Believe me, the feeling is mutual — which ever way you happened to answer.
Got lots to talk about coming up on Monday as Joe takes a week off. In a strange quirk of the scheduling, Joe and I will only do the show together 4 times this month.
UNC legend Phil Ford stops by (7:10) and we’ll talk with former Carolina Hurricanes winger/BMOC Erik Cole (8:10).
Along the way, the following will certainly come up, and you can rest assured that I’ll add to it over the weekend…
“You crossed the line. People trusted you and they died. You gotta’ go down.”
Long holiday weekends are where USA, TBS, TNT and Spike earn their stripes, bringing us crap movies we simply can’t turn off. It doesn’t matter if the movie is halfway into the plot, if you’ve seen the movie 100 times, or if the movie got 2 thumbs down…you’re watching. Everything is put on hold once I land on “Point Break.” Latching on to a youth trend (in this case, surfing) to make the movie seem hip? Check. Delivering lines that were supposed to be meaningful, but come across comically? Double check. I’m still waiting for “Point Break 2,” because we all know Bodhi didn’t die after being swallowed up by the big wave at the end of the movie. Green light this, now.
From the pages of No Crap: The Magazine, Chris Mortensen just popped on ESPN to report Brett Favre has let Green Bay know he’s thinking about playing this year. Apparently Favre has “the itch” to play again. As if we all didn’t see this coming right after his weepy press conference. Favre’s agent has been telling everyone who will listen that the future hall-of-famer still had something left in the tank, and the Packers never cleaned out his locker after the “retirement.”
The last 12 hours haven’t been pretty in the Ovies household thanks to a bout with food poisoning. I considered my situation to be rather awful until I read this:
[Arizona catcher Chris] Snyder suffered what was diagnosed as a left testicular fracture after he was struck by a foul ball off the bat of Corey Hart. It is uncertain how long Byrnes and Snyder will be sidelined or whether Snyder will require surgery.
Will that require a cast, and will anyone sign it? Doubt it.
Check it out…
Owwwwwww…ssssssssssss…aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh…..
The one nagging issue from trading Erik Cole for restricted free-agent defenseman Joni Pitkanen is an issue no more. The Carolina Hurricanes signed Pitkanen to a three-year contract that will pay $3.5 million in 2008-09, $4 million in 2009-10 and $4.5 million in 2010-11.
The Canes also signed defenseman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract worth $1 million. The 29-year-old played for the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2000-01 to 2006-07, before spending the majority of 2007-08 with Linkoping of the Swedish Elite League.
We speculated this morning that Carolina Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford would have to make a move involving Erik Cole or Justin Williams in order to bring in a high-caliber defenseman. 19 minutes past the noon start to NHL free agency, Rutherford pulled the trigger on a deal and acquired restricted free-agent defenseman Joni Pitkanen from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Cole. #26 leaves the Hurricanes after 6 season and 418 career regular-season games. He ranks third all-time among Hurricanes skaters in goals. It also ends the “Cole-trade-rumor-palooza,” which was becoming an annual affair around these parts. Pitkanen, 24, is the type of puck moving defenseman Rutherford has been eyeballing for a while now and can be inserted into the power play.
And score one for the Canes blogs out there. I’ve seen Anton Babchuk’s named floated around on the eBays as possible help for the defensive depth. Babchuk and the Hurricanes had a falling out after the Russian didn’t report to the minor leagues, but it looks like they’ve kissed and made up. The team agreed to terms with Babchuk on a 1 year contract for $1 million.
Canes GM Jim Rutherford press conference
In smaller deals, the Hurricanes agreed to terms with unrestricted free-agent forward Ryan Bayda and forward/defenseman Wade Brookbank, as well as restricted free-agent defenseman Tim Conboy. Bayda and Brookbank will likely earn their way onto a revamped 4th line next season.
Tim Russert, George Carlin, UGA VI…you will be missed.
Because I know you like to see a good fight. Or, if you can’t get that, an old-fashioned stompout like this.
Look at those Cubs and White Sox fans coming together for a common cause. It’s that kind of unity that makes America great…and reminds people not to drink too much in public.
North Carolina head coach Mike Fox was named national coach of the year by Baseball America. He’s the first Tar Heels baseball coach to get the honor, and the first given to a coach from the ACC.
“Manny being Manny.” I’ll set the over/under of that phrase being used today at 50 after news of his latest bonehead move makes the media rounds. According to a report, Ramirez shoved the Red Sox travel secretary to the ground after his demand for 16 tickets in Houston wasn’t met. ManRam told Jack McCormick, “just do your job!” The argument heated up, and McCormick found himself on the ground in short order. The two apparently kissed and made up, but Boston won’t discipline their slugger for the incident.
Somwhere, Shawn Chacon is looking for work after choke-slamming Astros GM Ed Wade. So what’s the difference between Ramirez and Chacon? First off, messing with the GM is a notch above messing with a guy who might as well be Turtle from “Entourage.” Oh, and there is that whole thing about one guy being a future hall-of-famer and the other being 2-3 with a 5.04 ERA in 15 starts.
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