Lebron’s line against the Knicks tonight: 52 pernts (on 17-33 from the field), 11 assists, 10 boards, 2 blocked shots.
The Cavs win as James is the first player to record a triple double while scoring more than 50 points since Kareem back in 1975.
Eh. He’s pretty good.
Here’s taking the This or That concept to a scary new level.
(Warning: Foul Language Ahead.)
Brute Force:
Or Squirm City?
Fender Session.
Tele:
Or Strat?
I flipped through the paper on the subway this morning, my fingers smudged with newsprint. More layoffs, this time the cosmetics industry. Hard times here, more ahead.
I looked up and a short, smartly dressed couple stood in front of me. They were both attractive, well-groomed and pinched-looking, and they spoke softly to each other. It was almost as if they were just mouthing the words. So many couples are loud in New York and they were just the opposite.
I went back to my paper and then looked back up at them. They both had small mouths, and now they were both thinking, looking away from each other, lost in thought, concerned. I thought about how many times I see dogs who look like their owners. It was almost too perfect that these two people would find each other.
They stood about a foot apart and the man reached out and tugged gently on the woman’s handbag. She looked up at him. He held out his hand. She took it and they held onto each other, silently. I thought about Raging Bull, about all the slow-motion, close-up shots of hands, and how expressive hand gestures are (I talk with my hands all the time).
It’s cold outside today and the news is hard. This couple seemed worried, but I couldn’t tell if that was just their natural disposition or something else. At least they have each other.
Powered by this really creative use of Legos, here’s the news:
While the “A-Fraud” talk was among the more prominent issues that made waves, Torre rejected the idea that he had broken the time-honored code of the clubhouse — in short, what you see here stays here, a message that Torre himself sent to players during his 12 years.
“I don’t think I really volunteered anything in this book that at some time or other — sitting in the dugout, sitting in the clubhouse, talking to media — that they haven’t heard before,” Torre said.
In part to assure that, Torre said that he had “read and re-read” the final text, making changes along the way with his co-author, Verducci.
[My take: Well … the “they” in that 2nd paragraph excerpt refers to the media and players, not to the buying public. If Torre HAD said some of those things in front of the media, why hadn’t the media passed it onto the public? Some media person would have “leaked” something during the past 12 years, don’t you think? How many of us (the general public) knew of “A-Fraud”, or Damon’s “burnout” or some of those juicy quotes BEFORE this book? Count me on the side of “he broke the code of the clubhouse”.]
I don’t blame Torre for writing a book, for being proud of what he achieved in New York. The Yankees treated him shamefully at the end and were classless in excluding him from the Yankee Stadium finale. I just wish Torre would say he told it as he saw it and stop pretending that there is nothing in “The Yankee Years” more incendiary than a rundown of his starters for a four-game series in August.
He continued on Tuesday to characterize the “A-Fraud” reference to Alex Rodriguez as an inside joke, “tongue-in-cheek, in front of him.” Even if that were the case, now that Torre has revealed it publicly in a book receiving spectacular national attention, how humorous will it be for A-Rod when he is serenaded with the chant on the road next season and possibly at home for leaving the bases loaded with two out in the eighth?
