- 06:53 PM
- 11/21/09
Not that it's particularly germane to this discussion, but the New Jersey Devils are actually named after a local creature of legend rather than holding the religious connection indicated above.
posted by bender at 10:51 AM on November 17
This game certainly lends support to conventional wisdom but how many late game drives for touchdowns are there on a weekly basis when the conventional strategy fails and we just don't notice because it's the norm?
I still disagree with the decision to go for it on 4th and 2 on the 28 yard line, but I do believe that coaches get way to much credit for making the perceived "safe" decision when it comes to kicking on 4th down. In a lot of situations involving 4th down around midfield or near the goal line, the reward for trying to pick up the first down mitigates the risk of turning the ball over. This wasn't one of them (at least in my opinion), but it has sparked this statistical analysis of this type of play, and I, for one, do like that. If the Patriots are in the same situation except that instead of the 28 yard line they are on their 48, could this decision be the right one. I think it could. Maybe this will help a few coaches to grow a pair and make some decisions to win games rather than to not lose.
If you're going to go for it on 4th-and-2, how about running a pattern that's deeper than 2-1/2 yards?
There was nothing wrong with the call. If the ball was caught cleanly, it's a first down and New England wins. Why should they have run a deeper play?
posted by bender at 01:45 PM on November 16
Another thing should probably be pointed out here: the Patriots' completely mis-managed their timeouts, which prevented them from being able to challenge the play. I'm not certain that the spot might not have been changed in their favor had it been reviewed. So that would be a rare double-bungle on Belichick's part.
I don't know the exact verbiage of the rule, but it seems to me that the play should have been called for review by the booth. Even though the play happened prior to the two minute warning, the clock was stopped for the two minute warning right after the play and before another play was run. If review of plays is at the discretion of the refs inside of two minutes, it seems obvious to me that this play should not have required a challenge from the Patriots.
All of that said, I believe the initial call was correct.
posted by bender at 11:06 AM on November 16
I don't think it will be any "un-learning" needed...in fact, all it would take is a single head-to-head crash without a facemask to learn you won't be doing that again. Dogs, young and old, only jump out of the back of a truck one time before they learn to never do that again.
While you may be right that players will only need to make one hit to learn, that first hard, unprotected-head hit could be a career-ender.
posted by bender at 01:53 PM on November 11
I think it would be hilarious if in the next election cycle there are attack adds against people for voting for or against this resolution, as appropriate for their locality.
posted by bender at 01:01 PM on November 09
You don't think his players already respect Meyer? Who won a nat'l championship last year? Who are #1 in the polls?
Of course they respect him from a football standpoint. If he doesn't have the balls to appropriately punish a player when the situation warrants, though, that will likely lead to more players breaking rules or losing discipline. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you don't want to develop a reputation of being soft when it comes to punishments. There may be some benefits for you, but it's going to cost you more in the end.
-On preview-what rcade said.
posted by bender at 09:16 AM on November 03
but what i found out was that on the previous play Ealey spit in his face, and all Spikes did was wipe off the spit and was trying to smear it on Ealey's face.
What is he, 6? I don't have any idea if anything you wrote there is true, but either way, 1/2 game is too short.
What do you gain, as a coach, by punishing Spikes more?
You gain respect from your players that if they do something wrong, they will be punished for it. You also save yourself from the reputation hit of being ripped from everyone from ESPN to local news to Sportsfilter. That hit's going to last a lot longer than the appropriate punishment would last.
posted by bender at 08:05 AM on November 03
I don't care that there was no football game last night or that the Giants-Eagles game was moved to accomodate the World Series. Those were the right things to do in this scenario. My objection has nothing to do with football. Rather, baseball is a Summer sport, and I think having the playoffs in late October and into November is dumb. If not reducing the number of games or adding doubleheaders, I would move the start of the season up so the cold games are at the beginning of the season rather than the end.
posted by bender at 10:59 AM on November 02
I agree that the one-game-a-week idea is ridiculous, but why not end in September? There's no reason to play the most important games of the year in 40-degree weather in New York.
posted by bender at 09:36 AM on November 02
I don't see how starting a QB who has thrown 5 times this year without a completion is going to save them. They really need to look at the coaching staff that has essentially taken a team that won 14 games last year to an 0-6 start. Of course from what I can tell they are in love with Fisher so therefore Kerry Collins gets thrown under the bus. Well I don't see how you can blame a QB or make a QB change and solve the teams problems when their defense gave up an NFL record 5 TD passes in one quarter and allowed 59 points in a game.
At this point, it's not about solving the team's problems or saving the season. I agree completely that the beginning of the season was brutal, but the damage is done. If the Titans pull a miracle turnaround and go 10-0 to finish the season, they still may not make the playoffs.
Kerry Collins was brought in because Vince Young was not ready to take over the team. I'm not even going to argue that Vince Young is ready to take over the team now, but if either of these guys is the future, it's Young. The Titans have to figure out if Vince Young is the man going forward or if they need to try again (either in the draft or free agency). The current scenario sucks for the team for the rest of the season, but it is ideal for the purpose of evaluating Young's progress. Either he comes in and gets it done, building momentum for next season, or he fizzles out and they part ways. Hell, in 2006, Vince Young came off the bench to lead the Titans (amazingly) to the playoffs and win Rookie of the Year. Who knows?
posted by bender at 03:13 PM on October 28
I was expecting to see him come out after halftime in the Jacksonville game. The season is over. The coaches might has well give him another look in real games and decide if he has a future.
posted by bender at 01:15 PM on October 28
Wilton alertly scooped up the ball and took off running and 33 yards later he had scored his first career touchdown and won the game, 33-28.
The kid who scored the touchdown is getting too much credit from the article and the announcers in the clip. He just caught the ball that fell back into his hands and stood there for 8 seconds until the people on the sideline realized the game wasn't over and told him to run to the endzone.
posted by bender at 02:50 PM on October 14
Bo, let it go. You've already made igottheblues's original point three times over. There's nothing wrong with you (or any other group of fans) believing you are the best fans, but there's no need to endlessly promote it or convince anyone else that it's true.
posted by bender at 04:00 PM on October 13
How are the Titans this bad?
They really miss Albert Haynesworth.
I think they miss Jim Schwartz way more than Haynesworth.
posted by bender at 12:46 PM on October 12
Not that it was seriously in doubt, but I'm happy to safely avoid the play-in with South America. Honduras or Costa Rica is going to have to face Argentina (if they don't get a result at Uruguay Wednesday) or Uruguay to get into the field of 32. Ouside of that, the US has struggled in World Cups in Europe but has typically advanced in World Cups off of European soil--including each of the last two--so here's to hoping that we do well in South Africa!
posted by bender at 10:34 AM on October 12
Doesn't that go on all the time? I assumed that was why they picked Rio.
posted by bender at 01:32 PM on October 02
Or it could very well mean that Oregon has a better chance to win the PAC-10 with Blount in the lineup and although Coach Kelly originally suspended Blount for the entire season, now that they have a chance of winning it all, he wants one of his better players out on the field even though it'll contradict his inital reaction and decision.
It wasn't as if Coach Kelly suspended Blount the very day of this alteraction that Blount caused, he thought about it for a day or two and came to the conclusion that a year-long suspension would be suffice.
I'm not buying that Oregon's record has anything to do with this. He was suspended after Oregon lost their first game of the season--a non-conference game. To say that they reinstated Blount because they now have a chance to win the conference implies that at the time he was suspended they believed they didn't have a chance, and that is ludicrous.
For the week after the incident, this was all over the news, and that, coupled with Blount's prior disciplinary issues lead them to drop the hammer. [Aside: I agree that an open-ended suspension would have rendered this discussion moot, but that's not what happened.] I believe that was an overreaction, but I understand the idea that it is better to come down too hard than too soft. Since that time, they have given him some instruction on what they expect to see from him, and they have decided that his actions show improvement. That's good enough for me. He was suspended for a few games, and you know good and well that any future transgressions will sit him down for the rest of the season.
To those of you comparing this to NFL players being sent to prison, I think it's a bit of a stretch, but for the sake of argument I'll play along. Sentences can be reduced for good behavior. That appears to me to be what has happened here. If the suspension thus far has helped this kid turn a corner with his anger issues, can't we just call it a win and move on?
posted by bender at 12:01 PM on October 02
I honestly thought a full season suspension was a bit of an overreaction. In that season, I give the team benefit of the doubt and don't have a problem with a harsher penalty than I might think given that they may have other information that I don't have. It sounds like Blount is making some progress with his issues, and I'm for giving people second chances when they show the effort to earn them. I hope if he is reinstated that this continues to be a positive outcome for him.
posted by bender at 08:29 AM on October 02
No wonder no one's ever heard of it. According to the wikipedia page for the Baseball World Cup, they can't even decide how often they want to play it. Years between consecutive tournaments counting backward from this one are as follows: 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, <1 (somehow they played it twice in 1973), 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 8, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Between that ridiculous schedule and the fact that they play during the MLB season but do not have MLB players, there's no surprise that this slides by unnoticed every time they scrape it together. In fact, rcade, how did you even find out about this in the first place?
By the way, I do think it's kind of cool that one of the countries in each group hosted it's group's play, and then they ones who moved on played the next round in the Netherlands before playing the final round in Italy. That may not be conducive to spectators attending the event if they weren't already in those locations, but it is an interesting concept for a tournament--I suppose it's kind of like the college baseball playoffs/World Series, but on an international scale.
posted by bender at 03:11 PM on September 28
Championships or not, their string of NL East titles is very impressive. In baseball, more than any other sport, just making the playoffs is a significant accomplishment.
posted by bender at 07:26 AM on September 24
But what happens when the kid sees this story and realized that it wasn't real? They should have just kept it a secret.
posted by bender at 07:09 PM on September 20
Attorneys for the National Football League franchise say the name is a sign of honor but are also fighting to protect millions of dollars' worth of sales of Redskins merchandise. If the team had lost in court, it could have continued to use the name on Redskins paraphernalia but would have faced a tougher time preventing merchants from infringing on its trademarks.
Aside from the whole having a team with an offensive name thing, this particular charge doesn't make much sense to me, as I would imagine they would make a lot of money off of their fans buying gear with the new name on it.
In either case, it's time for the name to go.
posted by bender at 01:57 PM on September 16
Great game, and pretty well what I expected to see. Tennessee outplayed Pittsburgh for 3 quarters, but didn't score enough points in that time. In a game like this, you can't leave 6 points like the Titans did in the first quarter with 2 missed field goals. In the 4th quarter, Roethlisberger took over and seemed to always know where Santonio Holmes was.
I never like to see a player get injured, and I certainly admit that he is an excellent player, but I was getting tired of Collinsworth's blathering on about how great Polamalu was (I think he sent him to the Pro Bowl after the first quarter), especially since he didn't seem to notice all of the penalties he committed.
But hey, if a game like this can kick off the NFL season every year, we're in good shape. Makes me wish the Titans and Steelers were back in the same division.
posted by bender at 11:16 AM on September 11
The details of so many of those cases don't even make sense.
1. Someone can't afford to keep buying tickets they are under contract for. 2. The Washington football team sues them for the value of the tickets they can't afford plus interest. 3. The person now has to pay for the tickets they can't afford, they do not actually get said paid-for tickets, and the Washington football team can turn around and sell those tickets again.
Seriously?! These cases go to court and that is the outcome? That is absurd.
And then there is this quote from the article: "Nate Ewell, spokesman for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals, said he could not think of a reason to sue a ticket holder. When a season ticket holder fails to make payments, the team cancels the tickets and resells them." Supposedly the Washington football team likes to brag that they have 160,000 or some such huge number of people on their waiting list for season tickets. If this can work for the Caps (and presumably any number of other pro sports teams), why not the football team?
I, too, am a transplant to the DC area and a fan of my hometown Tennessee Titans, and have considered supporting Washington as well, but stories like this are going to make that much less likely.
posted by bender at 05:06 PM on September 03
bperk: Is this even constitutional? A publicly-owned stadium that wants to limit speech based on content. Sounds shady.
trox: The way they get around that bperk is the terms that are printed on every ticket. Once you purchase the ticket, you agree to those terms.
I'm no lawyer, but I think that if a court can determine this practice to be unconstitutional, the policy would be overturned. To compare, the stadium couldn't just print on their tickets that everyone who purchases a ticket is allowed to buy alcohol regardless of age and have that be true.
posted by bender at 05:13 PM on August 18
If your ball hits a sheep you are assessed a one-stroke penalty.
I thought that was a 1 stroke deduction, 2 for a rabbit.
posted by bender at 01:26 PM on August 17
Those types of changes would certainly be nice to see, but the real problem there is that the MLBPA is too strong. I think it's ridiculous to turn down that kind of money as well, but that's within the rules of the system right now. Maybe the Nationals can't/won't pay it, but Boras knows that someone will.
posted by bender at 07:52 AM on August 17
It is an agreement among firms to divide the market, set prices, or limit production. [1] It can involve "wage fixing, kickbacks, or misrepresenting the independence of the relationship between the colluding parties."
I would say that teams agreeing to not pursue a player would fit the emboldened portion of that definition. Besides, you're just arguing semantics.
If you want to say that every team has decided that Barry Bonds is unemployable even at league minimum, then fine. I find that scenario hard to accept given the talent and production from Bonds and agree with those in this thread who believe that that action was encouraged or directed by MLB. That sounds like collusion by your definition, but whatever you call it, singling Bonds out is pretty shady.
posted by bender at 10:02 AM on August 04
On the Barry Bonds issue, I'm with Hal. He is too good not to be playing for anyone.
posted by bender at 08:12 AM on July 31
At least he's trying to be up front with this.
I suppose it's conceivable that the test gave a false positive, but (barring that) I'm sick of hearing players say that there was something hidden in something they were taking that they thought was clean. Look, I'm not here to crucify players for using steroids or other drugs back when they weren't banned by baseball, and in fact, I'm disgusted that names keep leaking off of this list that was supposed to be confidential and to help baseball determine if they had a situation with PEDs that they needed to address. Just once, though, If this situation comes up, I would like to hear a player say, "Yes, I used [whatever drug] back then. It wasn't banned at the time, and I'm not on it now." Is that so hard? I'm not asking anyone to come forward whose name hasn't been leaked. Just quit denying once it happens. I'm not stupid. I understand what was going on. Don't treat me like an idiot.
posted by bender at 08:11 AM on July 31
Players break rules of baseball every season, and they are punished, frequently with suspensions. Then those suspensions end and they return to the game. Rose has been effectively suspended for way longer than any of those suspensions. Why is it unreasonable that his suspension should come to an end someday and that he should be able to return to baseball?
posted by bender at 07:36 AM on July 28
"There are over 380,000 NC-double-A student-athletes and just about all of them will be going pro in something other than sports."
Playing for a major team gives them almost no opportunity to work a side job. I don't think it's even allowed. Unless it's changed from my days, the college athlete wasn't allowed to get a job except during the summers.
I'm curious, and perhaps one of you knows, does this apply to all college athletes or just ones on football and basketball teams? I realize that making separate rules could be discriminatory, but it would seem that you wouldn't have to worry about boosters giving out high-paying fake jobs to your swimmers and soccer players. Furthermore, schools have compliance departments. Can't they just confirm that the athletes are getting paid the same as their non-athlete coworkers?
posted by bender at 08:30 AM on July 23
I understand the argument that you have to have a certain number of countries and competitors to make it an event worth hosting, but what about the idea of having a combined ski jumping event for both men and women. I'll admit that I don't know enough about the sport to know whether this is an equitable solution to both sides, but it would allow the current women jumpers to compete, and it would also build more interest amongst women that perhaps someday there would be enough to have two events.
posted by bender at 08:12 AM on July 15
It's ok. The Nationals are playing all by themselves now. They can chase whoever the hell they want. Maybe they could be competitive in the AFC West?
posted by bender at 08:25 AM on July 14
I agree with yerfatma. Why does that need to be anyone's business but the parties involved?
posted by bender at 09:02 AM on June 20
Really, the amount of money Stallworth paid the family of the victim had nothing to do with his criminal punishment.
Not exactly, according to the article: "Stallworth's attorney, Christopher Lyons, said the financial settlement was only one factor in the plea agreement."
posted by bender at 01:49 PM on June 18
I'm sorry, but this is total crap. Take the other biggest star in the league, Kobe Bryant, who is the ARod of basketball. He gets criticized for everything. If the Lakers had a series like the Cavs just did, Bryant would be criticized for not making his teammates better, for being a ballhog, and for never being able to win without Shaq. Kobe Bryant is held to a ridiculously high standard. Maybe that's okay for the best player in the league. But, when another player of Kobe's caliber gets a complete bye for acting like an ass, the hypocrisy is a little too much for me.
What's crap? You're making the same point I was. The only pass that James has gotten so far is that he hasn't been fined for not showing up for the press. I was responding to a post saying that other players in the league would be held to a higher standard than LeBron. My point was that LeBron (and Kobe, and other stars) are the ones people in the media are going to make a big fuss over for something like this. For all I know, Anderson Varejao didn't shake hands after the game either, but no one is going to make a big deal about that, nor should they.
posted by bender at 08:21 AM on June 04
Any other human being that displayed such a classless act would have been crucified on all the sports talk shows, Sportscenter, and any paper, magazine, etc.
This is ridiculous. This is only a story because it is LeBron James. Any other star in the league would be getting a similar treatment or better by the media, and any other non-star in the league would not even be a story, because no one would miss them. The only reason that it is a big deal to anyone is because LeBron James is the face of the league.
Now, if the league has set a precedent for fining players who don't show up to post-game pressers, then they should levy a fine here, too.
posted by bender at 01:28 PM on June 03
My cynical opinion: States want to monopolize gambling revenue for themselves by keeping it illegal except for their own lotteries. If we had options, there'd be less lottery revenue for them.
If that's true--which it may very well be--it's very narrow-minded. A certain amount of sports gambling is still going on under the table. Legalizing it would allow states to take there cut through taxes. Furthermore, I don't think that people interested in gambling on sports see lotteries as a reasonable facsimile. Slot machines, maybe, but if I'm looking to bet the spread in a game I know something about and can't because it's illegal, picking random numbers for ping pong balls isn't gonna cut it.
posted by bender at 10:59 AM on May 29
I don't know a whole lot about NBA contracts. Is this a financially viable move? Would Yao's entrance be the trigger to get Lebron out of Cleveland?
posted by bender at 09:21 AM on May 29
I was very surprised to discover on my first trip to Atlantic City last fall that (at the time) sports gambling was only legal in Nevada. I don't understand why the lottery is allowed to tax people in many places across the country, but sports gaming--which actually allows the gambler some skill--is only legal in (now) two states.
posted by bender at 09:14 AM on May 29
Sorry, I don't follow Italian soccer very closely. Neither the goal.com article nor the one from The Guardian actually gives any reason for the jeers sent in Maldini's direction after the match. Is there some situation not mentioned here, or is this just an instance of idiot fans not unlike this disgrace?
posted by bender at 07:44 AM on May 26
I don't think I've ever seen a steal of home after the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher. That was awesome!
posted by bender at 08:43 AM on May 20
Toronto, all Maple Leafs, all the time.
That must suck for the last several years.
posted by bender at 01:50 PM on May 19
I think it's a great idea, and although it's a perhaps a little early to firmly state that it is working, it sounds like the results so far have been positive. More teams could (and should) experiment with this.
Teams generally try to keep prices at a certain level to avoid devaluation. That's all well and good if the team is performing and fans are turning out, but for some teams that suck, it's just empty seats. This solves that problem, as it helps fill the stadium now, and it allows teams an easy avenue to charge more when the demand is there.
On a somewhat related note, I have been to two Nationals games (No, I'm not even a season ticket holder!) and have twice lamented that the seats behind home plate (all of them) were empty. That is completely ridiculous! I understand you can't always fill the stadium, but as an organization, you have to have people there. When those seats are clearly on the tv for every pitch, if you ever want to have people in the other seats in the stadium, you have to have those seats full.
posted by bender at 08:43 AM on May 19
Once the charges are dismissed or a not guilty verdict is returned, I'd enter a defamation of character suit against the woman. Even if damages of $1 are sought, at least it puts the incident in the public eye, and portrays McIntyre as the victim.
Now, I don't like this avenue, either. If we assume for a moment that the filed police report describes an actual event, but McIntyre was not the perpetrator (which, of course, is just one of several possible scenarios), it is not her fault that in her frightened state she identified the wrong man. Opening someone in that situation up to lawsuits just serves to discourage naming a suspect in the first place. However, if she made it up, then that's another story.
Of course, that may not really be a discussion for this site.
posted by bender at 03:53 PM on May 18
I really dislike the fact that while the victim's identity in a case like this is always protected, the suspect's is splashed all over the news. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that the victim's name should be released either, but for the suspect, even an accusation means a big hit to your reputation and prejudging based on the early information. You may not be the guy, or it may be a complete fabrication by the victim, but the resolution to the case is often not nearly as widely shared of a story as the initial arrest. If they can protect one side until due process has run it's course, why not both?
posted by bender at 12:55 PM on May 18
I hope Kornheiser goes back to radio. He's great on the radio.
Couldn't agree more. The radio show is definitely his most entertaining.
posted by bender at 12:38 PM on May 18
I have a feeling if I knew who the other 3/4 of those people were, that would be even funnier, but as it is, it was still pretty amusing.
posted by bender at 09:36 AM on May 18
I know it may sound like semantics but it wasn't steriods that Manny was suspended 50 games for is what I'm saying, it was for having something in his system that is on MLB's banned list.
What's your point? Banned is banned. What difference does it make as long as it is on the list?
posted by bender at 01:43 PM on May 13
The cricket incident is interesting. Admittedly, I know hardly anything about cricket, but that sounds like good strategy. However, it seems that everyone is in agreement that it was a lousy move.
posted by bender at 10:01 AM on May 13
There was a picture of players playing chess in that slideshow. Is it the precursor to this?
Also, I was perusing the rules, wondering if the 1859 game was just tied for a long time before Amherst exploded for 41 runs in the 25th. Apparently, they played until 100 runs had been scored. Imagine if that rule was still in place today!
posted by bender at 07:37 AM on May 11
Jose Canseco was wrong when he said up to 85% of players used them. There has been no evidence of that.
Just because that hasn't been proven yet, that doesn't make him wrong.
Further, since he thinks damn near everyone is using them, anyone who gets caught somehow vindicates Canseco.
Exactly.
I'm finding myself at a bit of an internal struggle over this matter. On the one hand, I am disappointed at the number of players getting busted for using steroids or drugs, but on the other hand, each time a new name comes out, I find myself caring less and less.
posted by bender at 03:52 PM on May 07
The guy did more than 700 base jumps -- one of the riskiest extreme sports with 138 deaths in 28 years.
The fact that he successfully completed 700+ jumps would indicate that he's probably not that reckless. Sure, the consequences of a mistake are dire, but if you know what you're doing, precautions and good technique can significantly reduce that risk.
That site with the list of deaths from BASE jumping didn't list how many jumps those people had completed before their accidents. I'd be interested to see information on that if anyone knows where it exists. Also, does anyone have any idea how many people partake in this activity? Don't get me wrong, I certainly feel bad for the family and friends left behind, but 5 deaths per year over the last 28 years doesn't exactly paint BASE jumping as the ticking time bomb that some people in this thread make it out to be.
posted by bender at 10:24 AM on May 04
I didn't even know there was an arenafootball2 league. Can they drop the 2 now that the original has folded?
posted by bender at 10:55 AM on May 01
Doesn't that create a situation where players and teams could collude to skip the draft and just sign directly post-draft?
Seniors are automatically eligible for the draft, and underclassmen are only eligible if they declare. Since players don't have to agree to be selected by a certain team, any team could select them, making it impossible for a team and player to organize something pre-draft. (Perhaps I'm missing your question.)
Teams typically fill their training camp rosters with 10-15 undrafted free agents after the draft. Occasionally these guys even go on to have pretty good careers.
posted by bender at 05:08 PM on April 29
There was a tournament played in Socorro, NM, that involved only one hole. It went from the top of Socorro Peak, at around 7000' altitude to the finish on the New Mexico Tech golf course at around 4000' altitude. I can't find a link to it anywhere, but I read about it on one of my trips to Socorro and the White Sands Missile Test Center. I believe it was a charity thing, and was not a serious event.
I think you may be referring to this.
posted by bender at 11:06 AM on April 24
But, why not football? If he can still play, why would a construction job be more appropriate for someone who has exercised poor judgment in the past?
Because playing in the NFL makes you a celebrity, and the league, teams, owners, coaches, and players have to answer to fans and the court of public opinion. Michael Vick has dragged his own name through the mud. Going to prison was a step in the restoration process, but it is not the end. Beyond that, a lot of people look to players to be role models to themselves or kids (I don't want to debate whether or not this should be the case, but to at least some extent, it is.).
Conversely, if you work a construction job, you only have to answer to your boss and your coworkers. If you construct whatever you are building properly, that is all the public knows. If your colleagues are fine with working with you, no one else needs to know.
posted by bender at 10:57 AM on April 24
"Dukes was paid $500 for the appearance, according to Mraz, and his primary duties were to sign autographs, pose for photos and stand at home plate slapping five with the 500 or so Little Leaguers who paraded past," according to the Washington Post.
posted by bender at 09:29 AM on April 24
Real Salt Lake Poised to Become Biggest Loser
Eight playoff teams for a 15-team league is ridiculous. MLB has twice as many teams and still only eight playoff spots. The regular season has to mean something.