Hotdog & Friends

Constable Echelon

Paul Pierce collapsed in a heap on the baseline, clutching his knee. Brian Scalabrine had to carry him off the court. Pierce, at this point crying, was put into a wheelchair just to make it to the training room. Boston’s season hung in the balance. The highest of drama for ABC.

And then five minutes later Paul Pierce skipped out onto the court. Turns out he wasn’t hurt at all. This didn’t stop ABC from milking the bejesus out of this third rate Willis Reed moment. What COURAGE in the face of OVERWHELMING ADVERSITY!

“How long ago do you think they planned this?” wondered Hotdog after Pierce’s triumphant return to a standing ovation.

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A few minutes ago, the Seattle Mariners drafted Josh Fields, RHP from the Univeristy of Georgia. The big surprise here is this: last year he was drafted in the second round by the hometown Braves, and chose to return to school. Why? He explains:

Well, after the draft last year I was planning on heading out and starting to play. As I worked some camps here in the summer and had a chance to talk to the coaches and the different people who was inluencing my decision, I really had a change of heart through the summer.

I prayed about it a lot and the Lord just led me back here for one more year - by the end of the summer there was nowhere else I wanted to be. Looking back now - I sure am thankful the Lord led me back here and allowed me to have the opportunities I had this year.

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Fig Jam

I guess it probably shouldn’t qualify as “news” that Tiger Woods played a round of golf, but since it was his first complete round since he had knee surgery, it’s getting a lot of ink.  Actually, anything Woods does generally gets a lot of ink, and there have been a few instances in the past few weeks, where some Woods’ publicity has been fairly amusing. 

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Welcome to the second installment of the Hotdog & Friends European Cup Preview. And don’t forget to sign up for the Fantasy League!

Team Profiles:

Austria: As co-hosts, Austria earned an automatic bid to the Euro 2008. It’s a good thing, because there’s no possible way they would have qualified otherwise. At 101st in the FIFA world rankings, they are the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, a full 50 spots below any other team. And they know it, too. Look at their Frauen.

(Die Frauen sind traurig. Es gibt kein mehr Schokolade!)
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