Cup of Coffee: January 2, 2008
Posted by SBG on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 am
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Keeping up with the ex-Vikings: Warren Moon was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of DUI and driving with a suspended license.
Good grief.
This is not a first offense.
The way I understand it, he was arrested for DUI in April, but the charge was reduced to negligent driving. For purposes of charging him, then, it would be a first offense. If someone knows something different from this, feel free to correct me.
Why was his license suspended? For negligent driving?
Here's a little information from a Seattle area TV station website:
He must of lost the coin flip with Tommy Kramer for the driver's seat.
A Viking QB double! I've heard stories of Tommy TooMany being in Detroit Lakes in the wee hours of a Sunday Day Game. Not too sure about the authenticity of the stories, but he was a hard living guy, for sure.
Tommy's old Twin Cities home is about 3 blocks from where my parents live and is definitely unique in appearance. It looks like quite the bachelor pad.
USA Today names Adrian Peterson its NFL Rookie of the Year. And the Associated Press named him NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (the one that counts).
I don't care if it rains or freezes, as long as I've got my Purple Jesus....
I thought this was purple Jesus.
I was going to put a Jesus quote here, but they're all a bit profane for the confines of the WGOM
8 year olds, Dude.
+300.
I sure hope this article doesn't mean what I think it could mean, because that would be bad. I'm going to assume its just a Get-to-know-'em piece, and not a sneak peek at the early company line. You know, like, "Tony Batista can still hit," and "Castro's a great fielder."
I wondered about that, too. I find it unlikely, though possible, that the reporter had the idea for this article all on his own. I think the Twins are probably still trying to acquire a center fielder, but I also think someone is trying to prepare us for the possibility that it will be Pridie, and is trying to convince us that wouldn't be a bad thing.
How about the author quoting BP and Gleeman?
Well, that was cool to an extent, but it's likely just eye wash and window dressing. The Twins, beginning to fear that a Santana deal won't get done this year, feed Miller the story idea. Phil gets one independent quote from BP and pulls a line from Gleeman's blog to make the piece look "fair and balanced." Notice there's no shortage of direct quotes from (and background material on) Smith and Pridie, so this was obviously done with team access (i.e. through the Twins media relations office). If I'm pushing this story to a reporter, I'm also giving him that access to the GM and player to get it done. But I could just be paranoid, too.
If I'm pushing this story to a reporter, I'm also giving him that access to the GM and player to get it done.
Access is king.
That reminds me, what the heck is a Tampa Bay "Ray?" Are they referencing Ray Charles? That would be cool, have the Raylettes singing the National Anthem and making public appearances, RC's version of America the Beautiful during the 7th Inning Stretch, A silhouette of the classic Ray Charles pose: laughing with Raybans, on the jersey's. One can dream.....
A good choice, but how about a Ray signifying a beam of light? After wandering around in the darkness for their entire existence, there seems to be a Ray of Hope, if you will.
I'm not sure you could get Madonna to sign on
Some baseball-related Rays: Ray Burris, Ray Chapman, Ray Corbin, Ray Culp, Ray Durham, Ray Fosse, Jim Ray Hart, Ray King, Ray Lankford, Ray Miller, Jim Ray, Johnny Ray.
Some non-baseball-related Rays: Ray Bolger, Ray Bradbury, Ray Conniff, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ray Goulding, Ray Harryhousen, Sugar Ray Leonard, James Earl Ray, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray Romano.
The new Rays logo?
You missed some of the best ones, JeffA!
Fay Wray. Or Fayray, Aldo Ray, Amy Ray, Elizabeth Ray, Dixy Lee Ray, Gene Ray, James Ray, Johnnie Ray, Man Ray (special for E-6!), Stevie Ray.
Ray Davies!
Ray J. Johnson.
You can call me Ray... or you can call me J, or you can call me Ray J...
I actually thought of that one, but I didn't know if anyone else was old enough to remember it.
And how could I forget ex-Twin Ray Fontenot?
And another ex-Twin: Ray Smith.
That's funny, bS. As I was reading Jeff's list the first name to pop into my head was Man Ray.
Former Golden State Warrior center, Clifford Ray. Extending just a bit, Link (W)ray.
Oscar-winner, Ray Milland.
(A great film, BTW.)
They could wear jersey's that look like Nigel's skeleton shirt from Spinal Tap.
I loved this post on RandBall today
http://nc.startribune.com/blogs/randball/?p=1358#comments
I dont know why it took my until about a month ago to click over to that blog, but he puts out a good one
yay! people still watch Hockey
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/hockey/nhl/01/02/winter.classic.ratings.ap/index.html
I watched the entire match.
I watched most of the match as well. Once I found out it was on, I watched the whole thing. The GF loves hockey, but she was tired and slept from halfway through the 2nd period until the beginning of the shoot-out.
for the record, hockey on HD is so much more awesome than hockey on normal tv
for the record, everything on HD is so much more awesome than on normal TV
for the record, everything on HD is so much more awesome than on normal TV
Yes, yes it is. This was the first time I'd had the pleasure of seeing hockey in HD, and I must say it was excellent.
I slept through most of the 2nd period but watched the rest. Pretty fun to see the puck randomly stop along the boards when hitting a patch of snow.
I'm watching the Fiesta Bowl. Will, do I lose my Children of the Corn ID card if I admit that I'm rooting for the Sooners? I kinda like Bob Stoops.
I doubt that will cost you membership. However, if you ever express admiration or respect for Callahan from today forward you definitely will be excommunicated.
and forced to wear the scarlet letter:
I forget. Does that stand for "nowledge" or "nucklehead"?
I thought it was "No Parole"
On the subject of performance enhancing drugs, well not drugs I guess, just performance enhancers, I've never heard about "case swapping" until just now. Just another reason that tests should be written so that the use of calculators can be prohibited.
This headline got my attention: Boxer Declared Brain Dead.
The sweet science?