No Deal Like A Griffith Deal
Tom FitzGerald in the San Francisco Chronicle:
“Former Minnesota Twins owner Calvin Griffith, who died Wednesday at the age of 87, was known for his bad trades as well as his frugality.
“In 1982, Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press said of his deals:
`(Griffith) returned from the fishing season opener with his limit of walleyes. Calvin immediately took them to a grocery store and traded them for a package of Mrs. Paul’s frozen fish sticks and $10 in cash.”’
From the rusty metaphor dept.
Dwight Manley, agent for Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone, says a recurring back injury has made Malone and the Jazz cautious.
“If you have a $3-million Ferrari in the garage along with a $10,000 Dodge, you’re going to be more careful if you have a problem with the Ferrari,” he said.
Enough Lakers, already
From the Rant and Rave column in Sport magazine:
“The NBA season hasn’t even begun, and we’re already sick of the Lakers. Ergo, we’re sick of Shaq, Kobe and Phil. And Dyan Cannon, too.”
Boxing’s all-time best
Sport magazine ranks the top 10 boxers of all time: 1, Muhammad Ali. 2, Sugar Ray Robinson. 3, Joe Louis. 4, Henry Armstrong. 5, Harry Greb. 6, Sugar Ray Leonard. 7, Willie Pep. 8, Rocky Marciano. 9, Jack Johnson. 10, Benny Leonard.
What, no Mike Tyson?
For your post-fight analysis
Norm Frauenheim of the Arizona Republic had this to say about Saturday’s Mike Tyson-Orlin Norris fiasco:
“It rhymes with fear, which is what any fan of boxing should have these days. This wasn’t a requiem for a heavyweight. It was more like an epitaph for a sport.”
Seattle’s newest stuffed shirt
Marc Taylor, who’s been Cam the Ram, the Colorado State University mascot, has been called up to the pros and will become Squatch, the mascot for the Seattle SuperSonics, the college announced.
While at CSU, Taylor was rated by the Universal Cheer Association as a superior mascot.
“It’s a dream come true,” Taylor said.
Taylor will make his first appearance Nov. 4 at KeyArena in Seattle.
The last word …
“Can you survive a winter’s night without a camera shot of Bobby Valentine?”
- Columnist-broadcaster Peter Gammons, writing in the Boston Globe.