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A VIEW FROM THE UNABRIDGED

A VIEW FROM THE UNABRIDGED

things you may have missed this week

by Peter Spellos

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23rd - SPORTS N' STUFF

 

Dateline: Orchard Park, NY

Didn't you folks in Buffalo realize that T.O.'s initials stood for Totally Over-The-Hill?

 

Dateline: Athens, Greece

The Olympic Torch was lit yesterday in celebration of the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, Canada, but I do not understand why. There were no Winter Games when my ancestors started this formerly naked sporting event. I dare you to name three Greek ice skaters. You can't. Greeks hate the cold. Remember, some games you win, and some games you luge..........

 

Dateline: The 1980's

On October 14th, at the age of 76, Captain Lou Albano died. If you don't know who that is, then you proabaly don't like the old WWF, rubber bands for earrings, or Cyndi Lauper. What scares me most is not that a terrific showman died, it's that I continue to look more and more like him everyday. Could be worse.

This blurb could have been about Gorilla Monsoon...

 

Dateline: Your TV on Wednesday Night

If you haven't seen the new comedy MODERN FAMILY on ABC, yoiu are missing the funniest thing on TV next to Glenn Beck. The old sitcom format has been taken out of the studio and merged with this pseudo-doctumentary filming style. If this show does not make you laugh out loud, then you've probably advance ordered the Sarah Palin autobiogravy.

 

Dateline: Bristol, CT

Watching the media circus surrounding ESPN analyst Steve Phillips marraige/affair mayhem, I"m reminded of many things. One, most of this country wantonly salivates over a celebrity sex scandal, big or small. Two, nobody evercerates their own like the media and three, there will be someone in your neighborhood plugged in at Starbucks today on their 5th Pumpkin Latte that is already working on the teleplay.

I think William Peterson would be perfect for Phillips!

 

What folks don't seem to understand during this media freenzy, is that Phillips was just following the mantra of Hall of Fame Great Ernie Banks, who was always quite fond of saying, "Let's Play Two!!!"

 

That's all for now. And remember, Tony Romo has never won a playoff game.

 

Peace and Plenty -

Peter

Baseball & technology & stats, oh my...

So what can be better?  For me, it's the ultimate combination.  In today's New York Times, an article revealed the coming of the next generation of camera & software system that was announced & presented yesterday to folks in the baseball community.  Not sure yet, but it seems this is the real deal in the next iteration of marrying baseball stats with technology.  A must read article (and watch the video contained in the article as well) if you're into baseball at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/sports/baseball/10cameras.html?_r=2&hp

Enjoy.  Can't wait to see it in action!

Jim

Yanks for the Memories

A sports buddy of mine, Brandon Rose from Ft. Myers, FLA (gotta plug your friends) said in an e-mail this morning, "The Yankees should be embarrassed the way they treated Joe Torre." If you really think about it, they didn't embarrass him, they showed Joe love. They could have fired him, or not even offer him a contract. THAT would have been embarrassing. That would have been a slap in the face to the man who could be in the Hall of Fame alone on his playing-day numbers. By offering him a one-year contract, below what he was making before but still above all other managers, they let Joe turn it down. They let Joe say no. They let Joe walk out the door instead of escorting him out like so many other clubs do. (and like THE BOSS has done so many time before) I actually believe the Yankee brass(somebody stop me) did something classy. They didn't fire one of the classiest men in beisbol. They let him say no thanks, time for the rest of my life.

Say it ain't so, Joe, was a cry from baseball's past.

Thanks for the great years and championships, Joe, is the one Pinstripes can cry to the rafters at the Stadium today.

And you thought I was gonna talk about Manny Being DUMB again, didn'tcha?

love and Joe Girardi,

Pistol Pete

Manny Being Manny Being Dumb

If you said, on the eve of your organization's "big day", "Who cares? This ain't the end of the world!", your corporate fanny might get fired. Unless you had lots of money and didn't really worry for your job, life, or teammates. Then, hey, who cares?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-mannytoo101707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Manny, NO FRUIT CUP for you in the post-game locker room. But then again, what does it matter?

Hey, I may be a NYC sports apologist, but that's why they call it The Pride of the Yankees.

It's Tribe Time -

"Pistol" Pete Spellos
former radio comedy sports guy
cage rattler
totally biased jester

The End of an Error

With more than a nod to writer/ex-student/friend Rich Lehman (who uttered that line in a totally different context at lunch yesterday), seems like errors in the field and errors in judgement have kept The Fabulous Spellos Brothers beloved New York Mets and their redheaded, ugly and richer step-brother the New York Yankees out of the post-season faster than you can say Troy Tulowitski. (and please, no e-mail from ugly, redheaded Yankee fans!)

My feelings aside, it should be a very exciting pennant-deciding 10 days. So why not give you a great head start and let you preview some of the 99 SPORTS websites in our next book.

Who's the next Tulowitski? Try Baseball America www.baseballamerica.com

Are you a "new" stats fanatic? Ever look at Baseball Prospectus? www.baseballprospectus.com

More old school? You know, I've never been to Cooperstown? www.baseballhalloffame.org

Enjoy the playoffs. If you don't care for baseball, just remember two names during the playoffs. Bucky Dent and Bill Buckner. If you hear them during the game, just know two boys from NYC will be smiling...

Cheers!

The Old Perfessor

Brand This

Rule #1 in the night club business that every comic knows - NEVER give the microphone to the audience!
So, Mark Eck-o let America decide on the fate on All-Time MLB Home Run King Barry Bondy record breaking 756th home run?!?! http://tinyurl.com/yvujzr 

Wow. How democratic. If you consider mob rules democratic. So here's Eck-o, fashion designer and true beisbol fan thinking, I'm rich so I can grossly overpay for the ball and (perhaps) under the guise of letting the American people decide (who, as a group, "choose poorly" in recent group voting over say, the last 8 years) what do with the Bonds' historic HR ball. (Say Eck, what was your lifetime MLB HR total?)

Shock of shocks, what a great choice America. The choice of honor. The choice of freedom. The choice of democracy: MUTILATE IT. BRAND IT. MARK IT FOR EVER. AAAARRRRRGHHH!!!!!!

Wow. It makes me proud and tingle all over with red, white and blue joy. America, you sure are critical thinkers and know what is truly democratic!

By the way, do you know anyone women from the Sudan who have been "altered", or families that lived throughout Europe during WWII and were "branded" for life with a tatoo? Ask them how that forced "group opinion" is working out for them. Ask them how they feel about the court of public opinion.

Hey Eck, don't ya think all this publicity is just more "good" branding for you, too?

Hey Eck, they tell me you're a designer. Why don't you design a plan to donate, let's say, $752,467 to charities to help with drug education for high school athletes if you are so concerned

Hey Eck, how many asterisks could we brand on you for alleged cheating, dumb choices or indiscretions in the business world? I for one, would have no body space left if you asked me the same question.

Et tu, America?

Behind the Green Door$....

Next time you see those TV ad for Las Vegas, you know, the ones you love that goes, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!". Seems cute and innocuous, doesn't it? Try these on and see how you respond -

What happens behind closed doors, stays behind close doors.
What happens in the boardroom, stays in the boardroom.
What happens behind the pulpit, stays behind the pulpit.

This is how abuse of people, power and position occurs. This is how they taught it. "Protect your own", the rest by damned. It is a sad reality that his is SOP for people, corporations or countries with something to hide. Not anymore....Without further ado, I welcome this weeks' NO FRUIT CUP award recipient...

ISIAH THOMAS, COME ON DOWN.....NO FRUIT CUP for you. And don't forge to bring James Dolan with you. I'd call Thomas, Dolan's little b*tch, but then again, there's that double standard that Thomas believes in. Ah, screw 'em. Why should I care what happens, isn't that what tell us. Oh, yeah, when they say "protect your own", maybe they mean all of us, you know, people just looking out for people. There I go dreamin' again.

Hey Isiah, try this one. What happens in your mind, next time, let it stay in your mind.

P. Spellos
ex-NY Knicks fan