Cheap Seats
No formalities, just bidding
Baseball legend Harmon Killebrew, on hosting an auction on the World Wide Web:
“You don’t have to rent a tux or buy a $200 chicken dinner to attend our auction.”
Look, it’s John and his bumpkins
An assessment of the World Series, according to San Diego Padres owner John Moores:
“There’s probably more (payroll and revenue) disparity between the two clubs in the World Series than in any other comparable sports event,” he said. “And that makes it cool.
“It makes our meeting a good deal more memorable and highly implausible for us to having got there.
“We’re like country cousins going to the city for the first time, but I damn sure wouldn’t want to bet a lot of money against Kevin Brown, Andy Ashby, Sterling Hitchcock and Trevor Hoffman.
“Of course, the Yankees have some great pitching, too.”
We’re glad he noticed.
Driving us to distraction
Mark Martin is a judicial candidate in North Carolina.
And NASCAR driver Mark Martin sits behind the wheel of a racing Ford.
They are not the same person, which is leading to confusion in North Carolina. Adding to the chaos is that the opponent for the seat on the State Supreme Court is also named Martin - Jim Martin, a Democratic District Court judge.
“I think that certainly when you have two candidates from both parties who happen to have the names of famous people, it means that both candidates have to campaign aggressively,” said Rob Black, a spokesman for the state Democratic Party.
“We’re trying our darndest to educate people as to who he is.”
Who who is?
The lobes of his life
Defenseman Mathieu Schneider, traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the New York Rangers on Wednesday, has always been something of a mystery man, confounding coaches and teammates.
Jacques Demers, coach and general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, coached Schneider in Montreal and once said:
“One day, I would like to open up a small hole in his brain, just to see what’s going on in there.
“Having said that, I like him.”
Dancing the game away
Defensive end Chris Doleman of the San Francisco 49ers told the San Francisco Chronicle that importance is being placed on the wrong things these days by players in the NFL.
“You have guys who are more interested in the dance after the play than making the play,” he said. “I’ve heard, and I’m not going to say any names, but I’ve heard players say, ‘I had my dance all ready.’ Well, what about making the play?”
The last word …
“Everything (Parcells) says is a crock… . He’s just full of it.”
- New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll about his predecessor, Bill Parcells, now with the Jets