Good
morning.
I’m
not sure how newsworthy this is, but the Gotham Sports Network
offered this up about Mike Francesa’s…
err… well, read this –
No, you didn’t misread the
headline. Jay Glazer, NFL Insider at Fox,
provided us with this rock solid evidence when he joined CBS Sports Radio’s Gio
and Jones for a segment yesterday. Glazer obtained this information first hand
when he was an intern at WFAN a while back:
“I got to run for Francesa, and
then—my first really solid assignment was at the NFL Draft in ‘91. I got to
take Mike Francesa back and forth from the bathroom. And, I’m not gonna lie,
copped a couple of peeks. It’s unbelievable. It’s amazing. He is like—he should
be in porn. He really should.”
Mack – There had to
be a thousand other things we could have started this report off with,
especially since you probably are reading this while you are eating your
breakfast.
Did you manage to
catch the two-part, four-hour made-for-television movie aired by ABC on Bernie
Madoff? I first found it quite
surprising that the Wilpons and the Mets weren’t even mentioned, but, in the
World of Madoff, they look like small fish compared to the investors mentioned
in that movie. He definitely seemed like quite the son of a bitch and it
probably would still be going on if it wasn’t for the banking industry collapse
back in 2008.
Matt Ehalt on Antonio Bastardo
-
"If our pitchers dominate
from the first to the sixth or seventh inning, [opponents] aren’t going to have
a chance. They’ll be frustrated from beginning to end. The team was in the
World Series and competed the whole year. That makes me think we can be in that
spot this year, for sure. If you see the starting pitching we have, and the
hitters we have, all that makes you think about being in the World Series with
these guys."
Mack – I love confidence and
Bastardo seems like my kind of guy.
I just have this
kind of feeling that this is going to be a magical season. Everybody seems to
be in the right direction with the right attitude.
Curtis Granderson on
Black History Month –
Black History Month is a time to
remember the important contributions and achievements of African-Americans
throughout our nation's history. Personally, the observation of black history
is a time for me to reflect on all those who have come before me in the
African-American community and their countless sacrifices and struggles,
shaping the way for future generations -- including my own.
In addition to Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie
Robinson, George Washington Carver and
other leaders in the African-American community, I also celebrate my
grandparents and parents, who accomplished so much in an effort to provide
opportunity for my family. Learning from my elders about how things were and
how things have changed has helped me understand the importance of hard work --
encouraging me to "play hard" every day and pay it forward for
generations to come.
In recent years, there's been a
tremendous decline in African-American baseball engagement. Less than 8 percent
of Major League Baseball athletes are African-American, accented by a growing
decline in inner-city youth baseball. Through my Grand Kids Foundation, we've
focused a tremendous amount of energy and resources toward providing inner-city
youth baseball opportunities -- including most recently, the development of
Curtis Granderson Stadium at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in which
more than 10,000 kids from Chicago's inner city can safely "play
ball" all year long.
Black History Month is a great
time to reflect, but it's an equally important time to engage the community and
continue to make societal changes. I look forward to doing my part to instill
change and will continue to follow in the late Jackie Robinson's footsteps --
on Jackie Robinson Day, when I wear a custom New Balance cleat in his honor,
and all year long.
4 comments:
Curtis Granderson is a gem of a person. It is not surprising he would be making such an effort to switch inner city youth from crack cocaine and a shot from an illegal gun to the crack of a shot off a bat. Kudos, Curtis.
No wonder Francesca stories were always so lengthy.
Bastardo is right. 2015 was 1985. 2016 Will be 1986.
Its amazing how quickly Grandy went from jason bay bust to a 25+homer, high OBP gold glove contender on a world series team.
We're lucky to have him two more years.
Thanks for the Francessa clip. I can never un-read that. I was so comfortable with the "is" version of that. Didn't need the "has".
Thomas/Ernest -
Grandy has become quite the spokesman for the team lately.
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