I woke up today and realized that I missed Pete Rose’s birthday. It was a month ago today, April 14. I always remembered Rose’s birthday (4/14/41) because it was printed on the back of his baseball card many years ago—as birthdates always were and are—and for some goshdarn reason it stuck in my head. (I also remembered Frank Howard’s—8/8/36—but not the way I remembered Pete’s.)Pete is 67 now.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Barbara Walters—Auditioning for Tackiness
Posted on 10:06 AM by ergeg
My brilliant brother Steve has an excellent expression: “We’re gonna die just in time.” Alas, in the case of the publication of Barbara Walters’ memoir, Audition, we all missed the death deadline and now have to suffer through the ugly media coverage of what sounds like utter rubbish, including Walters’ revelation that she had an affair with former Massachusetts senator Edward Brooke. (Where’s
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The 134th Kentucky Derby—Can Big Brown Deliver?
Posted on 2:26 PM by ergeg
By Steve Brady The first Saturday in May is upon us, and once again I attempt to untangle the mysteries of the Kentucky Derby, once and always a chaotic race. There are a couple of stories to keep an eye on in this year’s Run for the Roses.The story off the track is the same one taking place in every other aspect of modern life—the availability of free information provided on the web.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Four Years to Grade a Draft, Says Fisher—So Here's the Grade on 2004
Posted on 9:45 PM by ergeg
“Seems like every year you have to remind people, 'Why don't you grade this draft four years from now?' That is how you grade drafts." That was Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher after this past weekend’s NFL Draft. “If anybody wants to grade us, so be it.''Well, a lot of people did, Jeff. No one gave you an A. More often it was, like, C-. Or D. But we want to be fair and play it your way.
Titans '08 Draft Reflections, Plus a Look at the ECU Pedigree
Posted on 3:27 PM by ergeg
New Tennessee Titans #1 draft choice Chris Johnson hails from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. With his 4.24 speed in the 40-yard dash, Johnson is definitely gifted, and if things work out, he’ll add an exciting dimension to the Titans’ needful offense. (Vince Young clearly not being exciting enough. Unless you think Chinese fire drills are exciting.) Johnson also is a
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Titans' Early Draft Picks Add More Puzzlement to Off-Season Maneuvering
Posted on 2:58 AM by ergeg
ESPN’s John Clayton categorizes the Titans as one of the NFL Draft’s “first-round losers.” I’m inclined to agree.Like everyone else in Nashville, I sure hope first-rounder Chris Johnson (#24 overall) turns out to be a winner. The guy’s lightning fast. His footage is impressive as hell. (Go plug his name into YouTube.) What’s weird is that he wasn’t showing up on any common lists of elite running
Monday, April 14, 2008
Moyer Proves Resilient, Keeps Winning with Junk
Posted on 4:26 PM by ergeg
I’m not that big a fan of Tim McCarver as a baseball announcer. He’s pretty obvious and cliche-ridden. He’s more like an ombudsman for baseball, rather than an original voice. His rap is also riddled with a lot of what I call “manly jock crap.” However, I am a big fan of McCarver’s syndicated Sunday night interview program (broadcast locally on Nashville’s ABC affiliate, Channel 2). McCarver
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