COMMENTS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY
Written by: Mike in DA
Date posted: 2/27/2011
REMEMBER CHUBBY FROM "TEEN WOLF" (1985); IS THIS HIS 310-POUND SON PLAYING FOR NEBRASKA NOW?
CALTECH’S CONFERENCE LOSING STREAK ENDS
I checked the box score to confirm that Caltech's one-point win was correct, so that it wouldn't be disallowed, just in case of a possible math error by a student scoreboard operator or scorekeeper. The score was correct.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS STILL CAN'T SPELL CORRECTLY: THIS TIME IT'S IN AN AD!
FLUB OF THE DAY
Clyde Drexler who is an analyst for Rockets' games is one of the biggest flubbers in Houston sports, but since I rarely watch Rocket games, he luckily gets a free pass. However, I caught him in a quote in a Jerome Solomon article of last week in which the self-proclaimed "King Solomon" was discussing the exclusion of Reggie Miller from this year's finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
From the 2/20 column, entitled, "Reggie Miller for Hall of Fame? What about Guy V. Lewis?":
“I asked Hall of Fame member Clyde Drexler about Guy Lewis as a Hall of Famer: ‘Obviously his record speaks for itself. Over 37 years without a losing record? Two years without a losing record is tough for most coaches. He's a father of basketball in the South, especially in the days when it wasn't mainstream to have the kind of players he had playing for him. Not only was he someone who was blazing trails, he was an originator as well. He deserved first-ballot hall of fame. Why it hasn't happened? We don't know. We voted, we petitioned we, we politicked - we did everything we could do. Next thing you know we're going to have a march!’"
Please note that Guy Lewis actually coached 30 years not 37 years, as Clyde said. Clyde also said that Guy never had a losing season. Checking with the University of Houston archives, I saw that in his first three coaching seasons of 1956-57, 1957-58, and 1958-59, he had overall records of 10-16, 9-16, and 12-14, respectively, with respective conference records of 5-9, 4-10, and 6-8.
“I asked Hall of Fame member Clyde Drexler about Guy Lewis as a Hall of Famer: ‘Obviously his record speaks for itself. Over 37 years without a losing record? Two years without a losing record is tough for most coaches. He's a father of basketball in the South, especially in the days when it wasn't mainstream to have the kind of players he had playing for him. Not only was he someone who was blazing trails, he was an originator as well. He deserved first-ballot hall of fame. Why it hasn't happened? We don't know. We voted, we petitioned we, we politicked - we did everything we could do. Next thing you know we're going to have a march!’"
Please note that Guy Lewis actually coached 30 years not 37 years, as Clyde said. Clyde also said that Guy never had a losing season. Checking with the University of Houston archives, I saw that in his first three coaching seasons of 1956-57, 1957-58, and 1958-59, he had overall records of 10-16, 9-16, and 12-14, respectively, with respective conference records of 5-9, 4-10, and 6-8.
And if Jerome, Clyde, and anyone wants to know why in the 25 years since his retirement, Guy V. has not even had a sniff at making at least one yearly finalist list, all they have to do is read the Peanut Gallery of 1/20:
http://sheltonmedia.blogspot.com/2011/01/comments-from-peanut-gallery-mike-in-da_20.html.
On Thursday afternoon’s show (2/24) on SR 610, Josh Innes brought up one of those fun lists from the Internet, which dealt with the best athletes by uniform numbers. Josh and Rick Lord questioned #34, which showed Walter Payton as the best athlete to wear that number. Josh and Rich both being homers thought that Nolan Ryan because of his longevity and stat records should have been on top.
Once again, we have a case where sports talk hosts don’t do their research unless it’s handed to them on a platter or in one Internet article. FYI- For his first thirteen seasons in the majors with the Mets and Angels, Nolan wore uniform #30 and had 167 of his 324 wins and struck out 2,909 of his record 5,714 strikeouts with that uniform number, not #34 as ignorant Josh and Rich thought.
The thing about these guys and some other local sports talkers is that they assume their listeners are more stupid than they are.
IS THAT A WIZARDS’ DEADLINE ACQUISITION OR A MISSPELLING OF ANDRAY BLATCHE’S NAME?
http://sheltonmedia.blogspot.com/2011/01/comments-from-peanut-gallery-mike-in-da_20.html.
On Thursday afternoon’s show (2/24) on SR 610, Josh Innes brought up one of those fun lists from the Internet, which dealt with the best athletes by uniform numbers. Josh and Rick Lord questioned #34, which showed Walter Payton as the best athlete to wear that number. Josh and Rich both being homers thought that Nolan Ryan because of his longevity and stat records should have been on top.
Once again, we have a case where sports talk hosts don’t do their research unless it’s handed to them on a platter or in one Internet article. FYI- For his first thirteen seasons in the majors with the Mets and Angels, Nolan wore uniform #30 and had 167 of his 324 wins and struck out 2,909 of his record 5,714 strikeouts with that uniform number, not #34 as ignorant Josh and Rich thought.
The thing about these guys and some other local sports talkers is that they assume their listeners are more stupid than they are.
IS THAT A WIZARDS’ DEADLINE ACQUISITION OR A MISSPELLING OF ANDRAY BLATCHE’S NAME?
COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON IS WINDING DOWN!
As the regular season has lost most of its luster over the past couple of decades, the Peanut Gallery has not said much this season about it, so with the regular season coming to a close next week for most of the teams, here is our two-cents/two paragraphs worth.
Much has been made about how teams ranked #1 have been knocked off with regularity this season. I think the negative turns taken by Gonzaga and Butler along with George Mason posting a 25-5 record so far this year, BYU being 27-2 with conference rival San Diego State sitting right on their tail also at 27-2 and seeing eight teams in the Big East with 20 or more wins already for this season with a couple more moving in on 20, are just as interesting as the failures of teams ranked #1 to hold their spots.
LIBYAN PROTESTER MUST BE A MONTANA GRIZZLIES FAN!
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR
MICHAEL JORDAN STATUE UNIFORM FLUB
In the 2/17 Peanut Gallery, there was a picture of a statue of Michael Jordan with the heading:
MICHAEL JORDAN STATUE HAS THE WRONG UNIFORM NUMBER!
It’s pretty incredible that basketball has become so popular that you can find fans all over Europe, China, and even the Middle East these days, which is why you might not think it’s so strange to see the above Michael Jordan statue in Dubai, until you realize the statue’s number is the wrong one.
Champions Sports Bar and Restaurant at the Dubai Mall has a life-like statue of “His Airness”, and he’s wearing a #32 Bulls jersey—a number worn by 7-foot white guy Will Perdue throughout much of Jordan’s tenure in Chicago.
Since MJ, who wore #23 for most of his career hasn’t played in the league in about eight years, I guess there aren’t too many Dubaians who realize the creator of the statue messed up what is one of the most legendary numbers in NBA history. And unless they happen to be subscribers to ESPN Classic, or Jordan makes a comeback, they’re unlikely to find out.
Jordan, of course, never wore #32 during his career. Besides wearing #23 for the vast majority of his time in the NBA, MJ donned #45 briefly during his comeback. At the 1984 and 1992 Olympics, he was No. 9. For one game, he even wore #12 thanks to a jersey mishap. He never wore No. 32, though.
Though I couldn't pin down the exact reason for the error, there are plenty of theories. It could be an intentional error to avoid trademark infringement (which probably doesn't work since copying the Bulls jersey itself is probably illegal). Perhaps the creator mixed up his numbers. Or maybe it's a hidden tribute to Will Perdue.
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FROM THE HMW MAILBAG:
Anonymous who sounds more like a DISH Network salesman commented with regard to a post of 2/20 entitled, "BILLY PACKER DOESN’T LIKE REVAMPED NCAA TV COVERAG..." (http://sheltonmedia.blogspot.com/2011/02/billy-packer-doesnt-like-revamped-ncaa.html):
“Billy Packer may not like it, but we sure do!!! I work at DISH Network and, as DISH offers TBS, TNT, CBS and TruTV in HD, consumers can take advantage and get ALL the games (by region) without having to buy an expensive sports package!! DISH offers HD Free for Life to qualified customers, so you might even end up saving $120 per year!! Go to Dish.com/200HD to get setup before the tip!!” END.
Remus, Richard in Midtown, and Marcus T all left comments re Craig Shelton’s post of 2/23, entitled, "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS! - CRAIG SHELTON -2/23/2011" (http://sheltonmedia.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-ask-questions-craig-shelton.html):
“Lesbo, I could not agree more man, I used to actually like listening to Dylan, but it did not take long to figure out this dude has no clue. He is a stubborn, flip-flopping, loudmouth who just likes to hear himself talk and propose preposterous trades and free agency signings. How 790 can let this idiot have a show without at least a co-host to tell him when he is being an idiot, I will never understand.” From Remus, END.
“You guys are haters, Dylan is more man than any of you could dream of becoming. He is tall, buff, and sexy and all you can do is hate hate hate. Lesbian Craig can you introduce me to Dylan?” From Richard in Midtown, END.
Response to Richard in Midtown: You may be confusing Dylan with Matt Thomas of Sports Talk 790. He’s the one who is tall, buff, and sexy. I’ll introduce you to Matt at an HBU basketball game next Thursday or Saturday, if you should happen to drop by.
“I am straight up hetero, but could not agree more Rich. I remember back when they had all them guys - Lesbo included - auditioning for the spot and Gwinn was original and blew 'em all out. Don't get me wrong-Lesbo and this blog is entertaining-but haters is haters and Lesbo just didn't make the cut. Keep tryin’ Lesbo, man -you'll get your shot - with 4 sports stations in town fo sho.” From Marcus T, END.
SR CREW: TWO MORE PET PEEVES ABOUT ANNOUNCERS AND SPORTS TALKERS
1. It’s already started and will continue over the next two weeks. This pet peeve deals with announcers and sports talkers when they say anything about a college basketball team’s prospects of making the NCAA Tournament, and anything they say regarding that team’s “resume”.
That’s because they don’t have anything to do with the process. Teams play. They win or lose. A selection committee either chooses them or it doesn’t. It will all play out over the next two weeks. So they should shut up and stop running their mouths off while the games are taking place. They should stop saying that a team “deserves” an NCAA Tournament bid. They're not the judge, they're just some asshole clowns either describing the action or hosting a sports talk show.
There is still basketball to be played. They do not know what is going to happen. If they did, they would have a sports forecasting business like the Crier and SR Crew. Broadcasting is not forecasting.
The fact is that Purdue was a 1-point favorite against Ohio State, playing at home. Purdue was 21-5 going into the game, 13-0 on its home floor. Ohio State was 25-1. But if the Buckeyes had played more 21-5 teams that were 13-0 on their home floor, they sure as hell wouldn’t have been as good as 25-1 going into the Purdue game. 1-point favorites can be expected to win about 52% of the time, whatever their records happen to be. 1-point favorites win about as often as an NFL field-goal kicker can be expected to make a 50-yard field goal. Who congratulates someone for being right on whether or not a guy will make a 50-yard field goal?
That's the same brilliant Seth Davis that this past Saturday (2/26) expected San Diego State, a 3-point favorite at home, to beat BYU, but lost 80-67.
COOLEST SPORTS NICKNAMES: “MAGIC”
Today’s sports nicknames are terrible, such as A-Rod, Gonzo, and L.T. They are nothing more than a combination of a player’s first and last name. But nicknames haven’t always been so bad.
Here is another cool one from the past: “Magic”
ODDS AND ENDS:
6. At the beginning of Yankee spring training, owner Hank "Mini-Boss" Steinbrenner took a shot at Derek Jeter, saying the Yankees last year were "too busy building mansions." You can understand how a Steinbrenner would be offended by some rich guy throwing money around.
7. The big three-team trade involving Carmelo Anthony set an NBA record, most Anthonys involved a trade - Carmelo, Anthony Carter, and Anthony Randolph. That list could grow, since draft picks were involved. Stay tuned!
CRIER’S CORNER
BASKETBALL ACTION
Yesterday’s Record ATS: 12-3
W - BOSTON COLLEGE (+2) over VIRGINIA*
W - INDIANA STATE* (-9) over SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
W - RHODE ISLAND (-9.5) over FORDHAM*
W – MISSISSIPPI STATE* (+11) over TENNESSEE*
W - BALL STATE (-1.5) over CENTRAL MICHIGAN*
W – GEORGIA* (-10) over SOUTH CAROLINA
W - NOTRE DAME* (-9.5) over SETON HALL
L - DUQUESNE (-5.5) over SAINT LOUIS*
W - VALPARAISO* (-13) over ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
W - MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE (-4.5) over WESTERN KENTUCKY
W - CAL POLY SLO (-1) over CS FULLERTON*
L - SAN FRANCISCO* (-6.5) over LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
W – MEMPHIS* (-10) over SACRAMENTO
L - DALLAS (-9) over WASHINGTON*
W – HOUSTON* (-8.5) over NEW JERSEY
Cumulative Season Record ATS (excludes “pushes”): 415-270
Today’s Action:
NBA
INDIANA* (-3) over PHOENIX
The Pacers do it with numbers, as they can throw a lot of bodies at you on any given night. Roy Hibbert has really improved offensively, Tyler Hansbrough has a revved up motor off the pine, and rookie Paul George can not only shoot from anywhere on the court, but he can sky to the hole. Indy is best when Danny Granger doesn’t hold the ball and look for his shot every single time. INDIANA, 106 – 92
LA LAKERS (Pick ‘em) over OKLAHOMA CITY*
The home team traded for ex-Boston forward, Kendrick Perkins, to strengthen a so-so interior defense. The opponent they would most fear getting assaulted by in the paint is the Lakers, who performed that assault in a six-game series last April. One problem: dude is still recovering from an injury and hasn't been in uniform yet for OKC, and won't be in this game, either. Friday's loss at Orlando by OKC was dominated by the Magic's Dwight Howard (40 points, 15 rebounds) and was a good example of why the Thunder needed a guy like Perkins. LA LAKERS, 105-96
DALLAS (-7.5) over TORONTO*
This year for the Canadians is all about how the future stacks up, as they are years away from putting a quality product on the floor every night. Leandro Barbosa gives the Raptors energy off the pine, but if he misses his first couple of shots, the confidence goes right out the window. Toronto has to find more playing time for rebound specialist Ed Davis, the 6-10 forward from North Carolina. DALLAS, 105-91
COLLEGE HOOPS
XAVIER (-2) over DAYTON*
The Musketeers are stronger, road-tested, and unlikely to fall into Dayton’s preferred tempo. Game, set and match. These guys haven’t shown their best stuff yet, and Tu Holloway is a bloody marvel. XAVIER, 72-61
FLORIDA ATLANTIC (-1.5) over SOUTH ALABAMA*
This is more Sun Belt Tourney tuning, for the Owls – though if Mike Jarvis wants to press things, not much SA can do about it. FLORIDA ATLANTIC, 70-62
PURDUE (-1) over MICHIGAN STATE*
At last, the market’s woken up to the extent that Sparty isn’t favored here. Welcome to reality. Observing Purdue’s reaction to win over the Buckeyes, closely. PURDUE, 74-69
MIKE IN DA
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