Public Knowledge

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made.  We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.  -Mark Twain

Public Knowledge:

1.  So TO is crying.  Crying like a schoolgirl.  I’m not biting.  I’m still waiting for the other shoe to fall.  When things went sour in Ninerland, TO smashed Jeff Garcia.  When asked if he thought Garcia was gay, Owens responded: “Like my boy tells me: ‘If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.’ “  TO’s the rat.  When things went sour in Iggland, TO smashed Donovan McNabb.  TO said that he thought the Eagles would be undefeated if Brett Favre were on the team instead of his own QB, Donovan McNabb.  When things were going sour in Cowboyland, TO smashed Drew Bledsoe.   He said he felt a better chemistry with Tony Romo than he ever did with the deposed starter Bledsoe.  So forgive me if I’m not swallowing these crocodile tears.  TO is the worst teammate on the face of this earth.  Even if he doesn’t think so:  “I’ve always had a good relationship with my QB’s. I always have their back.” 

2.   Joakim Noah was benched for Sunday’s game against the Hawks.  By his teammates.  They delivered a unanimous vote after Noah was involved in a confrontation with assistant coach Ron Adams.  Good thing Zeke’s not coaching the Bulls.  Noah would have played.   When Starbury went AWOL for 24 hours last month, the players voted unanimously that Stephon shouldn’t play.  But Coach Thomas, in his infinite wisdom, ignored the results.

3.  OK, more Knick talk.  It’s just so godammed fun.  Zach Randolph.  Zach Randolph leaves the Trail Blazers.  The Trail Blazers are now enjoying there best season in years.  Zach Randolph joins the New York Knickerbockers.  The Knicks continue their freefall.  And all the bad boys are standin’ in the shadows.  And the good girls are home with broken hearts.  Zach Randolph sits.  The Knicks beat the Pistons.  Things that make you go hmmm.  Addition by subtraction. 

4.  I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.  I can’t tell you how much fun it is to blog when your teams are winning. 

5.  Correct me if I’m wrong.  Didn’t the Rocket say he did not know that he was going to be named in the Mitchell Report.   Didn’t the Rocket say Mitchell wouldn’t disclose the nature of the allegations to his agents.  I coulda sworn that’s what he said.  This is what George Mitchell said.  Mitchell said he twice sent letters to the Major League Baseball Players’ Association requesting to speak to players who would be mentioned in his report.  Mitchell said these letters included the dates of their alleged steroid use and the teams they played for when they allegedly used performance enhancers.  Mitchell:  “We identified the year(s) during which the alleged use had occurred and the club(s) with which the players were then affiliated.  Roger Clemens was one of the players listed in those letters.”

6.  How Brett Fav-ruh?  Brett Favre was sharp Saturday.  Sharp like cheddar, my rhymes are better.  Favre came back.  Back from the dead.  The Blizzard Wizard.  The Blizzard Wizard stormed back to a 42-20 playoff victory.  There’s nothing I can say about this cat that hasn’t already been said.  Yes he’s a chief, he’s a king, but above everything, he’s the most tip top, Top Cat.

7.  The Colts lose.  I still don’t believe it.  I can’t imagine what Colts fans are thinking.  They must be waiting to wake from this horrible dream.  There’s no place like home.  There’s no place like home.

8.  Bill Parcells:  “Let’s not get out the anointing oil just yet.”

9.  Good-bye Johnny Podres.  It will be the 1955 World Series for which Podres always will be remembered.  Johnny pitched the Dodgers to their one and only world championship in Brooklyn.  He shut out the Yankees, 2-0, in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series.  Any man who shuts out the Yankees is a good man.  A man who shuts out the Yankees, in the seventh game of a World Series is my hero.  So good-bye Johnny Podres.  You will be missed!

10.  Looks like Roger’s not the only one in trouble.  You Been Blinded

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

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