Roethlisberger Update
"According to a police source, Roethlisberger suffered a broken jaw,
broke his left sinus cavity, suffered a 9-inch laceration to the back
of his head, lost many teeth and has severe injuries to his knees from
hitting the pavement. A plastic surgeon has been called in, the source
said.")
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If I Were a Rapper...
The other day I heard Ice Cube on the radio talking about how he had
to fire his bus driver because he was drinking on the job. Angie
Martinez asked if the bus driver was a childhood friend. He said no,
that he had very few friends on his payroll, only the ones "that got
sense." Since all of my friends ain't got no damn sense, I'm going to
give most of you a job, anyway.
If I were a rapper...
The Concierge would be Business manager
As crazy as he is, no one is better at organizing the small details
and foreseeing problems that no one else would predict. He's the guy
that always remembers to bring toilet paper on a camping trip.
jusTON would be Technical coordinator
He's already the technical coordinator for this blog so it wouldn't be
too much of a stretch to add lights, pyrotechnics and sound to his
duties.
SCZA would be DJ
He's the DJ, I'm the rapper. He gets this job on experience alone. I
never liked Faegan's but if you did, and wanted to hear Sweet Caroline
at 1:30 and thought "New York, New York" was a great way to cap off an
evening, then the SCZA is your man.
Mrs. Poop would be Video Ho
A funny video ho.
Josh - Hype man
If I ever needed someone to implore a crowd to get "get on your mutha
fuckin feet" or "put your hands together" no one screams louder than
Josh.
Jeff - Backup singer
Every rap concert has some unknown guy who hangs out on stage and
shouts into the microphone, important phrases like "yeah" and "oh
yeah." But mostly this guy has to dance around like a fool, and if you
saw Jeff's performance of La Bamba you'd know how well-suited he is
for this job.
TallSkott - Tour bus driver
He was my official chaffeur for about 5 years at the end of high
school and into college. We even evaded a pinch for speeding thanks to
his faux nervousness.
Bill - Backup dancer
He's a little less flexible and a little less willing than he was in
his younger days, but the way he moves, without splitting his pants,
incredible. And if you've never seen Bill do the Harlem shake
shake-it, well, then you haven't lived.
Labels: Billy, Mrs. Poop, paul's thoughts, The Concierge, ton
posted by Paul at 12:57 PM | 2 comments links to this post
Big Ben Hurt
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been in a
motorcycle accident in Pittsburgh this morning.
Witnesses are telling authorities that the player's motorcycle
collided with a car near a downtown intersection and that
Roethlisberger's head hit the windshield and was bleeding.
Roethlisberger has said in the past that he prefers not to wear a
helmet when riding.
One witness told KDKA television that Roethlisberger was conscious but
appeared disoriented before he was taken from the scene to Mercy
Hospital. A Steelers spokesman is at the hospital and confirmed
Roethlisberger is being treated there, but wouldn't provide additional
details.
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The Grimsley Details
I'm very late getting to the Jason Grimsley story so I am going to try
to provide a unique angle on it, by reading the 23 page document and
commenting.
Most of you know the basics: Federal agents searched the house of
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jason Grimsley. The feds did not say what
they found but it is reported that Grimsley had two Human Growth
Hormone "kits" delivered to his house. Originally, he agreed to talk
to Feds, and named names, but stopped short of wearing a wire.
On to the affidavit :
Grimsley lives at 10792 East Fanfol Lane in Scottsdale, in a house
Zestimated to be worth $1.48m.
Special Agent Jeff Novitzky (no relation to Dirk) was also in charge
of the BALCO investigation.
The two kits of HGH were delivered on April 19th, by the Postal
Service.
The Feds came to his house that day and he agreed to cooperate in
exchange for them not searching his house and alarming his family and
neighbors.
An HGH kits is 7 vials of powder HGH and 7 vials of sterile water.
They need to be mixed together in order to administer the drug.
Each kit cost $1600.
Grimsley said he used steroids, HGH and amphetamines, starting in 2000
after his shoulder surgery, to help him recover.
Since MLB began testing he's only used HGH, no steroids. But he did a
fail a drug test in 2003.
Detailed what we have known since "Ball Four" about amphetamines.
Baseball players called them "beans" or "greenies." "They work."
"Everybody had greenies. That's like aspirin." Every clubhouse has
"leaded" and "unleaded" coffee pots, with and without amphetamines.
Latin players are the steroids suppliers. Not surprising since the
laws are more lax in those countries, it makes sense that they would
be the suppliers.
Grimsley outed several players, and former teammates and one guy as
having the worst back acne he's ever seen. Unfortunately, those names
have been redacted. They may be leaked eventually but until then we
won't know for sure.
The affidavit says nothing about the Feds asking him to wear a wire,
or Barry Bonds, as his lawyer alleges. Grimsley also denies having
given names of players to the Feds.
The Diamondbacks since released Grimsley (at his request) and don't
want to pay him the remaining $825,000 left on his contract.
Labels: steroids
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Bush Loves Soccer
This morning at 9am the President called the United States Soccer team
to wish them good luck in their upcoming match. Dana Perino, White
House spokeswoman, said "The President wanted to call early so as not
to interrupt their pre-game warm up." She added, the President let
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