Fogelberg

Singer Dan Fogelberg passed away over the weekend, and oddly enough, the first thing that popped into my mind was a funny story David Letterman once told about his friend, the late comedian, George Miller:


Ol' George was a smart ass . . . in a pleasant sort of way. He would say things that could cut but he'd say it with a twinkle in his eye. George was a troubled fellow, like many of us are, and for an outlet he did two things; one was jokes. Another was pills. It didn't matter the kind of pills; any kind would do. He was never mean or menacing . . . but always goofy. And anyone who pops the pills is bound to run into some relationship problems. He took the break up of his last girlfriend pretty hard and was crushed. He did something irrational, but who hasn't in such situations. He broke into her girlfriend's apartment when she wasn't home and on her nightstand was a picture of Jesus Christ. George was so mad he wrote something on the photo of Jesus Christ. When his ex-girlfriend came home and saw the picture, she was sure it was the work of George. She called the cops. The cops went to George's house and confronted him. George denied having anything to do with what was being alleged. When he asked what happened, the cops told him that someone came into her apartment and wrote an obscenity on a picture of Jesus Christ. George said, "Jesus Christ? I thought it was Dan Fogelberg!"

All-Steroid Team

*Compiled from names of active players included in the Mitchell Report

2B Brian Roberts
SS Miguel Tejada
LF Barry Bonds
RF Gary Sheffield
1B Jason Giambi
CF Gary Matthews Jr.
3B Troy Glaus
C Paul Lo Duca
P Roger Clemens

Now, that's a lineup every team would love to have.

Actually, I think the Mitchell Report may be the best thing ever to happen to baseball. First, it may actually lead to some new policies that will help clean up the sport. Secondly, by naming so many names, it makes it seem like everyone and their brother was on the 'roids (in the case of the Giambi boys, this was literally the case).

Barry Bonds may have been juiced, but if the pitchers who were throwing to him were juiced too -- and if all the other big sluggers in the game were also getting needles in their asses -- then it was a level playing field afterall. The jobs of the Hall Of Fame voters just got a lot easier. Thanks, George.