Pudge gets Paid Nighty Cap
• I can't write a Nighty Cap at 2 AM anymore since I had to rejoin the rat race. But I miss the quick hits, the snarkiness, the pictures of the hot chicks. So instead I will try to recap the things that occurred the previous day that you just shouldn't miss.
• After yesterday's rant about Chip Caray I did get an email from a fellow proud to be named Chip. For him and all the Chips out there let me apologize for attacking your name while attacking Caray the III. And it is good to hear feedback from readers and we do invite all of you to participate in our community, The Swamp.
• The vigil for the white smoke to appear above the Yankee offices in Tampa has officially begun.
• The Detroit Tigers decided Ivan Rodriguez was worth another $13 million. The Tigers exercised an option Tuesday on the All-Star catcher's contract, retaining him for a fifth season at a hefty price
• Agent Scott Boras hinted Tuesday that A-Rod will opt out of the final three seasons of his contract with the New York Yankees and seek a new deal in the free-agent market that will lock him up through his pursuit of Barry Bonds' home-run record. Fine then leave. Just fucking go already. I'm fixin to go. Just go. I don't want to hear about it again until he's gone.
• An already difficult second NFL season came to an end for Arizona's Matt Leinart on Tuesday when he was placed on injured reserve with a broken collarbone. Attention co-eds and starlets.... Matt will need to be nursed back to health.
• Dr Z. is calling mofos out. Flat out smackdown for the coaching ranks. I would provide highlights, but you must read the whole article. Chopping up Dr. Z's work disfigures art.
Fear-driven football Bills, Packers lost because of coaches' cowardice.
• Skeletons in the closet? If you are a MLB umpire then the league office has an inquiring mind. (They seem to share one rarely used mind.)
"While we cannot stop Major League Baseball from questioning the umpires' neighbors and friends, we can tell them that they are under no legal or other obligation to speak with the investigators," World Umpires Association spokesman Lamell McMorris said Tuesday.
• An absolute gem from Awful Announcing.
"I understand that Fans get upset when "their" team loses, and sometime cry. But a broadcaster live on-air? I think that's unprecedented. Well that's exactly what Yankees radio announcer Suzyn Waldman did during the postgame show on WFAN last night. Here's the audio." WCBS 880 Audio
Read the article. Listen, enjoy and laugh.
