COMMENTS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY!Written by: Mike in DADate posted: 9/22/2010ABC GAME 6 PROMO FOR THE NBA FINALS: IT'S FANTASTIC! For those of you that may think there was a conspiracy by the NBA to fix the 2010 Playoffs in favor of the Los Angeles Lakers, 1560 KGOW somehow got a hold of a "suspicious" ABC promo that probably was supposed to be aired on radio in mid-June, but wasn't for some obvious reason.You can check it out at: http://thegame.podbean.com/2010/06/14/abc-game-6-promo-for-the-nba-finals.
LIAR, LIAR, JOCKSTRAP ON FIRE!
I don't know Aqib Talib from Aqib Sultan, Aqib Kweli, the Taliban, or the Gulf of Aqaba, but I do know that he might be in trouble with his employer, the NFL.
Torre has been in baseball 50 years and the Florida Marlins have an interim manager and will probably be shopping for a permanent guy over the winter, but a proven future Hall of Fame manager like Joe will be too costly for them because when you "google" the term "frugal baseball team", the Marlin franchise may show up.
ATHLETES SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE GENTLEMEN AROUND HOT WOMEN THAT ARE INTERVIEWING THEM!
Most of last week, the topic on local and national sports talk was the brouhaha over Ines Sainz’ visit to a New York Jets weekend practice session two weeks ago. Pro athletes often find themselves surrounded by pretty women, even in the locker room. But what happens when one of these women wants to talk to an athlete for other than sex and is not interested in an athlete’s advances.
The athlete has to watch out when being interviewed in a locker room. First of all, he should wear pants. She may be in his locker room, but there's no reason he can't put on some pants or shorts before talking to her or at least throw a towel over his mid-section to make her feel comfortable. Of course, the player could forget the pants and ask her if she would feel more comfortable if they were both naked, but that could result in a case of sexual harassment.
Once the pants are on, he shouldn’t stare at her breasts when she is interviewing him. Yeah, they look good and usually being taller, his height advantage lets him enjoy her cleavage. Yet he still shouldn't stare at her breasts, as she may find it offensive. Also, by staring at her breasts, he’s missing out on that smoothly curved ass.
No matter how attractive or sweet-looking she is, he should never hit on her. Joe Namath can tell you about that. It's not the time to ask her out or for a kiss when the cameras are rolling. He should wait until after the interview or at least be subtle about it. If she asks how he feels about the win, he can say something like: "The win feels good, but not as good as it would feel to be with you tonight." That’s being subtle. And viewers probably won't have any idea what he said because they’re staring at her breasts.
And lastly, the athlete has to respect her the same as he would a male reporter. Just because she is an attractive female doesn't mean she's not on the same level as all of the regular male reporters he deals with on a daily basis. There is no reason she can't ask questions that are just as stupid and pointless as the ones the guys ask.NFC WEST: CAN .500 WIN IT?In 1985, the Cleveland Browns won their division with an 8-8 record and the San Diego Chargers did the same thing in 2008 to be the only NFL division winners with a .500 record. During the nine-game strike year (1982), the Detroit Lions and Browns both had sub-.500 records (4-5), but because eight teams from each conference made the playoffs that year, they both sneaked in in their respective conferences before getting knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. Other than that, no team with a losing record for the season has ever made it to the playoffs with a losing record in a full season. This season, the NFC West looks bad enough to be a candidate for that possibility this year.
Suppose that the teams in that division find a way to beat up on each other this year. If the best record in the division belongs to a team that is 4-2, that means that team would need to get four wins outside the division to break even for the year. Maybe the 49ers (0-2) can do that, but after the first two weeks there is little evidence that any of the other three teams are .500 teams for the season. THEY'RE KILLING ME! In Sunday’s Peanut Gallery, I mentioned some very good news for baseball fans in that Chip Caray is off the air and Ernie Johnson will replace him as the play-by-play guy for the upcoming playoffs on TBS along with John Smoltz and Ron Darling who will be doing the color and analysis. That will be a nice improvement.
But just like in our everyday lives, for every positive, there usually is a negative that comes along that may not even be related to the positive. With that in mind, what genius at ESPN took away the “Ball, Strike, and Outs” graphic with integers and replaced it with a bunch of little circles, some that are colored-in and some that are not. Now I have to count the number of colored-in circles to tell me the count on the batter and the number of outs. Then I have to do it all over again after the next pitch, because my short-term memory is rapidly decreasing, as I get closer to meeting the "Grim Reaper". I have enough trouble concentrating on a game on ESPN with “the crawl” on the bottom of the screen and now this. It never stops. How many dozen times during a game do I have to read that a player that I never heard of is on the DL while trying to figure out the count on the hitter.FLUB OF THE DAY!On Tuesday's show (9/21), Josh Innes (SR 610) was making an analogy by comparing Thomas Edison and the guys who invented and built the world's first successful airplane to a sports team that went against the odds. He named Lloyd Wright as one of the Wright Brothers.ODDS AND ENDS!1. New York Jets’ WR, Braylon Edwards, was arrested for DWI Tuesday morning (9/21) around 5:00 AM. The NY Post report says he blew 0.16 on the breathalyzer, which is double the legal limit. I guess Edwards missed the team "Hard Knocks" meeting where players were taught how to call a cab to take you home.2. Question of the Day: Why does Rafael Palmeiro get a pass from a perjury indictment while Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are in hot water? 3. As mentioned here last week, the Seattle Storm swept the Atlanta Dream, 3-0, to win the WNBA Championship. Seattle fans saw their team win its second championship. To Atlanta fans, a WNBA Championship is still a dream they have. 4. Whenever a team's radio or TV announcer is let go for being too "negative", it's probably because he was too honest.5. In the 9/21 Peanut Gallery, I mentioned that Ichiro needed seven hits and the Mariners needed eight losses for Ichiro to be the only player in MLB history to get 200 or more hits on a 100-loss team twice. Both did their part on Tuesday night (9/21). Ichiro went 4-4 and the Mariners lost at Toronto, 5-3. The magic numbers are now three (hits for Ichiro) and seven (losses for the Mariners) for history to be made.
I don't know Aqib Talib from Aqib Sultan, Aqib Kweli, the Taliban, or the Gulf of Aqaba, but I do know that he might be in trouble with his employer, the NFL. 
Once the pants are on, he shouldn’t stare at her breasts when she is interviewing him. Yeah, they look good and usually being taller, his height advantage lets him enjoy her cleavage. Yet he still shouldn't stare at her breasts, as she may find it offensive. Also, by staring at her breasts, he’s missing out on that smoothly curved ass. 
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