, and Vin Scully why would you need anything else…. These days, they’re selling an experience not the game. I’ve yet to go to SoFi for a game (I was there for Harbaugh’s presser), and I don’t want to go…If I was credentialed–different story…Until then, it’s the RamCave.
Hey Joe T.,
…And hopefully the A’s serve the midgets up 3 losses this weekend
From Joe T.: Yes, if the Giants wish to remain in my cool book–they need drop three to the White Elephants.