Daily Archives: January 11, 2009

Shortly after the Mark Teixeira signing I was chatting with Was Watching’s Steve Lombardi about the nifty first base tradition that has developed since Don Mattingly retired.  Then, a few days ago I was over at No Maas and saw this dope image they created on that note.  

Cool stuff from the No Maas crew. It’ll be interesting to see where Teix ranks with Mattingly, Tino and Giambi.

By the way, apropos of nothing, my wife calls Teixeira “the white Barry Bonds,” because she thinks they look an awful lot alike, puffy face and all.

The sun is poking out from behind a mass of dark greyish-blue clouds in the Bronx this morning.  The sounds of snow shovels dragging along the pavement echoe around the neighbhorhood as New Yorkers prepare themselves for a big-time football game this afternoon at 1 pm. 

Giants vs. Eagles. A nice little rivalry, right?

I’ve never been a Giants fan, though I don’t have anything against them.  But thinking about them this morning brought to mind L.T.–the original L.T., Lawrence Taylor–who was certainly the greatest defensive football player of his era:

Here’s hoping for a couple of good games today.  Something good to eat, some smashmouth football.  Sounds about right, huh?