Archive for February 23rd, 2007

Senor Plump!

Damon’s pants may be tight, but Schilling’s are tighter. 
 
“Hey Hop-Sing, I mean Dice-K, Get me another Hot Dog and a Slushie!”

“Where did Justin Pedroia go?” 
According to Toni Massarotti of the Boston Herald, Schilling ate him. That’s why the Red Sox are unwilling to commit to Senor Plump until the end of the year.

Dynamic Dozen from the T. man

Your numerical pithy summaries and updates are great, Mike T.  I sense a new Roundtable recurring feature in our future.

George Mitchell

Mitchell is approximately a year into his investigation.  He recently confirmed that his investigators are at spring training camps in FLA and ARI.  He also recently reported to the owners that he received “less than stellar cooperation” from various clubs and “no cooperation” from the players. 
As I said last year, teams and players that do [...]

Spring Training Stories # 10, 11 and 12

#10. Johnny Damon is Fat! Damon arrived at camp and “found out the pants are a little tight.”  Damon reported to camp at 217 pounds approximately 5 pounds heavier than his “reporting weight”. Damon explained that he might want to go as low as 210 to take some stress off his legs.  The media guide lists Damon at [...]

Pavano

If Pavano doesn’t make the starting rotation, I am personally going to fly down to Tampa, jump into one of Steinbrenner’s golf carts and run him over.
I never weighed in on A-Rod’s comments on his friendship with Jeter.  Perfectly appropriate.  He was asked a question and he responded in an honest manner.  If the Captain doesn’t [...]

Heavy Legs

Pavano- heavy legs.
Hank Bauer- purple heart leg injury from World War II combat.
I’m was trying to think of an additional comment, but none are necessary.
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