Comments on: Uni Watch Book Club: Colors

By: chance

chance — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:27:51 +0000

[quote comment="318540"][quote comment="318537"]Apropos of our whistle/hanky/horn conversation, I stumbled on this beautiful auction item - the whistle used to signal the kickoff of the first Dolphins game. Bonus - a great portrait photo of the ref in question wearing his AFL Official finest.[/quote] What's with the high school stationary?[/quote] I presume that the ref, like NFL refs, worked part-time for the league and full-time for the high scholl athletic league.

By: LI Phil

LI Phil — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:37:20 +0000

meh

By: JTH

JTH — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:19:01 +0000

This Bulls-Celtics game is pissing me off. I'm watching intermittently on a little TV in the kitchen and I keep forgetting which team is which. It almost looks like the Bulls lost their luggage and they had to borrow the Celtics' alts for the game. And couldn't the schedulemakers figure out a way to give Boston a home game tonight so they can wear those great St. Pat's unis?

By: Johnny O

Johnny O — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:13:30 +0000

[quote comment="318541"]put it in the books

/the wright stuff
//that is all[/quote]

*sigh*… All I get from the WBC is my starting LF injured. Hopefully the Hebrew Hammer will be back in time for the WBC Final Four.

I can’t believe it, but I am really enjoying this WBC. Just move it to November, and change the scheduling a little bit (Please see comments by Chipper Jones) and it would be perfect.

By: LI Phil

LI Phil — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:03:38 +0000

put it in the books

/the wright stuff
//that is all

By: Jeff P

Jeff P — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:53:33 +0000

[quote comment="318537"]Apropos of our whistle/hanky/horn conversation, I stumbled on this beautiful auction item - the whistle used to signal the kickoff of the first Dolphins game. Bonus - a great portrait photo of the ref in question wearing his AFL Official finest.[/quote] What's with the high school stationary?

By: Brett Stillman

Brett Stillman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:10:07 +0000

not to be off-topic but I’m playing in a tournament in Florida, and Chesapeake College has the best stirrups in the country, and all of players have to wear them

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:40:25 +0000

[quote comment="318420"]That Biletnikov photo is quite fun.

I was reading somewhere that he suffered terribly with nerves, and normally threw up before games, frequently all over himself. This meant that he stank of sick whenever he played.

Anyone heard anything similar to this?[/quote]

Yup. In Ken Stabler’s book, he talks about how Biletnikof used to “Call his Earl” before every game. He’d also smoke a pack of cigarettes & spend forever getting his uniform just right (cutting off every string, trying on different shoes, taping everything just so). Apparently, the guy was a mess before games.

By: chance

chance — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:56:25 +0000

Apropos of our whistle/hanky/horn conversation, I stumbled on this beautiful auction item - the whistle used to signal the kickoff of the first Dolphins game. Bonus - a great portrait photo of the ref in question wearing his AFL Official finest.

By: =bg=

=bg= — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:54:05 +0000

http://www.cnbc.com/...*blog*&par=RSS

good Rovell today.